Sundry's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:02:33 -0700 60 Sundry's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Enid (Four Sisters #1) 40649391 151 Cati Baur 1684051967 Sundry 5 2021, favorites, graphic 3.81 Enid (Four Sisters #1)
author: Cati Baur
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.81
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rating: 5
read at: 2021/09/12
date added: 2025/04/30
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Beautiful drawings and a lovely, compelling story.
]]> <![CDATA[The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter]]> 57970443 A charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life.

In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called döstädning, dö meaning “death� and städning meaning “cleaning.� This surprising and invigorating process of clearing out unnecessary belongings can be undertaken at any age or life stage but should be done sooner than later, before others have to do it for you. In The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, artist Margareta Magnusson, with Scandinavian humor and wisdom, instructs readers to embrace minimalism. Her radical and joyous method for putting things in order helps families broach sensitive conversations, and makes the process uplifting rather than overwhelming.

Margareta suggests which possessions you can easily get rid of (unworn clothes, unwanted presents, more plates than you’d ever use) and which you might want to keep (photographs, love letters, a few of your children’s art projects). Digging into her late husband’s tool shed, and her own secret drawer of vices, Margareta introduces an element of fun to a potentially daunting task. Along the way readers get a glimpse into her life in Sweden, and also become more comfortable with the idea of letting go.]]> 137 Margareta Magnusson Sundry 0 currently-reading 3.77 2017 The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter
author: Margareta Magnusson
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2017
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]]> <![CDATA[Giga Town: A Guide to Manga Iconography]]> 208692589
Giga Town: A Guide to Manga Iconography! is (probably) Japan’s first guide to this manga iconography, collecting and explaining these symbols, with a short manga featuring the frolicking animals of the famous Japanese scroll Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga to explain each one!]]> 132 Fumiyo Kouno 1772943088 Sundry 0 3.90 Giga Town: A Guide to Manga Iconography
author: Fumiyo Kouno
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.90
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]]> Skin 214387878 This lyrical graphic novel paints a captivating portrait of two women in search of themselves.

Feeling adrift after her daughter leaves the nest, Rita makes the audacious move to model nude for a live drawing class. There, she meets Esther, an artist who sees beyond the superficial and captures people’s true essences in her drawings. The two connect as kindred spirits, and their unexpected, yet endearing relationship teaches them to accept their eccentricities and feel comfortable in their own skin.

Skin is the striking debut graphic novel by writer Mieke Versyp and illustrator Sabien Clement. In this seamless collaboration, poetic turns of phrase pair with impressionistic watercolors, creating a tangible intimacy between words and imagery. Keen observation and dynamic artistry combine to tell a tender story of the human condition, as playful and devastating as life itself.]]> 288 Mieke Versyp Sundry 0 to-read, 2025, graphic 4.25 2021 Skin
author: Mieke Versyp
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.25
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]]> A Ballad of Love and Glory 59073482 A Long Petal of the Sea meets Cold Mountain in this sweeping historical saga following a Mexican army nurse and an Irish soldier who must fight, at first for their survival and then for their love, amidst the atrocity of the Mexican-American War—from the author of the “timely and riveting� (People) Across a Hundred Mountains and The Distance Between Us.

The life of Ximena, a gifted Mexican healer, is tragically upended in the spring of 1846 when the United States Army marches south to the Río Grande, provoking an unjust war with México. After her husband is killed by Texas Rangers, Ximena leaves her beloved ranch to serve her country’s cause, traveling as an army nurse from battlefield to battlefield.

Meanwhile, John Riley, an Irish immigrant in the U.S. Army, has grown disillusioned by the brutal treatment of his fellow Irishmen at the hands of nativist officers. Risking death for desertion, he swims across the Río Grande to join the Mexican Army and lead the Saint Patrick’s Battalion, a company of American deserters determined to defend México against the northern invaders.

As the war intensifies, Ximena and John are drawn inexorably to each other but face an uncertain future together. Reyna Grande’s spellbinding tale, peopled by bold unforgettable characters and inspired by actual events, explores the conflicting meanings of courage, love and loyalty, while illuminating an unsung moment in history that continues to impact the U.S.-México border to this day.]]> 352 Reyna Grande 1982165286 Sundry 0 3.86 2022 A Ballad of Love and Glory
author: Reyna Grande
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center]]> 127305688
In The Other Significant Others, NPR's Rhaina Cohen invites us into the lives of people who have defied convention by choosing a friend as a life partner. Their riveting stories unsettle widespread assumptions about relationships, including the idea that sex is a defining feature of partnership and that people who raise kids together should be in a romantic relationship. Platonic partners from different walks of life—spanning age and religion, gender and sexuality and more—reveal the freedom and challenges of embracing a relationship model that society doesn't recognize. And they show that orienting your world around friends isn't just the stuff of daydreams and episodes of The Golden Girls, but possible in real life.

Based on years of original reporting and drawing on striking social science research, Cohen argues that we make romantic relationships more fragile by expecting too much of them, while we undermine friendships by expecting too little of them. She traces how, throughout history, our society hasn’t always fixated on marriage as the greatest source of meaning, or even love. At a time when many Americans are spending large stretches of their lives single, widowed or divorced, or feeling the effects of the "loneliness epidemic," Cohen makes the case that one model of a flourishing adulthood—lifelong romantic partnership—isn't enough. A rousing and incisive book, The Other Significant Others challenges us to ask what we want from our relationships—not just what we’re supposed to want—and transforms how we define a fulfilling life.]]> 320 Rhaina Cohen 1250280915 Sundry 0 2025, nonfiction, fiction 3.92 2024 The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center
author: Rhaina Cohen
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> Mr. Lightbulb 58558356


At once surrealist, comedic, heartbreaking, bitterly sarcastic, and deeply sincere, Mr. Lightbulb is an essential work of comics autobio. With bold, expressive ink strokes and brilliant use of visual metaphor, Wojtek Wawszczyk renders an affecting self-portrait, as his protagonist balances challenging family dynamics with his creative ambitions and desire to forge his way in the world. This book, which clocks in at over 600 pages, combines a grand scope with brisk plotting, adding up to a tour de force of artistry and honesty.




]]> 624 Wojtek Wawszczyk 1683965248 Sundry 4 3.93 2018 Mr. Lightbulb
author: Wojtek Wawszczyk
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2018
rating: 4
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]]> The Fall of Light 524956 381 Niall Williams 0330487000 Sundry 0 currently-reading 3.96 2001 The Fall of Light
author: Niall Williams
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2001
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]]> Gone Wolf 121409796 Award-winning author Amber McBride lays bare the fears of being young and Black in America, in this middle-grade novel that has been compared to the work of Jordan Peele and praised as "brilliantly inventive storytelling" by Publishers Weekly.
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In the future, a Black girl known only as Inmate Eleven is kept confined -- to be used as a biological match for the president's son, should he fall ill. She is called a Blue -- the color of sadness. She lives in a small-small room with her dog, who is going wolf more often � he’s pacing and imagining he’s free. Inmate Eleven wants to go wolf too—she wants to know why she feels so Blue and what is beyond her small-small room.

In the present, Imogen lives outside of Washington DC. The pandemic has distanced her from everyone but her mother and her therapist. Imogen has intense phobias and nightmares of confinement. Her two older brothers used to help her, but now she’s on her own, until a college student helps her see the difference between being Blue and sad, and Black and empowered.

In this symphony of a novel, award-winning author Amber McBride lays bare the fears of being young and Black in America, and empowers readers to remember their voices and stories are important, especially when they feel the need to go wolf.]]> 349 Amber McBride 1250850487 Sundry 0 4.18 2023 Gone Wolf
author: Amber McBride
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2023
rating: 0
read at: 2025/03/24
date added: 2025/03/24
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]]> Roaming 62207006 443 Jillian Tamaki Sundry 0 2025, graphic 3.75 2023 Roaming
author: Jillian Tamaki
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> Foster 8143909
Winner of the Davy Byrnes Memorial Prize, Foster is now published in a revised and expanded version. Beautiful, sad and eerie, it is a story of astonishing emotional depth, showcasing Claire Keegan's great accomplishment and talent.]]> 89 Claire Keegan 0571255655 Sundry 0 2025, fiction 4.32 2010 Foster
author: Claire Keegan
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2010
rating: 0
read at: 2025/03/20
date added: 2025/03/20
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]]> Heavy 63026545
Kiese Laymon is a fearless writer. In his essays, personal stories combine with piercing intellect to reflect both on the state of American society and on his experiences with abuse, which conjure conflicted feelings of shame, joy, confusion and humiliation. Laymon invites us to consider the consequences of growing up in a nation wholly obsessed with progress yet wholly disinterested in the messy work of reckoning with where we’ve been.

