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In the latest installment of the maid series, a televised antiques show comes to the hotel and the staff get the first crack at them, where Molly learns something extraordinary. We also get Gran‘s backstory in a separate timeline, which I wasn‘t sure about at first as it pulls us out of the hotel, but it did work. And once again, Lauren Ambrose is perfect on the audio.

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Twins Julie and Chloe are separated quite young after their parents die. Now, Chloe is a trending influencer and Julie is at a dead end. Then Julie finds Chloe dead and finds herself slipping into Chloe‘s life. I really enjoyed this. It has a good tone and veers into camp (but it works) while providing social commentary on social media.

Librarybelle I picked this up through Aardvark because it sounded interesting. Glad you liked it! 2d
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In Nightfall | Suzanne Young
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I was looking for a lighter, faster paced read, and this YA horror fit the bill. A family heads to a small Oregon Coast town for the summer. It‘s beautiful, but they‘re advised not to stay out after dark or talk to strangers. Obviously, something bad is going on. It was a fun read, though the cover is terrible and makes it look campy, which it isn‘t.

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Merry Month of May | James Jones
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The spins this month for #ReadYourEbooks gave me 3 NF, which is fun. I didn‘t manage to read any last month, so we‘ll see how I do in May!

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Crooked Seeds: A Novel | Karen Jennings
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I wasn‘t a fan of An Island and so would not have read this if not for the #WP25 longlist, so color me surprised that I enjoyed it. It is a portrait of a selfish, self-pitying woman who I think the reader gradually comes to see we all have a bit of inside us. She‘s unlikable, of course, and we gradually come to understand her a bit by the end. I do think this is worthy of the list.

BarbaraBB I had no idea she is the same author. Will bump it up my TBR! (edited) 4d
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Abigail is trying to find her solo way in Soap Lake after her husband takes off for a work opportunity. In a separate timeline, we see Esme grow up in Soap Lake then meet the fate we see in Abigail‘s timeline. I enjoyed this overall but was sometimes thrown going back and forth between the stories, as there‘s no reminders that the timelines are different. I also thought the ending was a bit too drawn out and I got a little bored.

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I did a lot of nodding and “yep”ing as I listened to this one, about how a subset of American society has turned against the knowledge of experts (and no doubt it‘s happening elsewhere, too). He doesn‘t offer solutions, which is of course frustrating, but then the first step to problem solving is acknowledging the problem. Thanks for bringing this to my attention, @Riveted_Reader_Melissa !

ChaoticMissAdventures My goodness it is so frustrating. Not only are they turning against experts many are turning against knowledge period. It is so bizarre. 6d
Hooked_on_books @ChaoticMissAdventures It really is bizarre. And they revel in doing it! I really don‘t know what the answer is, but it‘s really bad for us as a society. 6d
Prairiegirl_reading And “do your own research” from RFK while cutting actual research is devastating. 6d
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Christine Ooh, we‘re covering this topic in the sociology of science class I‘m teaching right now. I‘d better check this one out! 6d
Hooked_on_books @Prairiegirl_reading Not only that, but he shows up in here as an example of a dangerous person for spreading misinformation. And here we now have him as our HHS secretary, which shows how much further we‘ve slid down this dangerous path. 6d
Hooked_on_books @Christine I would totally take that class! 6d
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa You‘re welcome…. I‘m glad it still held up. We seem to be sliding down this slippery slope so fast, I sometimes wonder when I recommend books if they will hold up, even when they are just a few years old. I remember back when I read this thinking how much the climate change debate had been taken over by the same forces of Big Tobacco back in the fight of cigarettes…Big Oil now. But now we are into Big Coal and so many of those issues have ⤵️ 5d
Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ been co-opted into the political cultural issues instead of science with debating science teams paid by the corporation. And now we have progressed into cutting funding of the basic science itself, and deleting reports we do not like (culturally) which gives the misinformation voices even more space. 5d
Hooked_on_books @Riveted_Reader_Melissa You sum it up really well. And the pervading force is money. Pay people to say what your interests want rather than try to find the best way, is what these folks do. It‘s not a good thing at all. 5d
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My first read of short stories from PE, and they‘re good, including a couple of fantastic ones. So far I do like his novels better, but it was fun with this one to read a couple a day.

