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“I’m suddenly in an exhibit, and there’s a room full of people waiting for me to entertain them. I have to say what they want me to say. Be what they want me to be. The worst part? I do it.”

Reading all black authors for Black History Month, and I loved The Hate U Give by this author! Great writing style and a fast read so far.

Picked this up at a friends house and have loved the first half! All in Bast’s voice, and so far it all occurs within one day. Would love to read it again all in one go!

The chapters are suuuper long, and we jump back and forth in time, location, and characters. But I think the writing is beautiful and I’m enjoying the read!

I am absolutely loving this so far! Glad I got the e-book because it is SO LONG. I love Ead, Sabran, and Loth, and the characters and settings are so rich.

Need to stop the book here to return to the library, and I hope to buy my own copy! I have flagged so many pages and learned so much already. A very difficult book to get through.

Stopped at page 102 and returned to library.

Recommended by grandmothers, and loving it from the first page!

Streaming audiobook on Hoopla, for the Aurora Feminist Bookclub 🎧

Listening on Audible with Avery ⚔️

Fascinating short stories, and they all feel connected somehow, so far.

Borrowed this from Hayley last night, and I’m already loving it!

Finally found a Maya Angelou book at the thrift store!

Picked this up from a free little library, a Kickstarter edition!

Starting this famous read for Book Club!

“It was a hard thing to explain. That they didn't want to be a man, but that they had never felt quite right as a girl. That they only started to feel really okay when they understood they could be their own thing […] had settled on nonbinary feeling right for them, even though they knew others like them had their own names that felt right […] each person could choose what brought them closest to belonging.”

“I just want my life to be /big/, you know?” Dahlia’s brown eyes were unfocused. “Like… like the way your favourite song feels, when you’re sixteen. I want my life to feel like that. I want to feel /big/. I want to do messy, wild things, things I’ll remember, things that are /interesting/. […] She put the key in the handle. Barely audible, she said, “I don’t want to be small.”

Listening on Audible alongside Avery while we cook and walk together 🥰

Listening on Audible

I’ve had a hard time reading this book, as I don’t understand who the narrator is and what his views are. He is a reporter and comic artist, travelling in occupied Palestine, reporting on the conflict… but most of the time it seems like he views the violence and persecution as an inconvenience. Someone else wants it at the library, so I’m returning it now.

Been reading this slowly, but can’t wait to finish.

“Where I’d grown up terrified of being too much for someone—anyone, the entire world—he’d seemed to see too much of anyone as a good thing. Like handfuls of candy at Halloween or piles of presents at a birthday party. As if everyone should be more of themselves.
As if the world would be a better, funner, sweeter place for it.”
I love this about Kallum! This is what Winnie needed.