In Heavy, Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about growing up a hard-headed black son to a complicated and brilliant black mother in Jackson, Mississippi. From his early experiences of sexual violence, to his suspension from college, to his trek to New York as a young college professor, Laymon charts his complex relationship with his mother, grandmother, anorexia, obesity, sex, writing, and ultimately gambling. By attempting to name secrets and lies he and his mother spent a lifetime avoiding, Laymon asks himself, his mother, his nation, and us to confront the terrifying possibility that few in this nation actually know how to responsibly love, and even fewer want to live under the weight of actually becoming free.

A personal narrative that illuminates national failures, Heavy is defiant yet vulnerable, an insightful, often comical exploration of weight, identity, art, friendship, and family that begins with a confusing childhood—and continues through twenty-five years of haunting implosions and long reverberations.]]> 248 Kiese Laymon Sundry 4 2025, memoir 4.47 2018 Heavy
author: Kiese Laymon
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/17
date added: 2025/03/17
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]]> Wonder 13510287
August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. WONDER, now a #1 New York Times bestseller and included on the Texas Bluebonnet Award master list, begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one community’s struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance.]]> 100 R.J. Palacio Sundry 5 4.63 2012 Wonder
author: R.J. Palacio
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.63
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel (The Books of Earthsea)]]> 214504702 Ursula K. Le Guin’s timeless and revered A Wizard of Earthsea is reimagined in a richly expansive graphic novel by acclaimed artist Fred Fordham, creator of stunning adaptations To Kill a Mockingbird and Brave New World.

"The magic of Earthsea is primal; the lessons of Earthsea remain as potent, as wise, and as necessary as anyone could dream." —Neil Gaiman

Ged was the greatest sorcerer in Earthsea, but in his youth he was the reckless Sparrowhawk. In his hunger for power and knowledge, he tampered with long-held secrets and unleashed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tumultuous tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.

Experience the bestselling first adventure of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea Cycle as a masterly crafted graphic novel. Fred Fordham brings new life to Le Guin's iconic fantasy classic with his breathtaking illustrations and thoughtful text adaptation.]]> 288 Fred Fordham 0063285762 Sundry 0 to-read 4.05 2025 A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel (The Books of Earthsea)
author: Fred Fordham
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.05
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]]> <![CDATA[Kirby's Lessons for Falling [in Love]]]> 214369383 “I’m once again blown away by Laura Gao’s ability to make me relate to someone completely different from myself. Get ready to experience the epic highs and lows of high school rock climbing.��Sonora Reyes, National Book Award finalist and bestselling author of The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

Once dubbed the Queen of Balance as her school’s top rock climber, Kirby Tan suffers an injury that sidelines her for the rest of the season. Now she’s forced to join the newspaper club for some desperately needed extra credit. Worse, she’s recruited by crystal-wearing, tarot-reading Bex Santos for her astrology-based love advice column. As Kirby reluctantly agrees to orchestrate “matches made in heaven� with Bex, she begins to wonder if their own stars could be aligned. But loving who she wants isn’t so easy when her family and church community are on the line. Can Kirby pull off her greatest balancing act yet?

From Laura Gao, the acclaimed creator of Messy Roots, comes an authentic slow-burn romance and coming-of-age story perfect for fans of Heartstopper, lovers of astrology and tarot, and anyone looking for answers on the right way to fall (in love).Ěý]]> 304 Laura Gao 006306779X Sundry 0 to-read 3.64 2025 Kirby's Lessons for Falling [in Love]
author: Laura Gao
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.64
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]]> <![CDATA[Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, and Other Curiously Named Classic Chinese Dishes: A Graphic Cookbook�26 Recipes & Stories]]> 215748660
Storytelling is one of the most universal and collaborative components in every culture. In Chinese culture, dishes are often connected to a classic legend, a famous person, or a historical event, underlining the importance of food.
In this delightful graphic novel-style recipe book, Chinese American cookbook author Ying Chang Compestine explores the folkloric stories behind beloved Chinese dishes and gives easy-to-follow recipes for each, such as:

* Mapo Tofu � A spicy, savory dish named after the “pockmarked old lady� who created it.
* Goubuli Baozi (“Ignored by Doggy Stuffed Buns�) � Iconic steamed buns made famous by a silent young vendor.
* Heartbreak Jelly Noodles � A fiery noodle dish believed to soothe a broken heart with its numbing chili oil and peppercorns.
* Steamed Milk Custard � A beloved dessert that dates back to the Qing Dynasty, first made by a young cattle farmer seeking a way to preserve milk.

These are dishes Ying grew up with, cooked with her grandmother, and prepares for her own family today. Stories and recipes are illustrated and presented in panel layout, with art by award-winning children’s book illustrator Vivian Truong.

With easy-to-follow recipes and accessible ingredients, this cookbook is perfect for home cooks of all skill levels. Whether you’re a food lover, a fan of folklore, or just looking for delicious new recipes with a story to tell, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall offers a flavorful journey through Chinese cuisine and culture.


Why You’ll Love This Book

A Unique Visual Experience � Blending graphic novel storytelling with cooking, this book offers a fresh, engaging approach to food and history.
A Cookbook for Everyone � With 26 illustrated recipes spanning appetizers, main courses, and desserts, it’s easy to find something delicious to make.
A Meaningful Gift � Perfect for foodies, storytellers, and anyone curious about Chinese culture, this book is a treasure trove of flavors and folklore.

Praise for Buddha Jumps Over the Wall

"Truong's cute illustrations add a fun visualization, working hand in hand with Compestine's stories and cooking instructions; each recipe includes depictions of the food, tools, and cooking method needed for the recipe. This engaging comic cookbook makes learning about Chinese cuisine fun and accessible for everyone."�
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More exciting news to come—stay tuned!]]> 184 Ying Chang Compestine 1797218263 Sundry 0 to-read 4.32 Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, and Other Curiously Named Classic Chinese Dishes: A Graphic Cookbook―26 Recipes & Stories
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]]> We Could Be Magic 215149189 A swoon-worthy young adult graphic novel about a girl's summer job at a theme park from #1 New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer.


When Tabitha Laurie was growing up, a visit to Sommerland saved her belief in true love, even as her parents� marriage was falling apart. Now she’s landed her dream job at the theme park’s prestigious summer program, where she can make magical memories for other kids, guests, and superfans just like her. All she has to do is audition for one of the coveted princess roles, and soon her dreams will come true.

There’s just one problem. The heroes and heroines at Sommerland are all, well� thin. And no matter how much Tabi lives for the magic, she simply doesn't fit the park's idea of a princess.

Given a not-so-regal position at a nacho food stand instead, Tabi is going to need the support of new friends, a new crush, and a whole lot of magic if she’s going to devise her own happily ever after. . . without getting herself fired in the process.

With art by Joelle Murray, the wonder of Sommerland comes to life with charming characters and whimsical backdrops. We Could Be Magic is a perfect read for anyone looking to get swept away by a sparkly summer romance.]]> 256 Marissa Meyer 1250379393 Sundry 0 to-read 4.50 2025 We Could Be Magic
author: Marissa Meyer
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.50
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]]> The Blue Line Letters 215946651 Colorful locals, a smart girl from school, and an enigmatic character known as the Prophet. Seventeen-year-old Ty is stuck riding Portland’s MAX Blue Line every day of the summer before his senior year, but what could be a boring commute turns into a discovery of human nature, an exploration of Ty’s own inner thoughts, and opportunities to make new friends. Equipped with official summer assignments—to read Jane Eyre and write about what he learned over the summer—Ty also picks up a few unofficial assignments, including making astute observations about his fellow MAX riders and the colorful world around him, and recording what he sees in a series of letters addressed to his teacher Ms. Warne. Now, if he could only capture the attention of his high school classmate Janie who also rides the Blue Line.From one end of the Blue Line to the other, from old wounds to new love, and all the stops in between, Ty gains a deeper understanding of human behavior, community, and even the inner workings of his own heart. The Blue Line Letters is a coming-of-age story, a love letter to mass transit (and Portland), and a comical, heartfelt ride that readers won’t want to disembark.]]> 128 Steven Christiansen 1947845586 Sundry 0 to-read 4.08 The Blue Line Letters
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]]> Water, Water: Poems 208894906 Water, Water we learn how vigilance and a respect for the peripheral can result in moments of interest and delight. A cat leans to drink from a swimming pool; a nurse calls a name in a waiting room; an astronaut recites Emily Dickinson from outer space—such common and uncommon events are captured here with equal fascination. In a voice both conversational and melodic, hospitable and lyrical, informal but steadied by form, this poet asks us to tap the brakes and slow down so as to glimpse the elevated in the ordinary, the odd in the familiar.]]> 144 Billy Collins 0593731026 Sundry 5
I read this book in the manner that Billy Collin’s suggests, by opening it randomly at each sitting. Each poem felt like a little package wrapped just for me to open. When I felt I might have read them all, I paged through from beginning to end, gleaning the poems I’d missed.]]> 3.92 Water, Water: Poems
author: Billy Collins
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.92
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No other poet—probably no other writer—delivers as many smiles, as many frissons of understanding and shifted perspective as does Billy Collins. This book is a haven in a difficult world.