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MAGGIE NELSON 😲😍

And she signed my book! ☺️

RaeLovesToRead OH MY WOWWWW!!!! 🥰🥰🥰 6d
Ruthiella Wow! 🤩 6d
ChaoticMissAdventures Do you live in Portland?? This looks like you were at Powell's Burnside! 6d
Hooked_on_books @ChaoticMissAdventures That‘s exactly where I was! I live out at the coast, so it‘s about an hour and a half one way for me. And Maggie is worth the drive! 6d
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A bomb goes off on a British school tour bus in northern France and Chief Inspector (on leave) Ortley rushes to the scene, as his daughter is on the bus. I would term this a literary mystery, as it does have a central mystery but the heavy lifting here is the exploration of anti-Middle Eastern racism in British society. It‘s terrific.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 (edited) 6d
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This is such an interesting book. It starts out as memoir of Yale law professor Kenji Yoshino‘s younger days as he processed his “otherness” in American society as a Japanese-American, gay man. He talks about covering—attempting to act as white and straight as possible—then goes into related legal issues. There‘s a gentleness to his writing and some of the legalities are more important than ever in our current moment.

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This is a lovely look at the reintroduced wolves in Yellowstone, focusing on a runty pup who became a formidable adult wolf. While it does use the discredited concept of “alpha” repeatedly, the stories are still riveting and worthwhile. I loved it.

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Roll the Dice | Wayne Avrashow
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Here are my books for May #Roll100. I only managed to get one read for April, so hopefully I do better this month!

PuddleJumper Looks good! 1w
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Kill For Me Kill For You | Steve Cavanagh
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Two women traumatized by violent loss meet up in a trauma group, then decide maybe they can help each other. This was an enjoyable enough thriller to listen to, but most of the twists seemed very obvious and the big one at the end was unconvincing.

ShyBookOwl I immediately get Strangers on a Trian vibes (which is my fave Hitchcock movie). Maybe I should check it out! 1w
Hooked_on_books @ShyBookOwl That story is repeatedly referenced here, and not subtly! 1w
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In this deeply intelligent, thoughtful book, Dr Cooper explores race and gender and many of the realities of living as a black woman. There are things here and there I would dispute (not the living as a black woman but, as I am white), but that disagreement doesn‘t make this book any less superb. #SheSaid

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Dream Count | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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This book follows four African women who are connected to each other in various ways, exploring the reality of being a woman and all the indignities that can be pushed on a woman‘s body (including sexual assault on the page). The writing is very good overall but a bit uneven and the start of the third woman‘s story was so dense I was thrown in a bad way. Good but not great. #WP25 longlist

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Fundamentally: A Novel | Nussaibah Younis
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Finally, a book on the #WP25 shortlist I actually like! (I loved The Safekeep, but read it well before the longlist dropped.) This one follows an idealistic young Muslim British woman who goes to Iraq with a UN program in the hopes of repatriating ISIS brides. It balances the heavier content with snarky good humor and looks at how our own expectations can be blinding.

fredthemoose I liked this one, too! 2w
BarbaraBB Me too! 2w
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The Story Collector | Evie Woods
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The main story here is of an Irish woman in 1910 who is delighted when an American man comes to her village to collect local stories about fairies. It‘s framed by a modern storyline of an American woman at loose ends in Ireland. A bit skimpy but charming. A low pick for me.

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Happy Independent Bookstore Day! 🥳 I went to two indies today and one yesterday, and here‘s my haul! Mostly nonfiction and I had a really lovely time. I hope many of you were able to celebrate as well!

LeahBergen What a haul! 👏 2w
squirrelbrain Great haul! ❤️ 2w
TieDyeDude 😍 2w
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The Intern: A Novel | Michele Campbell
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The premise of this seemed fun, so I thought I‘d give it a try. Unfortunately, it‘s immediately completely ridiculous. I thought I‘d give it a little time to see if that improved and by 25%, it‘s still completely ridiculous. So I‘m all done.

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The Gulf: A Novel | Rachel Cochran
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In 1970s Texas, Lou is a mostly closeted lesbian who lost part of her livelihood when Miss Kate died and is now at a crossroads since a hurricane decimated her small town. Then Kate‘s daughter Joanna returns to town and more upheaval ensues. Part mystery, part portrait of a community, this starts a bit slowly but fully hooked me. I really enjoyed it.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2w
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I knew this book would show truly deplorable behavior, but I was not ready for such bottom of the barrel depravity. I honestly believe there is nothing these people won‘t do to achieve their own ends, which is horrifying and terrifying. Such an eye-opening book. I hope a lot of people who continue to use Facebook read this and think on what they are supporting.

