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    Book Review: Little Weirds

    by Liz March 3, 2020
    by Liz March 3, 2020

    Every once in a while, you find a book that knocks you to your knees and shakes you to your core. A book that teaches you valuable life lessons and makes you rethink the way you view yourself and the…

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    Review: Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners

    by Becky October 17, 2018
    by Becky October 17, 2018

    Story: Violet Baumgartner has worked her entire life to keep her family’s reputation spotless and shares each year with friends and family via the annual holiday letter. When one fateful evening brings her world crashing down around her, she finds…

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    Review: Shrill

    by Annie September 3, 2017
    by Annie September 3, 2017

    Shrill is a hilarious and poignant memoir about Lindy West’s experiences with sexism, work, dating, the internet, and being overweight. She has an incredibly strong authorial voice that makes the book so enjoyable to read. She is confident and strong,…

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    Review: The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo

    by Bekky May 9, 2017
    by Bekky May 9, 2017

    Amy Schumer is labeled a “sex comic” because she writes jokes that discuss sexual activity which, apparently, sets her apart from her male counterparts who frequently talk about sex. Like any woman in the spotlight, she’s had her fair share…

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    Book Review: Wishful Drinking

    by Kathleen March 16, 2017
    by Kathleen March 16, 2017

    After Carrie Fisher died in December, I read many tributes to her witty and affecting literary voice. It seemed a shame that I’d never explored her work, so I put Wishful Drinking, her well-reviewed 2008 memoir, on hold at the…

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    Continuing Education: Garden Gnomes Have Issues

    by Becky January 24, 2017
    by Becky January 24, 2017

    Please note that this short message is intended as continuing education for those that have read my review of How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack. While the information that follows is still beneficial, it is best to prepare yourself to…

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    Audiobook Review: Be Frank with Me

    by Kathleen December 8, 2016
    by Kathleen December 8, 2016

    I’m doing this thing where I’m reading debuts. I’m doing it because I’m trying to write my own first novel, and it seems like a good idea to read the first novels of other people. You know, the novels of people…

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    Audiobook Review: Born Standing Up

    by Aubrey October 24, 2016
    by Aubrey October 24, 2016

    Steve Martin is one of my all-time favorite comedians and actors. As a 90s kid, I grew up watching Father of the Bride (Parts I and II), Bowfinger, and more. I love Martin as bumbling detective Clouseau in The Pink…

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    Review: Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson

    by Joli April 29, 2016
    by Joli April 29, 2016

    Furiously Happy is, in my humble opinion, something that should be read by anyone who struggles with any kind of depression, anxiety, or other mental illness, as well as those close to someone who does. Lawson uses absurd and hilarious…

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    How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack by Chuck Sambuchino

    by Becky April 21, 2016
    by Becky April 21, 2016

    This is not your average book review. This is also not your average survival guide. This is a written plan for how to “defend yourself when the lawn warriors strike (and they will)” by Chuck Sambuchino. Fear not. Now that you know…

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💜💔 ENOUGH stack for tighter gun control regulations 💔💜

How many more have to be killed by gun violence for things to change? This is senseless, infuriating, world-rocking stuff. How can we not all agree that a mentally unstable 18-year-old shouldn't be able two buy guns in order to kill innocent children? How is it even possible that people can STILL not vote for gun control? It sickens me to no end.

So, please join @readingrowans in the #enoughstack challenge to raise money for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Everytown for Gun Safety. There's also a link in my profile to join @iamthirtyaf's fundraiser for @everytown by donating yourself. If you're incensed, do something about it. We can't watch more innocent people (children) get slaughtered. 💔

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This book cover 😍😍! And the ARC has a glossy cover, so it just feels like a beautiful photograph. So pumped to have won THE LAST KARANKAWAS in a Goodreads giveaway! It sounds as good as it looks, too!

Synopsis:
Welcome to Galveston, Texas. Population 50,241.

Carly Castillo has only ever known Albacore Avenue. Abandoned as a child by her Filipina mother and Mexican-American father, Carly returns each morning from her nursing shift to the house she shares with her grandmother, Magdalena. But when Magdalena slips into dementia, Carly begins to imagine a life elsewhere. Jess Rivera, her boyfriend and all-star shortstop turned seaman, treasures the salty, familiar island air. Years ago, he had a chance to leave Galveston for a bigger city with more possibilities. But he didn’t then, and he sure as hell won't now. Deftly moving through these characters’ lives and those of the individuals who circle them—Mercedes, Jess’s undocumented cousin; Kristin, Magdalena’s daytime nurse; Luz, the wife of Carly’s best friend; Schafer, Jess’s coworker out on the gulf—Garza presents a mosaic depiction of everyday survival in Southern Texas. As word spreads of a storm gathering strength offshore, building into Hurricane Ike, they each must make a difficult decision: board up the windows and hunker down, or flee inland and abandon their hard-won home.

Unflinching, lyrical, and singular, The Last Karankawas is a portrait of America scarcely witnessed, where browning palm trees and oily waters mark the forefront of ecological change. It is a deeply imagined exploration of familial inheritance, human perseverance, and the histories we assign to ourselves, establishing Kimberly Garza as a brilliant new literary voice.

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Current read: Upgrade by @blakecrouch1! If this one is anything like Dark Matter and Recursion, I'll get super sucked in and read it within a few days 😆. Will you be picking this one up?? It'll be out in July!

Synopsis:
“You are the next step in human evolution.”

At first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if anything’s different. He just feels a little . . . sharper. Better able to concentrate. Better at multitasking. Reading a bit faster, memorizing better, needing less sleep.

But before long, he can’t deny it: Something’s happening to his brain. To his body. He’s starting to see the world, and those around him—even those he loves most—in whole new ways.

The truth is, Logan’s genome has been hacked. And there’s a reason he’s been targeted for this upgrade. A reason that goes back decades to the darkest part of his past, and a horrific family legacy.

Worse still, what’s happening to him is just the first step in a much larger plan, one that will inflict the same changes on humanity at large—at a terrifying cost.

Because of his new abilities, Logan’s the one person in the world capable of stopping what’s been set in motion. But to have a chance at winning this war, he’ll have to become something other than himself. Maybe even something other than human.

And even as he’s fighting, he can’t help wondering: what if humanity’s only hope for a future really does lie in engineering our own evolution?

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Book club night 🤩 I got to give away 2 copies of next month's book, The Last Story of Mina Lee. And we enjoyed talking about Speak, Okinawa! Are you in a book club?

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#bookstackchallenge 📚 - One-word titles!

This was fun to put together 😄. Migrations is a new addition to my shelves and it sure is pretty 😍. I've only read Brooklyn, Wild, and Pest from this stack. I know I'm missing out having not read the rest of them yet. Soon I hope 🤞🏻🤞🏻. Spot any favorites?

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Our July book pick for @theglossbookclub arrived in the mail, and I'm not sure I can wait until July to read it! After seeing all the amazing reviews of The Guncle last summer, it's going to be pretty hard to wait 😅😁. Did you love this one??

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Well, I'm back from my first ever (work) trip to sunny Florida, and I'm now convinced that I need to go back with my family sometime 😊. Anyway, I just keep thinking about this book on my TBR (The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton), so I'm pretty convinced it should be my next read 😍. Also, my Lilac bush is starting to bloom and it smells divine!

Question: what's your favorite US state to vacation in?

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It's my last day in Orlando FL today. This picture is a little deceiving, as I mostly had work stuff, not lying by the pool stuff. But for that little relax time, it was fantastic 🌴🕶. As for the book, I still have 30 pages left, but what a fun story 💜😀. I'll post a review sometime after I finish!

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