I read this book in the manner that Billy Collin’s suggests, by opening it randomly at each sitting. Each poem felt like a little package wrapped just for me to open. When I felt I might have read them all, I paged through from beginning to end, gleaning the poems I’d missed.
]]> Long Division 56888759 From Kiese Laymon, author of the critically acclaimed memoir Heavy, comes a debut novel about Black teenagers that is a satirical exploration of celebrity, authorship, violence, religion, and coming of age in post-Katrina Mississippi.

Written in a voice that’s alternately humorous, lacerating, and wise, Long Division features two interwoven stories. In the first, it’s 2013: after an on-stage meltdown during a nationally televised quiz contest, fourteen-year-old Citoyen “City� Coldson becomes an overnight YouTube celebrity. The next day, he’s sent to stay with his grandmother in the small coastal community of Melahatchie, where a young girl named Baize Shephard has recently disappeared.

Before leaving, City is given a strange book without an author called Long Division. He learns that one of the book’s main characters is also named City Coldson—but Long Division is set in 1985. This 1985-version of City, along with his friend and love interest, Shalaya Crump, discovers a way to travel into the future, and steals a laptop and cellphone from an orphaned teenage rapper called...Baize Shephard. They ultimately take these items with them all the way back to 1964, to help another time-traveler they meet to protect his family from the Ku Klux Klan.

City’s two stories ultimately converge in the work shed behind his grandmother’s house, where he discovers the key to Baize’s disappearance.]]> 301 Kiese Laymon 1982174838 Sundry 0 3.79 2013 Long Division
author: Kiese Laymon
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Imagine Wanting Only This (Pantheon Graphic Library)]]> 33787407 A gorgeous graphic memoir about loss, love, and confronting grief
Ěý
When Kristen Radtke was in college, the sudden death of a beloved uncle and the sight of an abandoned mining town after his funeral marked the beginning moments of a lifelong fascination with ruins and with people and places left behind. Over time, this fascination deepened until it triggered a journey around the world in search of ruined places. Now, in this genre-smashing graphic memoir, she leads us through deserted cities in the American Midwest, an Icelandic town buried in volcanic ash, islands in the Philippines, New York City, and the delicate passageways of the human heart. Along the way, we learn about her family and a rare genetic heart disease that has been passed down through generations, and revisit tragic events in America’s past.

A narrative that is at once narrative and factual, historical and personal, Radtke’s stunning illustrations and piercing text never shy away from the big questions: Why are we here, and what will we leave behind?
Ěý
(With black-and-white illustrations throughout; part of the Pantheon Graphic Novel series)]]> 288 Kristen Radtke 1101870842 Sundry 0 2022, graphic 3.22 2017 Imagine Wanting Only This (Pantheon Graphic Library)
author: Kristen Radtke
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.22
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at: 2022/01/08
date added: 2025/02/11
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]]> How Not to Diet 43252570
But HOW NOT TO DIET goes beyond food to identify twenty-one weight-loss accelerators available to our bodies, incorporating the latest discoveries in cutting-edge areas like chronobiology to reveal the factors that maximize our natural fat-burning capabilities. Dr. Greger builds the ultimate weight loss guide from the ground up, taking a timeless, proactive approach that can stand up to any new trend.]]> 608 Michael Greger 1250199247 Sundry 0 2022, personal-growth 4.42 How Not to Diet
author: Michael Greger
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.42
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]]> <![CDATA[Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese-American]]> 59571920
In Messy Roots, Laura illustrates her coming-of-age as the girl who simply wants to make the basketball team, escape Chinese school, and figure out why girls make her heart flutter.

Insightful, original, and hilarious, toggling seamlessly between past and present, China and America, Gao's debut is a tour de force of graphic storytelling.]]> 272 Laura Gao 0063067781 Sundry 5 2022, graphic-memoir, graphic Dynamic art and well told tale

I’m in love with Gao’s style. Notice how she uses shape and color to define her panels. Great page layouts. Engaging and uplifting. Remember being in your mid-twenties? ]]> 4.24 2022 Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese-American
author: Laura Gao
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2022/09/30
date added: 2025/02/11
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Dynamic art and well told tale

I’m in love with Gao’s style. Notice how she uses shape and color to define her panels. Great page layouts. Engaging and uplifting. Remember being in your mid-twenties?
]]> <![CDATA[To Drink and to Eat Vol. 2: More Meals and Mischief from a French Kitchen (2)]]> 54303175
Home chefs hungry for something Guillaume Long has asked and answered all your culinary questions! Running out of ways to use squash? Want to know which kitchen tools are worth the cost? If you want to take your culinary skills from grilled cheese to handmade pasta, Guillaume demonstrates it's not that hard.]]> 128 Guillaume Long 1620108550 Sundry 4 3.34 2012 To Drink and to Eat Vol. 2: More Meals and Mischief from a French Kitchen (2)
author: Guillaume Long
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.34
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2022/09/30
date added: 2025/02/11
shelves: 2022, cookbook, graphic, nonfiction
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]]> Ish (Creatrilogy) 765654
Ramon loved to draw. Anytime. Anything. Anywhere.

Drawing is what Ramon does. It's what makes him happy. But in one split second, all that changes. A single reckless remark by Ramon's older brother, Leon, turns Ramon's carefree sketches into joyless struggles. Luckily for Ramon, though, his little sister, Marisol, sees the world differently. She opens his eyes to something a lot more valuable than getting things just "right." Combining the spareness of fable with the potency of parable, Peter Reynolds shines a bright beam of light on the need to kindle and tend our creative flames with care.]]> 32 Peter H. Reynolds 076362344X Sundry 5 2022 4.38 2004 Ish (Creatrilogy)
author: Peter H. Reynolds
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2004
rating: 5
read at: 2022/10/29
date added: 2025/02/11
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]]> Penny: A Graphic Memoir 57940734 This colorful graphic novel features the philosophical and existential musings of a cat named Penny.

Told through a collection of stories, Penny: A Graphic Memoir wanders through her colorful imagination as she recalls her humble beginnings on the streets of New York and waxes poetic about the realities of her sheltered life living in an apartment with her owners.

Filled with ennui, angst, and vivid dreams, Penny proves that being a cat is more profound than we once thought. A unique blend of high art and humor, Penny: A Graphic Memoir perfectly portrays one cat's struggles between her animal instincts, her philosophical reflections, and the lush creature comforts of a life with human servants.

� DISTINCTIVE, BEAUTIFUL, AND FUNNY: Reading like a highbrow Garfield, this unique dose of sardonic wit and cat content combines humor and storytelling with Karl Stevens' very realistic illustration style. Fresh and imaginative, this graphic novel feels familiar and accessible, featuring one of the world's most beloved animals.
� IMPRESSIVE AND DECORATED AUTHOR: Karl Stevens has written four graphic novels, and his comics have appeared regularly in the New Yorker, Village Voice, and Boston Phoenix. His work has been well received all around, and The Lodger was a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist.
� UNIQUE GIFT FOR CAT LOVERS: For cat lovers who have all the classic cat humor books, this is something new that's both unique but familiar, combining a new voice with stunning artwork in a fresh format. For anyone who wonders what their cat is thinking, this book is pitch-perfect, and the gorgeous artwork and package make it a delightful present.]]> 152 Karl Stevens 1452184178 Sundry 4 2022 3.94 2021 Penny: A Graphic Memoir
author: Karl Stevens
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2022/10/30
date added: 2025/02/11
shelves: 2022
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]]> <![CDATA[Juliette or, the Ghosts Return in the Spring]]> 180052789
Juliette boards a train from Paris and comes back to her hometown hoping for a low-key visit with family and old friends. What she finds is anything but. Her sister, a caregiver and mother of two, is carrying on an elaborate affair with a man from a costume shop. Her parents, separated, are now estranged. Father is sure he’s coming down with Alzheimer’s, though it’s more likely that he’s simply getting old. Mother, on the other hand, revels in the second act of her life as a free woman, an artist with a show at their local gallery to prove it. Slowly, Juliette finds herself entangled with the unlikely Georges, a dyspeptic alcoholic who is stuck in his life. These divergent paths inevitably cross one another against a gloriously painted backdrop of eccentric small-town living.

Jourdy’s beautiful watercolor pages provide an unfeigned mileu for the subtle dramedy at hand. All too real human emotions, bittersweet and relatable in their rawness come together to form a poetic realism.

