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Preamble You know those posts that languish in your drafts for a couple years before you finally decide they’re timeless so you plunk them into your upcoming schedule and hope you can recall enough to write a decent post? Yeah, […]
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Why we chose Erin Entrada Kelly’s Lalani of the Distant Sea We originally considered reading Jeff Vandermeer’s Dead Astronauts. In the time of COVID-19, though, we were not up to the task. Ash suggested Lalani of the Distant Sea after […]
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Preamble A few days ago, I read a post at The Brown Bookshelf titled “Standing Strong Together“. This post features African American authors saluting Asian American authors and illustrators. They ask readers to “Please show your support by sharing their […]
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Cog by Greg Van Eekhout Cog looks like a normal twelve-year-old boy. But his name is short for “cognitive development,” and he was built to learn. But after an accident leaves him damaged, Cog wakes up in an unknown lab—and […]
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The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan: Discover the Joy of Spending Less, Sharing More, and Living Generously by Liesl Clark and Rebecca Rockefeller Inspired by the ancient practice of gift economies, where neighbors share and pool resources, The Buy Nothing, Get […]