TheBookHippie Gonna have to read it I think. 2w
squirrelbrain It‘s almost unbelievable isn‘t it? I‘m glad I‘ve never had a Facebook account. 2w
Hooked_on_books @TheBookHippie It‘s definitely worth your while. And the writing is engaging, too, so it‘s pretty riveting. 2w
Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain I really wish I had never had one. But at least I‘m glad I ditched my account years ago (8 maybe?). 2w
TheBookHippie @Hooked_on_books I ditched in 2015 I think …still have IG but I go back and forth on deleting it .. 2w
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According to Sarah, Mark Zuckerberg believes Andrew Jackson was the best president of the US. WOW. That says so very much.

Aims42 😂😂😂 2w
Librarybelle OMG. That definitely says a lot! Ugh! 2w
BookmarkTavern Oh look, I CAN think less of him. 😂 Gross. (edited) 2w
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TheBookHippie Lord. 🫣😵‍💫🤦🏻‍♀️ 2w
Ruthiella No. Not possible! 😱 2w
lil1inblue 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 I didn't think I could loathe this man more. I guess I was incorrect. But also, color me unsurprised. 2w
dabbe #wtf? And like @lil1inblue ... not surprised. 🙄 2w
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This book explodes the myth of Austen being the first female writer of significance by exploring the lives and work of the women who influenced Austen herself while looking at gatekeeping and sexism in “canon.” I really enjoyed this and @LeahBergen , this has you written all over it.

TheBookHippie You‘ve convinced me! 2w
LeahBergen Thank you!! And I conveniently already have it waiting on my shelves! 😆😆 2w
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Good Girl: A Novel | Aria Aber
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I am beyond frustrated by this book. It has such rich material—fish out of water, racism, stranger in your own land—and it‘s just kind of a mess. Plus, there‘s an explosive event near the end that was so gripping, I really wish the book had been set around it, but instead it‘s squandered. What is this doing on the #WP25 short (or long) list?

squirrelbrain I thought that event was a bit deus ex machina - an excuse to bring her home. It would have been much better to have been suggested or signposted earlier in the book. 2w
Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain If that event had been about a third of the way in after the stage was set about her struggles and the rest of the book explored the aftermath and how it upended her, her community, and her sense of identity, I would have loved that. Instead it was plopped in without really exploring it. I don‘t get it. 2w
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The World Record Book of Racist Stories | Amber Ruffin, Lacey Lamar
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I loved Amber and Lacey‘s first book, and their second it equally good. It‘s astounding to see some of the racism Lacey has had to face and a good reminder of how not to behave. I‘m glad these ladies are able to approach this with humor while not diminishing the importance of revealing racism. I‘ll read anything they write.

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2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas | Marie-Helene Bertino
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I really liked Beautyland and the Book Riot podcast folks love this one, so I figured I‘d give it a try. I made it almost halfway through but I just don‘t care. It isn‘t grabbing me at all. So, on to the next.

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Stag Dance | Torrey Peters
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I loved her debut novel and thus was excited for this, but it didn‘t quite get there for me. I thought the 3 stories were good, but the novella never pulled me in. And had some really high quality technical aspects and a great central metaphor, but it was almost like the technical bits got in the way of the magic. A low pick for me.

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This was more action than other Klune books I‘ve read, but that worked for me. The story is engrossing and I enjoyed the characters. But I have some quibbles. The biggest is that there‘s a cute drawing on every chapter page that is actually a major spoiler, and I really didn‘t like that. Also, the overuse of italics for emphasis is insulting to the reader and the bashing of vegan food was old before it started.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3w
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Let's Go Camping! | Jan Mader
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I am finally submitting my nominations for #CampLitsy25. I tried to pick books that haven‘t been nominated yet. I particularly think Careless People would provide a lot of conversational fodder.

Chelsea.Poole I‘m really interested in Careless People! 3w
squirrelbrain Yay -I‘ve been waiting for your nominations - well done on finding ones not yet nominated! You‘re right about Careless People - it would make for great discussions! 3w
Deblovestoread I‘d love to read Careless People as a group! Now to check out the others. 3w
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Bookwormjillk Careless People is a good idea 3w
Ruthiella Definitely adding a nonfiction entry would be great! 👍 3w
BarbaraBB Thanks for nominating and adding these four books! All look Camp worthy! 3w
Megabooks These are great nominations!! Careless People was excellent, and I hope you and other folks read it regardless of CL. 2w
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Say Everything | Ione Skye
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I listened to this mainly because it sounded like she spilled the tea about her relationships and conquests, which is largely true. (I love how she really tried to get with Keanu and he showed himself to be the gem we know he is.) I do feel like she held back a ton (her prerogative, of course), and she did mainly focus on her relationships here, but it was fun to hear about all the famous people.