Translated by Aleshia Jensen.]]> 234 Camille Jourdy 1770467068 Sundry 5 fiction, graphic, 2024 3.94 2016 Juliette or, the Ghosts Return in the Spring
author: Camille Jourdy
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2024/01/14
date added: 2025/02/11
shelves: fiction, graphic, 2024
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]]> <![CDATA[Drawing Lines: An Anthology of Women Cartoonists]]> 53158654 Showcasing stories from some of the comics' greatest female creators, this anthology features stories that range from mainstream adventures to hilarious comic shorts to heart-wrenching autobiographical stories. Originally published as Sexy Chix in 2006, this new edition is presented in a larger, comic book size format.

Featuring over a dozen stories by top talents like New York Times bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates, Eisner Award-winning illustrator Jill Thompson, Scary Godmother creator Colleen Doran, DC Comics creators Gail Simone and Jo�lle Jones, and many more!]]> 104 Joyce Carol Oates 1506716881 Sundry 3 graphic, shortstories, 2024 2.90 2006 Drawing Lines: An Anthology of Women Cartoonists
author: Joyce Carol Oates
name: Sundry
average rating: 2.90
book published: 2006
rating: 3
read at: 2024/07/07
date added: 2025/02/11
shelves: graphic, shortstories, 2024
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]]> Parasocial 123077527 128 Alex de Campi 1534399372 Sundry 3 2024 3.45 Parasocial
author: Alex de Campi
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.45
book published:
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read at: 2024/07/12
date added: 2025/02/11
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]]> <![CDATA[Skip to the Fun Parts: Cartoons and Complaints About the Creative Process]]> 123367445 The perfect companion for anyone struggling to keep their sense of humor while staring at a blank page, Skip to the Fun Parts offers next-to-zero creative advice, and is instead filled with cartoons, commiserations, and jokes about the creative process.
Like you, syndicated cartoonist Dana Maier wants a creativity shortcut—a magical fairy who will both come up with brilliant ideas and grant the energy and discipline to churn them out. This book is not that magical shortcut—you won't find stirring literary quotes or a foolproof system for sparking inspiration here—but it does provide commiseration, comics, jokes, and reflections about the often-painful act of making something original.

Drawing on her experience as a cartoonist for The New Yorker and other publications, Maier explores topics such as embracing the agony of the creative process, how the pandemic has affected creative people in different ways, and the power of channeling your inner six-year-old. While more traditional creativity guides often make readers feel judged, Skip to the Fun Parts offers amusing insights about the realities of the creative process—highly entertaining for artists of all kinds and 100% advice-free!

"Of all the books I've ever read on the creative process (and I've read every one), this is by far the most useful, for its ability to remind me why we make art in the first place. I know I will turn to it again and again whenever I need to re-ignite the spark of childlike joy that fuels creativity."
—Mari Andrew, New York Times bestselling author of Am I There Yet? and My Inner Sky

"A funny, irreverent sendup of creative self-help and a comforting depiction of the agony and ecstasy in the creative process."
—Austin Kleon, New York Times bestselling author of STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST]]> 128 Dana Jeri Maier 1524887595 Sundry 4 2024 4.00 Skip to the Fun Parts: Cartoons and Complaints About the Creative Process
author: Dana Jeri Maier
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 4
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date added: 2025/02/11
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]]> Ashes 63170007
Polly, Moho, and Piter haven’t seen each other in years. Now they’ve piled into a car for a loooong journey to a mysterious cross marked on a map. All their old personality quirks and conflicts are resurrected with new wrinkles as this surreal reunion gets underway. Up ahead are car chases, alcohol, roadside motels, banjo-playing thugs, a ship graveyard, violence, sensual tension, and, of course, a monkey!

The captivating first graphic novel from internationally renowned cartoonist Ălvaro Ortiz is an explosive mix of emotional road movie and hooligan thriller in which nothing is what it seems.]]> 184 Ălvaro Ortiz 1603095179 Sundry 2 graphic, 2024 3.64 2012 Ashes
author: Ălvaro Ortiz
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2012
rating: 2
read at: 2024/07/30
date added: 2025/02/11
shelves: graphic, 2024
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]]> <![CDATA[Woe: A Housecat's Story of Despair]]> 199497399
What if our cats could talk? Would they ask endless questions about why we haven't given them wet food...again? Would they scream greetings at the first sign of life before the sun even rises? Linney certainly will.Ěý

Have you met Linney yet? If not, prepared to be blessed! Lucy Knisley's online Linney comics are collected for the very first time in this gifty hardcover featuring the internet sensation, Linney. With all-new comics, this collection shows us just how amazing, and what a true gift, all cats are.]]> 208 Lucy Knisley 0593177657 Sundry 5 animals-and-birds, 2024 4.53 2024 Woe: A Housecat's Story of Despair
author: Lucy Knisley
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.53
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/08/28
date added: 2025/02/11
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]]> <![CDATA[Hanami: You, Me, & 200 Sq Ft in Japan]]> 196019244
Julia and Marc are your average creative millennial couple, full of the anxieties and optimism of their generation. When the economy takes a downturn and Marc loses his engineering job, the pair realize that their relative lack of ties means they can pool their savings and his severance to embark on a new Moving to Japan! (Until the money runs out, anyway�)

The pair move into a tiny apartment and enroll in a local Japanese school as they begin to acclimate to the local culture. Whether learning about the local fire patrol or the beautiful terror of Japanese toilets, the pair embrace their new surroundings with equal parts fear and wonder.

Their journey is documented lovingly by Julia herself. Fans of anime and manga will notice the cheeky influence of noted mangaka (manga artists) like Akira Toriyama ( DragonBall ), Rumiko Takahashi ( Ranma 1/2 ), and many more throughout the book, alongside thoughtful and heartfelt cultural observation.

Join Julia and Marc as they explore many aspects of Japan, from the culture to the natural wonders, all while growing as people and partners.]]> 144 Julia Cejas 1643376659 Sundry 0 2024 3.50 Hanami: You, Me, & 200 Sq Ft in Japan
author: Julia Cejas
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.50
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]]> <![CDATA[Now #10: The New Comics Anthology]]> 55678432 NowĚýhits its landmark tenth issue, what better time to bring back the cover artist who launched the series? Painter and cartoonist Rebecca Morgan (Instagram:Ěý@rebeccamorgan10)Ěýreturns with one of her signature depictions of the underbelly of America. Meanwhile, the issue also features new work by a number of familiar names, such as Steven Weissman (Instagram:Ěý@wei_ss_man), Tim Lane (timlaneillustration.com), and Walt Holcombe (Twitter: @WaltHolcombe).ĚýYoung FrancesĚýcreator Hartley Lin (popehats.caĚý/ Instagram: @hartley._.lin) contributes his first piece to the magazine, as does Italian cartoonist Silvia Rocchi (silviarocchi.com) and American cartoonist M.S. Harkness (msharkness.comĚý/ Instagram:Ěý@m.s.harkness / Twitter:Ěý@msharkness)Ěýâ€� with a piece about competitive weightlifting during the COVID-19 pandemic!


Along with other surprises,ĚýNowĚý#10 includes one other special feature: a tribute to the late cartoonist Richard Sala (1954-2020), a cartoonist who built his long career contributing to various anthologies of the 1980s, including the legendaryĚýRawĚýmagazine. We are pleased to present nine previously unpublished pages of comics by Sala, all created as an art student in the 1970s and presaging a prolific and brilliant oeuvre to come. Also: comics by Nick Thorburn (Instagram Twitter: @NickfromIslands), Jacob Weinstein (jacob-weinstein.com), Joakim Drescher (Instagram: @joakimdrescher), and Julia Gfrörer (thorazos.netĚý/ Instagram Twitter: @thorazos).



]]> 128 Eric Reynolds 1683963997 Sundry 0 2024 3.50 Now #10: The New Comics Anthology
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name: Sundry
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]]> A Fire Story 44087486 A Fire Story and posted it online—and it immediately went viral. He expanded his original web comic to include environmental insight and the fire stories of his neighbors and others in his community. This paperback version includes 32 new pages that bring the story up-to-date. A Fire Story is a candid testimony of the wildfires that left homes destroyed, families broken, and a community determined to rebuild.]]> 160 Brian Fies Sundry 5 4.20 2019 A Fire Story
author: Brian Fies
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/27
date added: 2025/02/11
shelves: 2025, graphic-memoir, graphic, memoir, nonfiction
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]]> <![CDATA[Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl]]> 8125619 On Valentine's Day 1985, biologist Stacey O'Brien first met a four-day-old baby barn owl -- a fateful encounter that would turn into an astonishing 19-year saga. With nerve damage in one wing, the owlet's ability to fly was forever compromised, and he had no hope of surviving on his own in the wild. O'Brien, a young assistant in the owl laboratory at Caltech, was immediately smitten, promising to care for the helpless owlet and give him a permanent home. Wesley the Owl is the funny, poignant story of their dramatic two decades together. With both a tender heart and a scientist's eye, O'Brien studied Wesley's strange habits intensively and first-hand -- and provided a mice-only diet that required her to buy the rodents in bulk (28,000 over the owl's lifetime). As Wesley grew, she snapped photos of him at every stage like any proud parent, recording his life from a helpless ball of fuzz to a playful, clumsy adolescent to a gorgeous, gold-and-white, macho adult owl with a heart-shaped face and an outsize personality that belied his 18-inch stature. Stacey and Wesley's bond deepened as she discovered Wesley's individual personality, subtle emotions, and playful nature that could also turn fiercely loyal and protective -- though she could have done without Wesley's driving away her would-be human suitors! O'Brien also brings us inside the prestigious research community, a kind of scientific Hogwarts where resident owls sometimes flew freely from office to office and eccentric, brilliant scientists were extraordinarily committed to studying and helping animals; all of them were changed by the animal they loved. As O'Brien gets close to Wesley, she makes important discoveries about owl behavior, intelligence, and communication, coining the term "The Way of the Owl" to describe his he did not tolerate lies, held her to her promises, and provided unconditional love, though he was not beyond an occasional sulk. When O'Brien develops her own life-threatening illness, the biologist who saved the life of a helpless baby bird is herself rescued from death by the insistent love and courage of this wild animal. Enhanced by wonderful photos, Wesley the Owl is a thoroughly engaging, heartwarming, often funny story of a complex, emotional, non-human being capable of reason, play, and, most important, love and loyalty. It is sure to be cherished by animal lovers everywhere.]]> 241 Stacey O'Brien Sundry 4 4.41 2008 Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
author: Stacey O'Brien
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/30
date added: 2025/02/11
shelves: animals-and-birds, nonfiction, 2025, memoir
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]]> Vision 53174702 96 Julia Gfrörer 1683963156 Sundry 0 2025, fiction, graphic 3.53 2020 Vision
author: Julia Gfrörer
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.53
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America]]> 55959466 From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.

America’s backstory is a whitewashed mythology implanted in our collective memory. It is the story of the pilgrims on the Mayflower building a new nation. It is George Washington’s cherry tree and Abraham Lincoln’s log cabin. It is the fantastic tale of slaves that spontaneously teleported themselves here with nothing but strong backs and negro spirituals. It is a sugarcoated legend based on an almost true story.

It should come as no surprise that the dominant narrative of American history is blighted with errors and oversights—after all, history books were written by white men with their perspectives at the forefront. It could even be said that the devaluation and erasure of the Black experience is as American as apple pie.

InĚýBlack AF History, Michael Harriot presents a more accurate version of American history. Combining unapologetically provocative storytelling with meticulous research based on primary sources as well as the work of pioneering Black historians, scholars, and journalists, Harriot removes the white sugarcoating from the American story, placing Black people squarely at the center. With incisive wit, Harriot speaks hilarious truth to oppressive power, subverting conventional historical narratives with little-known stories about the experiences of Black Americans. From the African Americans who arrived before 1619 to the unenslavable bandit who inspired America’s first police force, this long overdue corrective provides a revealing look into our past that is as urgent as it is necessary. For too long, we have refused to acknowledge that American history is white history. Not this one. This history is Black AF.Ěý]]> 432 Michael Harriot 0358439167 Sundry 0 to-read 4.59 2023 Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
author: Michael Harriot
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.59
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]]> <![CDATA[InnSaei: Icelandic wisdom for turbulent times]]> 195612081 ±ő˛Ô˛Ôł§Ă¦ľ± offers a compelling, honest and imaginative exploration about how nature, attention and deep breaths keep us grounded and safe by fuelling our creativity, intuition and sense of belonging - all encapsulated in this wonderful Icelandic word.'Innsaei (pronounced Inn-Sy-Eh) is an Icelandic word which, at its simplest level, means 'intuition'. There are deeper layers of meaning which help to explain the philosophy around the sea within, to see within and to see from the inside out. 'The sea within' implies the dynamic movement of the world within, which cannot be put into boxes or silos, because then it ceases to flow. 'To see within' means to know yourself well enough to be able to put yourself into other people's shoes and make connections that constantly regenerate you. And finally, 'to see from the inside out' implies a strong inner compass, that enables you to navigate and create your own path in the ever-changing ocean of life.This book by Hrund Gunnsteinsdottir follows a clear structure in which she explains each of these three strands and how they work together, offering the reader practical exercises such as grounding, gratitude, connection, mindfulness and breathing. Filled with case studies and stories from spiritual leaders, scientists and artists (including Marina Abramovich), it encapsulates Hrund's personal story, the principles of Innsaei as well as some content that speaks to wider global issues such as how we treat the planet.An alternative way of approaching life, ±ő˛Ô˛Ôł§Ă¦ľ± will show the reader how to harness your intuition and creativity and get the most out of living.]]> 186 GUNNSTEINSDĂ“TTIR HRUND 1788708768 Sundry 0 to-read 3.41 InnSaei: Icelandic wisdom for turbulent times
author: GUNNSTEINSDĂ“TTIR HRUND
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.41
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]]> <![CDATA[Thinking of You (but not like in a weird creepy way): A Comic Collection]]> 62917506
In her newest collection of comics, cartoonist Beth Evans is back with the internet’s favorite amorphous blob of encouragement and optimism� and just a hint of social anxiety. Thinking of You follows Evans’s iconic protagonist as they navigate their way through online dating, awkward social interactions, and the occasional panic attack, all while trying to remain kind and patient, both with the world and with themselves. It’s a struggle but they are here to remind us that we don’t have to do it all alone.

Funny, sweet, and timely, Thinking of You is just the warm hug you’ve been looking for.]]> 128 Beth Evans 1524879789 Sundry 3 2024, graphic, humor 3.61 2023 Thinking of You (but not like in a weird creepy way): A Comic Collection
author: Beth Evans
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2024/10/07
date added: 2025/01/08
shelves: 2024, graphic, humor
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]]> The Message 210943364
The first of the book’s three intertwining essays is set in Dakar, Senegal. Despite being raised as a strict Afrocentrist, Coates had never set foot on the African continent until now. He roams the “steampunk� city of “old traditions and new machinery,� but everywhere he goes he feels as if he’s in two places at once: a modern city in Senegal and a mythic kingdom in his mind. Finally he travels to the slave castles off the coast and has his own reckoning with the legacy of the Afrocentric dream.

He takes readers along with him to Columbia, South Carolina, where he meets an educator whose job is threatened for teaching one of Coates’s own books. There he discovers a community of mostly white supporters who were transformed by the “racial reckoning� of 2020. But he also explores the backlash to this reckoning and the deeper myths of the community—a capital of the confederacy with statues of segregationists looming over its public squares.

And in Palestine, Coates discovers the devastating gap between the narratives we’ve accepted and the clashing reality of life on the ground. He meets with activists and dissidents, Israelis and Palestinians—the old, who remember their dispossessions on two continents, and the young, who have only known struggle and disillusionment. He travels into Jerusalem, the heart of Zionist mythology, and to the occupied territories, where he sees the reality the myth is meant to hide. It is this hidden story that draws him in and profoundly changes him—and makes the war that would soon come all the more devastating.

Written at a dramatic moment in American and global life, this work from one of the country’s most important writers is about the urgent need to untangle ourselves from the destructive nationalist myths that shape our world—and our own souls—and embrace the liberating power of even the most difficult truths.]]> 232 Ta-Nehisi Coates 0593230388 Sundry 0 nonfiction, currently-reading 4.51 2024 The Message
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name: Sundry
average rating: 4.51
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]]> Bloodlust & Bonnets 40680980 My Life As a Background SlytherinĚýcomes a hilarious graphic novel pastiche of classic Romantic literature led by a trio of queer misfits—and several angry vampires.

Set in early nineteenth-century Britain,ĚýBloodlust & BonnetsĚýfollows Lucy, an unworldly debutante who desires a life of passion and intrigue—qualities which earn her the attention of Lady Violet Travesty, the leader of a local vampire cult.Ěý
Ěý
But before Lucy can embark on her new life of vampiric debauchery, she finds herself unexpectedly thrown together with the flamboyant poet Lord Byron (“from books!â€�)Ěýand a mysterious bounty-hunter named Sham. The unlikely trio lie, flirt, fight, and manipulate each other as they make their way across Britain, disrupting society balls, slaying vampires, and making every effort not to betray their feelings to each other as their personal and romantic lives become increasingly entangled.