CSeydel All this time I never knew she was the daughter of Donovan! 🤯 3w
Deblovestoread @CSeydel What now!?! That is new information🤯 3w
BarbaraBB I want to read all she writes about Anthony Kiedis ☺️ 3w
Hooked_on_books @BarbaraBB Oh, there‘s a lot about him! 3w
BarbaraBB I‘ll definitely read it one day 3w
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Any collection of writing runs the risk of being uneven, and this is a bit. It starts off with 2 somewhat off-putting essays, but when it gets into the travel stuff, it‘s great, especially the 100+ pages on China. The end is a little bumpy as well, but overall I found this a really worthwhile read.

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Rabbit Moon | Jennifer Haigh
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This book starts with a young American woman being injured in a hit and run in Shanghai. It is then an onion of a family story, slowly peeling away the layers to reveal each family member. Overall, I enjoyed it, but the section at the end is told by the woman‘s sister and the shift is a bit jarring; I wish her perspective had been incorporated throughout.

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Ootlin | Jenni Fagan
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This book is a look at Fagan‘s brutal childhood in the foster care system in Scotland, filled with every horror that can be wreaked upon a child. This makes it a difficult read, of course, but it‘s very well done and vital for exposing the deep inadequacies in care systems and mental health care. A worthy presence on the #WPNF25 longlist.

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Having never identified as a witch, I felt a little skeptical going into this, but I ended up being SO seen by it. After all, how many women persecuted through the ages as witches identified as such? I kept saying, “Exactly!” out loud as I listened. I especially connected with the chapter on choosing whether or not to have kids (I chose no) and aging. Definitely in defense of women!

kspenmoll Great review! 4w
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I loved meeting Vera Wong in book 1 and am delighted there is a book 2, in which she is back and just as much of a hoot. There is a part of this book that is serious and heavy, but overall it is a delight and I sure hope to see Vera and company again.

Aims42 I hope there‘s more from Vera too! 4w
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In Weiner‘s latest, 2 sisters were in a band that went big before quickly breaking up. We follow them in the current day then get to see what happened 20 years ago. She really knows how to tell a story and I was really pulled in. I will say, though, that one of the major characters reveals themselves over the book to be a truly despicable person.

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I was so excited when I saw this on the #WPNF25 longlist because Vikings, but I ended up being a little disappointed. It focuses on grave goods and exploring the culture through them but never quite pulled me in.

Soscha You might be able to find this on Overdrive. Harl, Kenneth W. The Vikings, 2005. 1mo
squirrelbrain I struggled a bit with this too 1mo
youneverarrived I bailed 😕 1mo
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Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain @youneverarrived Glad I‘m in good company! 4w
squirrelbrain And we should have loved it Katie @youneverarrived with all that Viking history around here! 🤦‍♀️ (including the fossilised 💩 of course! 🤣) 4w
youneverarrived @squirrelbrain haha I know, we should have! 4w
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This is a fascinating look inside Russian warfare, detailing the life of Yevgeny Prigozhin and his founding of the Wagner group. He had his hands in a lot of different conflicts before he eventually turned on Putin and was killed (I presume).

Soscha Killed, or fell out of a window? Defenestration, common Russian hazard. 1mo
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#Bookhaul! My husband gave me a Powell‘s gift card for Christmas but then said I couldn‘t use until we moved back (rude!). So now that we‘re back and I finished the taxes yesterday, I made the drive and found some great books. I removed myself from the store when too many things started looking good. 😂 You all know how that is.

Ruthiella Fantastic haul! I definitely need to read more Binet. I was fascinated by 1mo
Hooked_on_books @Ruthiella I read this one and loved it: 1mo
Ruthiella @Hooked_on_books I‘ve read that too. He‘s such an interesting writer! 1mo
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squirrelbrain Oooh, but the anticipation! And being able to go there in person! 1mo
sarahbarnes Looking forward to a trip back to Powell‘s when I‘m in OR this summer! (edited) 4w
Hooked_on_books @sarahbarnes Woohoo! That‘s definitely something to look forward to! 4w
Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain It was great being there. It‘s such an incredible place, though they‘ve moved some stuff around and I always knew where everything was before. 4w
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This book looks at numerous disasters through Oregon history (mostly natural) and tells each story in brief. I enjoyed it but do wish it had been a bit meatier. It‘s a good nonfiction companion piece to Tilt, which depicts the coming at some point Cascadia event.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
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Hungerstone | Kat Dunn
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In this gothic, sapphic vampire story, Lenore is married to the chilly Henry; they happen upon a carriage wreck and a woman in white, Carmilla, who they take in. She turns out to be quite unusual. I liked the subtleties in this book and the gradual awakenings of Lenore.