Both witty and slapstick, elegant and gory, Emily McGovern’s debut graphic novel pays tribute to and pokes fun at beloved romance tropes, delivering a joyous, action-packed world of friendship and adventure.]]> 205 Emily McGovern 1449497470 Sundry 0 2024, graphic, fiction 3.84 2019 Bloodlust & Bonnets
author: Emily McGovern
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2019
rating: 0
read at: 2024/11/08
date added: 2025/01/08
shelves: 2024, graphic, fiction
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]]> <![CDATA[Living With Sibling Grief: Imagining a Way Forward]]> 215992718
Living with Sibling Imagining a Way Forward is about Earla and Monica, two grief buddies who experienced the sudden death of a sibling and eventually created a way to navigate their profound grief. They share experiences while advocating for a societal change surrounding grief literacy. "We wrote the book we wished we’d had in the early days of grieving our sisters. We are telling our stories to inspire you to tell yours."

Feeling like the forgotten mourners as siblings are often labelled in the grief literature, they write as supportive siblings telling their story by illustrating what peer support can look like as sibling grief buddies. This book is like a friend sharing their experience with another friend. Living with Sibling Imagining a Way Forward is about empowering yourself when ready. Their stories convey messages that cannot be expressed by words alone, using light-hearted illustrations for a heavy topic.

Living With Sibling Imagining a Way Forward

interviews validate the shared understanding of siblingsways to continue a bond with your loved oneGPS points with each chapter to support steps of your processextensive current resources specific to adult siblings"We intended to share what we learned; that siblings may have similar traits as brothers and sisters, yet all grieve uniquely. Their six stories may be helpful for siblings in their early days of grieving when feeling alone and misunderstood."

For more info about Living with Sibling Imagining a Way Forward and what these two grief buddies are up to, visit We hang out mostly at Instagram ]]> 289 Earla Dawn Legault 0973216239 Sundry 0 2024, personal-growth 5.00 Living With Sibling Grief: Imagining a Way Forward
author: Earla Dawn Legault
name: Sundry
average rating: 5.00
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date added: 2025/01/08
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]]> <![CDATA[Falling: Amazing Survival Stories]]> 210429687 144 Jim Hamilton Sundry 0 5.00 Falling: Amazing Survival Stories
author: Jim Hamilton
name: Sundry
average rating: 5.00
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date added: 2025/01/08
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]]> The Backyard Bird Chronicles 194810298
Tracking the natural beauty that surrounds us, The Backyard Bird Chronicles maps the passage of time through daily entries, thoughtful questions, and beautiful original sketches. With boundless charm and wit, author Amy Tan charts her foray into birding and the natural wonders of the world.

In 2016, Amy Tan grew overwhelmed by the state of the Hatred and misinformation became a daily presence on social media, and the country felt more divisive than ever. In search of peace, Tan turned toward the natural world just beyond her window and, specifically, the birds visiting her yard. But what began as an attempt to find solace turned into something far greater—an opportunity to savor quiet moments during a volatile time, connect to nature in a meaningful way, and imagine the intricate lives of the birds she admired.]]> 373 Amy Tan 0593536142 Sundry 0 to-read 4.08 2024 The Backyard Bird Chronicles
author: Amy Tan
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.08
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]]> <![CDATA[Past Tense: Facing Family Secrets and Finding Myself in Therapy]]> 212247289 A brave and captivating graphic memoir about the power of therapy to heal anxiety and generational trauma

When Sacha Mardou turned forty years old she was leading a life that looked perfect. But for reasons she couldn’t explain, the anxiety that had always plagued her only seemed to be getting worse, and then she began breaking out in terrible acne. The product of a stoic, working-class British family, Mardou had a deep-seated distrust of mental-health treatment, but now, living the life she’d built in the United States and desperate for relief, she finds herself in a therapist’s office for the first time. There she begins the real work of growing up: learning to understand her family of origin and the childhood trauma she thought she’d left in the past.]]> 0 Sacha Mardou 0593855175 Sundry 5 graphic, graphic-memoir, 2025 4.52 Past Tense: Facing Family Secrets and Finding Myself in Therapy
author: Sacha Mardou
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.52
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]]> <![CDATA[My Mother and Other Wild Animals]]> 210095452 A mother and son embark on the road trip of a lifetime in a charming, poignant essay about making memories, facing fears, and donning fried-egg costumes by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Less.

Andrew Sean Greer can’t wait to get home to San Francisco after a writer’s residency in Kansas. But when his mother, Sandra, decides to come along for the ride, he has a new get her to crack a smile at every stop, whether breathtaking or breathtakingly kitschy.

He’s always known his mother to be as efficient and serious as a chemist (which she happens to be), always in gray, eyebrow cocked, and handling challenges with grace. To mix things up, Andrew develops an elaborate itinerary of planned chaos. Ahead, twenty-six hours of landmarks, pecan divinity, show tunes, and bizarre lodgings for the wild at heart. Best of all, mile by mile, mother and son realize how very much alike they are. And that this is just the escape they both needed.]]> 35 Andrew Sean Greer 1662519087 Sundry 0 2024, memoir 3.88 My Mother and Other Wild Animals
author: Andrew Sean Greer
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.88
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date added: 2024/12/30
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]]> Mothballs 199719594 In this moving family saga, a teenage woman uncovers the hushed history of sexual violence that shattered her grandmother’s life.

San Martín, Argentina, 2001. Upon her estranged grandmother Vilma’s death, 19-year-old Rocío moves into a house haunted by memories. Seeking a deeper understanding, Ro delves into her family history and uncovers the episodes of violence and betrayal that shattered Vilma’s dreams. All the while, the familiar scent of mothballs permeating the estate serves to remind Ro of the ineluctable spell of the past that she must break in order to forge her own path in life. Tender, heartrending, and leavened with biting humor, Mothballs is at once a moving family saga and a poignant reflection on the need to hold fast to one’s identity, despite how painful it can be. A showcase of tour de force cartooning that marks Sole Otero as a major talent in the global comics scene. Full-color illustrations throughout]]> 336 Sole Otero 1683969618 Sundry 0 2024, graphic 3.86 2020 Mothballs
author: Sole Otero
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2020
rating: 0
read at: 2024/12/04
date added: 2024/12/30
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]]> <![CDATA[A User's Guide to Neglectful Parenting]]> 26595106 194 Guy Delisle 1770461892 Sundry 0 2024, humor 3.44 2013 A User's Guide to Neglectful Parenting
author: Guy Delisle
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.44
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/12/30
shelves: 2024, humor
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]]> <![CDATA[Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea]]> 36520122
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea, Guy Delisle's internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed graphic novel about the "hermit country", was named among the best of the year by Amazon.com, TIME.com, CBC Radio One Talking Books, San Antonio Current, Vancouver Courier, Edmonton Journal, The Comics Journal, Young Adult Library Services Association, and the Pennsylvania School Librarians' Association.]]> 183 Guy Delisle 1770461868 Sundry 4 2024, graphic, graphic-memoir 4.07 2003 Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea
author: Guy Delisle
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2003
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/27
date added: 2024/12/30
shelves: 2024, graphic, graphic-memoir
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]]> <![CDATA[Ventura County (Images of America)]]> 56975771 128 146710695X Sundry 4 2024, history, nonfiction 4.00 Ventura County (Images of America)
author: Carina Monica Montoya Forsythe
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/30
date added: 2024/12/30
shelves: 2024, history, nonfiction
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]]> Time Under Tension 122780491 264 M.S. Harkness 1683968964 Sundry 5 2024, graphic, graphic-memoir 3.93 2023 Time Under Tension
author: M.S. Harkness
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2024/11/01
date added: 2024/12/30
shelves: 2024, graphic, graphic-memoir
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]]> That Quail, Robert 157974 128 Margaret A. Stanger 006081246X Sundry 4 nonfiction, 2024, memoir 4.27 1966 That Quail, Robert
author: Margaret A. Stanger
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1966
rating: 4
read at: 2024/11/21
date added: 2024/12/30
shelves: nonfiction, 2024, memoir
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One of the first of this kind of narrative that I ever read. Relationship between a human and bird.
]]> <![CDATA[Chickadee (Birchbark House #4)]]> 18941522 Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, Chickadee is the first novel of a new arc in the critically acclaimed Birchbark House series by New York Times bestselling author Louise Erdrich.

Twin brothers Chickadee and Makoons have done everything together since they were born—until the unthinkable happens and the brothers are separated.

Desperate to reunite, both Chickadee and his family must travel across new territories, forge unlikely friendships, and experience both unexpected moments of unbearable heartache as well as pure happiness. And through it all, Chickadee has the strength of his namesake, the chickadee, to carry him on.

Chickadee continues the story of one Ojibwe family's journey through one hundred years in America. School Library Journal, in a starred review, proclaimed, "Readers will be more than happy to welcome little Chickadee into their hearts."

The paperback edition includes additional material, such as an interview with the author and activities.

]]> 213 Louise Erdrich Sundry 3 2024, children-s, fiction 4.44 2012 Chickadee (Birchbark House #4)
author: Louise Erdrich
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2012
rating: 3
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date added: 2024/12/30
shelves: 2024, children-s, fiction
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]]> Hypericon 63235516 144 Manuele Fior 8876186379 Sundry 0 2024, graphic 3.58 2022 Hypericon
author: Manuele Fior
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/12/30
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]]> You & a Bike & a Road 31944971
Eleanor Davis is a cartoonist and illustrator. She lives in Athens, GA and was born in Tucson, Arizona. In 2009, Davis won the Eisner's Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award and was named one of Print magazine's New Visual Artists. In 2015, her book How To Be Happy won the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Anthology or Collection.


]]> 172 Eleanor Davis 1927668409 Sundry 5 2024, graphic, graphic-memoir 4.28 2017 You & a Bike & a Road
author: Eleanor Davis
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2017
rating: 5
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date added: 2024/12/30
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]]> <![CDATA[Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)]]> 205066300 People) of a novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world.

With her remarkable insight into the human condition and silences that contain multitudes, Elizabeth Strout returns to the town of Crosby, Maine, and to her beloved cast of characters—Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge, Bob Burgess, and more—as they deal with a shocking crime in their midst, fall in love and yet choose to be apart, and grapple with the question, as Lucy Barton puts it, “What does anyone’s life mean?�

It’s autumn in Maine, and the town lawyer Bob Burgess has become enmeshed in an unfolding murder investigation, defending a lonely, isolated man accused of killing his mother. He has also fallen into a deep and abiding friendship with the acclaimed writer Lucy Barton, who lives down the road in a house by the sea with her ex-husband, William. Together, Lucy and Bob go on walks and talk about their lives, their fears and regrets, and what might have been. Lucy, meanwhile, is finally introduced to the iconic Olive Kitteridge, now living in a retirement community on the edge of town. They spend afternoons together in Olive’s apartment, telling each other stories. Stories about people they have known—“unrecorded lives,� Olive calls them—reanimating them, and, in the process, imbuing their lives with meaning.

Brimming with empathy and pathos, Tell Me Everything is Elizabeth Strout operating at the height of her powers, illuminating the ways in which our relationships keep us afloat. As Lucy says, “Love comes in so many different forms, but it is always love.”]]> 327 Elizabeth Strout 0593446100 Sundry 5 2024, fiction 4.24 2024 Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
author: Elizabeth Strout
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/12/18
date added: 2024/12/30
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]]> <![CDATA[Something, Not Nothing: A Story of Grief and Love]]> 205544126 144 Sarah Leavitt 1551529513 Sundry 0 to-read 4.47 2024 Something, Not Nothing: A Story of Grief and Love
author: Sarah Leavitt
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> Little Moons 181869997
It’s been a year since Reanna’s sister, Chelsea, went missing on her way home from school. Without any idea of what happened, Reanna and her family struggle to find closure.

Driven from their home by memories, Reanna’s mom moves to the big city. Left behind on the reserve, Reanna and her little brother go to live with their dad.

Reanna is hurt and angry that her mom has run away. She feels lonely, abandoned� but she is not alone. Lights turn on in empty rooms, and objects move without being touched.

There are little moons everywhere.]]> 64 Jen Storm 1774921073 Sundry 0 to-read 4.05 Little Moons
author: Jen Storm
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.05
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]]> Days of Sand: A Graphic Novel 58667550 A moving and unforgettable tale, inspired by real-life stories of courage and perseverance during the Dust Bowl of 1930s America

United States, 1937. In the middle of the Great Depression, 22-year-old photographer John Clark is brought in by the Farm Security Administration to document the calamitous conditions of the Dust Bowl in the central and southern states, in order to bring the farmers� plight to the public eye. When he starts working through his shooting script, however, he finds his subjects to be unreceptive. What good are a couple of photos against relentless and deadly dust storms? The more he shoots, the more John discovers the awful extent of their struggles, coming to question his own role and responsibilities in this tragedy sweeping through the center of the country.]]> 280 Aimée de Jongh 1914224043 Sundry 0 to-read 4.24 2021 Days of Sand: A Graphic Novel
author: Aimée de Jongh
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> The Storm in the Barn 6493836
In Kansas in the year 1937, eleven-year-old Jack Clark faces his share of ordinary local bullies, his father’s failed expectations, a little sister with an eye for trouble. But he also has to deal with the effects of the Dust Bowl, including rising tensions in his small town and the spread of a shadowy illness. Certainly a case of "dust dementia" would explain who (or what) Jack has glimpsed in the Talbot’s abandoned barn � a sinister figure with a face like rain. In a land where it never rains, it’s hard to trust what you see with your own eyes � and harder still to take heart and be a hero when the time comes. With phenomenal pacing, sensitivity, and a sure command of suspense, Matt Phelan ushers us into a world where desperation is transformed by unexpected courage.]]> 208 Matt Phelan 0763636185 Sundry 0 to-read 3.73 2009 The Storm in the Barn
author: Matt Phelan
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Thinking Like a Parrot: Perspectives from the Wild]]> 49786705


In Thinking like a Parrot, Alan B. Bond and Judy Diamond look beyond much of the standard work on captive parrots to the mischievous, inquisitive, and astonishingly vocal parrots of the wild. Focusing on the psychology and ecology of wild parrots, Bond and Diamond document their distinctive social behavior, sophisticated cognition, and extraordinary vocal abilities. Also included are short vignettes—field notes on the natural history and behavior of both rare and widely distributed species, from the neotropical crimson-fronted parakeet to New Zealand’s flightless, ground-dwelling kÄkÄpĹŤ. This composite approach makes clear that the behavior of captive parrots is grounded in the birdsâ€� wild ecology and evolution, revealing that parrotsâ€� ability to bond with people is an evolutionary accident, a by-product of the intense sociality and flexible behavior that characterize their lives.



Despite their adaptability and intelligence, however, nearly all large parrot species are rare, threatened, or endangered. To successfully manage and restore these wild populations, Bond and Diamond argue, we must develop a fuller understanding of their biology and the complex set of ecological and behavioral traits that has led to their vulnerability. Spanning the global distribution of parrot species, Thinking like a Parrot is rich with surprising insights into parrot intelligence, flexibility, and—even in the face of threats—resilience.]]> 296 Alan Bond 022624881X Sundry 0 currently-reading 4.67 Thinking Like a Parrot: Perspectives from the Wild
author: Alan Bond
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.67
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]]> <![CDATA[Ladies' Lunch: and Other Stories]]> 125078349
From the master of the short short comes a collection of 16 new stories featuring old friends who have loved and lunched together for over 40 years. These erudite, sharp-minded nonagenarians offer startling insights into friendship, family and aging.

Can the group organize a visit to one of their number in her new, and detested, assisted living situation? Is this a fabulous party with old friends, or a funeral reception? And does who was sleeping with whom, way back when, still matter?

In story after story, Segal's voice is always hilarious and urbane, heartbreaking and profound, keen and utterly unsentimental, as she tackles aging's affronts.]]> 131 Lore Segal 1685891012 Sundry 0 to-read 3.22 2017 Ladies' Lunch: and Other Stories
author: Lore Segal
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.22
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/11/09
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]]> The Talk 61796675 Winner of the NAACP Image Award in Outstanding Graphic Novels
Winner of an Alex Award from the American Library Association
Winner of the Libby Award for Best Comic/Graphic Novel of the Year
Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize in Nonfiction
Nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir
Nominated for an Ignatz Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel
Named The Year's Best Graphic Novel by Publishers Weekly
Named one of Publishers Weekly's Top Ten Best Books of 2023
Named one of NPR's Books We Love
Named one of Kirkus ' Best 2023 Books
Named one of the Washington Post's 10 best graphic novels of 2023
One of TIME Magazine's Must-Read Books of the Year
Shortlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction 2024
Booklist Editors' Choice: Graphic Novels, 2023
New York Public Library's Best New Comics of 2023 Top Ten Pick
Chicago Public Library's Best Books of 2023 Top Ten Pick
Named one of School Library Journal's Best Graphic Novels of 2023
Named one of The Guardian's Best Graphic Novels of 2023

Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn’t have a realistic water gun. She said she feared for his safety, that police tend to think of little Black boys as older and less innocent than they really are.