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We all have certain political issues that are our most important. For me, abortion rights are among them for the health and safety of all women. So, I keep up on what‘s going on. But I still didn‘t know some of the infuriating things Valenti reveals in this factual, straightforward clearinghouse of what‘s happened with abortion since the fall of Roe. This is a vital resource for all in the US.

ChaoticMissAdventures I follow her on all social medias, she is incredibly informed and so easily relays information. She is great. 1mo
GingerAntics I‘ve always been of the opinion that what a person does with their body is their business, as long as it doesn‘t harm another person. This is apparently amazingly radical these days. 🤷🏼‍♀️ If a woman wants or needs an abortion, that‘s none of my business. It‘s none of anyone‘s business but hers. I feel like I‘ve been radicalised by the conservative push to force women to be pregnant. 1mo
Hooked_on_books @ChaoticMissAdventures She‘s terrific. She does really good work. I‘m glad she‘s making good information accessible to everyone and especially to young women. 1mo
Hooked_on_books @GingerAntics I hear you. It‘s not something that should be legislated. Politicians have proven over and over that they don‘t understand the medicine, so they need to back the F off. 1mo
GingerAntics @Hooked_on_books 100%!!! I usually hold this position for everything from tattoos and piercings to sex work and posing for playboy. If you want to, if you‘re consenting, if you‘re making the choice, if no one is getting hurt, you do you. Maybe that is radical. I don‘t know. No one is worried about most of that stuff, though. Just the abortion stuff. 🙄 1mo
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We all saw during COVID that who you are can impact your health outcome and accessibility to care. This book expands on that concept and looks at different diseases through history, showing how black people in particular have been impacted disproportionately. So, it‘s a history with a sociologic focus, not a medical one. It‘s very well done.

JenniferEgnor The author is featured on a recent episode of the podcast Code Switch (NPR). Great episode, can‘t wait to read this book. Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/code-switch/id1112190608?i=1000700813157 1mo
Hooked_on_books @JenniferEgnor Thanks for the link! I look forward to checking that out. 1mo
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In this vital condemnation of the genocide in Gaza, El Akkad juxtaposes scenes from that devastated place with moments from his own life as well as the reactions of many in the west, from looking away to applauding the violence. It is not a screed or polemic but a devastating examination of facts. Everyone should read this.

squirrelbrain I have this on audio - will get to it soon. 1mo
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BarbaraBB Amen to that ❤️ 1mo
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This is the story of modern day Europeans coming upon and then eventually deciphering/translating Cuneiform. Overall it was interesting, but I fully admit my mind wandered at time and some spots were a bit dry. Low pick for me.

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Genre | John Frow
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I found this cool little map on Mental Floss. The article didn‘t add anything, so I didn‘t bother to post the link. I‘m surprised by the popularity of poetry! And my mom and aunt definitely contribute to mystery being the most popular in California! 😆

BarbaraJean It's SO interesting to see poetry show up more often than mystery!! I'd have thought mystery would be more widespread as a popular genre. 1mo
Hooked_on_books @BarbaraJean Right?!? That really surprised me, too. Especially since I‘ve heard a million times that poetry doesn‘t sell and I know mystery sells well. So surprising! 1mo
sarahbarnes I‘m slightly disappointed that Colorado came in as a romance state…. 1mo
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Kristy_K @BarbaraJean Agreed! I honestly thought mystery would be more prevalent. It seems a lot of the famous authors are in this genre. 1mo
Laughterhp How did they gather this data? I have a hard time believing all of New England is reading poetry… 1mo
Hooked_on_books @Laughterhp They collected Google Trends data of what people were searching for (and filtered out tv/movie searches). So, it may not be what people are actually reading, but it‘s what they‘re showing interest in. 1mo
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The Unworthy: A Novel | Agustina Bazterrica
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I LOVED Tender is the Flesh, so I jumped on this when I saw it was the author‘s latest. I went in blind, so I at first enjoyed trying to puzzle out what was happening, but I eventually got a little bored and never quite recovered.

BarbaraBB That‘s too bad. I had high expectations but will temper them 1mo
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A Couple of April Fools | Gregory Maguire
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Here are my books for April #ReadYourEbooks. Three of them have been picked before and I didn‘t read them, so hopefully their time has come this month!

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The Dream Hotel | Laila Lalami
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I found this story of a retention system that holds people with elevated danger scores to allegedly prevent crimes engrossing. It has so many parallels to the current immigration approach in the US as well as mass incarceration. I do feel that the dream element should have either been more fleshed out or removed entirely. I really feel like Lalami‘s books could be exceptional with a little more editing.

BarbaraBB Glad you enjoyed it so much though enjoying is probably not the right word 1mo
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