Through evocative illustrations and sharp humor, Bell examines how The Talk shaped intimate and public moments from childhood to adulthood. While coming of age in Los Angeles—and finding a voice through cartooning—Bell becomes painfully aware of being regarded as dangerous by white teachers, neighbors, and police officers and thus of his mortality. Drawing attention to the brutal murders of African Americans and showcasing revealing insights and cartoons along the way, he brings us up to the moment of reckoning when people took to the streets protesting the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. And now Bell must decide whether he and his own six-year-old son are ready to have The Talk.]]> 352 Darrin Bell 1250805147 Sundry 5 2024, graphic 4.64 2023 The Talk
author: Darrin Bell
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.64
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2024/10/09
date added: 2024/10/31
shelves: 2024, graphic
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]]> Tinderella 40366216 120 M.S. Harkness 194482927X Sundry 0 to-read 3.56 2018 Tinderella
author: M.S. Harkness
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> In the Country of Women 52470428
In the Country of Women is a valuable social history and a personal narrative that reads like a love song to America and indomitable women. In inland Southern California, near the desert and the Mexican border, Susan Straight, a self-proclaimed book nerd, and Dwayne Sims, an African American basketball player, started dating in high school. After college, they married and drove to Amherst, Massachusetts, where Straight met her teacher and mentor, James Baldwin, who encouraged her to write. Once back in Riverside, at driveway barbecues and fish fries with the large, close-knit Sims family, Straight—and eventually her three daughters—heard for decades the stories of Dwayne’s female ancestors. Some women escaped violence in post-slavery Tennessee, some escaped murder in Jim Crow Mississippi, and some fled abusive men. Straight’s mother-in-law, Alberta Sims, is the descendant at the heart of this memoir. Susan’s family, too, reflects the hardship and resilience of women pushing onward—from Switzerland, Canada, and the Colorado Rockies to California.

A Pakistani word, biraderi, is one Straight uses to define a complex system of kinship and clan—those who become your family. An entire community helped raise her daughters. Of her three girls, now grown and working in museums and the entertainment industry, Straight writes, “The daughters of our ancestors carry in their blood at least three continents. We are not about borders. We are about love and survival.”]]> 382 Susan Straight Sundry 4 4.22 2019 In the Country of Women
author: Susan Straight
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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]]> The Mighty Red 199793431
Gary Geist, a terrified young man set to inherit two farms, is desperate to marry Kismet Poe, an impulsive, lapsed Goth who can't read her future but seems to resolve his.

Hugo, a gentle red-haired, home-schooled giant, is also in love with Kismet. He’s determined to steal her and is eager to be a home wrecker.

Kismet's mother, Crystal, hauls sugar beets for Gary's family, and on her nightly runs, tunes into the darkness of late-night radio, sees visions of guardian angels, and worries for the future, her daughter’s and her own.

Human time, deep time, Red River time, the half-life of herbicides and pesticides, and the elegance of time represented in fracking core samples from unimaginable depths, is set against the speed of climate change, the depletion of natural resources, and the sudden economic meltdown of 2008-2009. How much does a dress cost? A used car? A package of cinnamon rolls? Can you see the shape of your soul in the everchanging clouds? Your personal salvation in the giant expanse of sky? These are the questions the people of the Red River Valley of the North wrestle with every day.

The Mighty Red is a novel of tender humor, disturbance, and hallucinatory mourning. It is about on-the-job pains and immeasurable satisfactions, a turbulent landscape, and eating the native weeds growing in your backyard. It is about ordinary people who dream, grow up, fall in love, struggle, endure tragedy, carry bitter secrets; men and women both complicated and contradictory, flawed and decent, lonely and hopeful. It is about a starkly beautiful prairie community whose members must cope with devastating consequences as powerful forces upend them. As with every book this great modern master writes, The Mighty Red is about our tattered bond with the earth, and about love in all of its absurdity and splendor.

A new novel by Louise Erdrich is a major literary event; gorgeous and heartrending, The Mighty Red is a triumph.]]> 384 Louise Erdrich 0063277050 Sundry 0 to-read, fiction 3.78 2024 The Mighty Red
author: Louise Erdrich
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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]]> Dunce: Arctic Tails 207904680 From the far reaches of Tromsø, Norway, well above the Polar Circle, emerges a comic strip that has charmed and amused audiences far and wide. Dunce, created by Jens K. Styve, is not just a comic; it’s a journey into the heart of the everyday, mixed with the unique whimsy of life in one of the world’s most northern cities.In this first English collection of Dunce, we follow the quirky adventures of Brego, Jens K, and Gustav. Brego finds himself entangled in the complexities of a troublesome relationship, Jens K vanishes beneath a table, and Gustav ambitiously sets out to single-handedly save the rainforests. A must-read for enthusiasts of classic comics like Peanuts and Calvin & Hobbes, this book blends everyday life with delightful absurdity, all depicted through Styve's captivating artwork.

Dunce is running daily in 30+ newspapers across Scandinavia, and has earned multiple awards and accolades for its heartfelt humor and distinctive storytelling. This collection is a must-have for fans of comic art, and a delightful introduction for newcomers. Dunce is also a popular strip among young readers.

Join Gustav, Brego and Jens on a journey where humor and humanity meet under the Northern Lights."One of the most unique modern comic book artists right now (...) a tremendous talent."� Comic Book Resources, cbr.com"Dunce is an alternative universe, where Calvin has grown up and moved to Norway."� World Comic Book Review]]> 192 Jens K. Styve Sundry 0 3.00 Dunce: Arctic Tails
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name: Sundry
average rating: 3.00
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]]> In the Country of Women 43835294
A Pakistani word, biraderi, is one Straight uses to define a complex system of kinship and clan―those who become your family. She and Sims divorced after their third daughter was born, but he lives nearby and the family has remained close. Of her three girls, now grown and working in museums and the entertainment industry, Straight writes, “The daughters of our ancestors carry in their blood at least three continents. We are not about borders. We are about love and survival.� In the Country of Women is a valuable social history and a personal narrative that reads like a love song to America and indomitable women.]]> 384 Susan Straight 1948226227 Sundry 4 memoir, 2024, nonfiction 3.91 2019 In the Country of Women
author: Susan Straight
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2024/09/22
date added: 2024/10/01
shelves: memoir, 2024, nonfiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners]]> 35068790
“A beautifully constructed, thoughtful, and inspiring collection.”—School Library Journal (starred review)

Young People’s Poet Laureate and National Book Award Finalist Naomi Shihab Nye’s uncommon and unforgettable voice offers readers peace, humor, inspiration, and solace. This volume of almost one hundred original poems is a stunning and engaging tribute to the diverse voices past and present that comfort us, compel us, lead us, and give us hope.

“I think the air is full of voices. If we slow down and practice listening, we hear those voices better. They live on in us. Inspiration? We need it every day. We deserve it. It is essential, like food, water, clean air, shelter. Here are some poems celebrating the voices that have changed my life and continue to do so.”—Naomi Shihab Nye, Award-winning poet and author

Voices in the Air is a collection of almost one hundred original poems written by the award-winning poet Naomi Shihab Nye in honor of the artists, writers, poets, historical figures, ordinary people, and diverse luminaries from past and present who inspire her and us. Full of words of encouragement, solace, and hope, this collection offers a message of peace and empathy.

Voices in the Air focuses on the inspirational people who strengthen and motivate us to create, to open our hearts, and to live rewarding and graceful lives. With short informational bios about the influential figures behind each poem, and a transcendent introduction by the poet, this is a collection to cherish, read again and again, and share with others.

Featuring black-and-white spot art throughout, as well as brief bios of the “voices,� an index, and an introduction by the author.]]> 203 Naomi Shihab Nye 0062691864 Sundry 4 2018, poetry 4.00 2018 Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners
author: Naomi Shihab Nye
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2018/04/28
date added: 2024/09/28
shelves: 2018, poetry
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Art of Comic Book Writing: The Definitive Guide to Outlining, Scripting, and Pitching Your Sequential Art Stories]]> 23602263 A practical guide for beginner and advanced comic book writers that outlines the steps needed to successfully craft a story for sequential art. ĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýWith this latest book in the SCAD Creative Essentials series from the esteemed Savannah College of Art and Design, comics writer and instructor Mark Kneece gives aspiring comic book writers the essential tools they need to write scripts for sequential art with confidence and success. He provides a practical set of guidelines favored by many comic book publishers and uses a unique trial and error approach to show would-be scribes the potential pitfalls they might encounter when seeking a career in comics writing. Supported by examples of scripting from SCAD's students, faculty, and alumni,The Art of Comic Book WritingĚýstrips away the mysteries of this popular artform and provides real-world advice and easy-to-follow examples for those looking to write for the comics medium.]]> 364 Mark Kneece 1607747510 Sundry 0 to-read 4.26 2015 The Art of Comic Book Writing: The Definitive Guide to Outlining, Scripting, and Pitching Your Sequential Art Stories
author: Mark Kneece
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Best American Short Stories 2011]]> 13509444 A collection of the year's best short stories from American periodicals as chosen by Pulizer Prize author, Geraldine Brooks.

]]> 386 Geraldine Brooks 0547719299 Sundry 4 3.85 2011 The Best American Short Stories 2011
author: Geraldine Brooks
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2013/01/13
date added: 2024/09/27
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]]> <![CDATA[I Really Didn't Think This Through: Tales from My So-Called Adult Life]]> 35180961
Did you ever wish your best friend—the person you would trust with your innermost secrets, the person whose wisdom and comfort you seek in times of stress or self-doubt—could draw?Armed with her beloved illustrations, popular Instagram artist Beth Evans tackles a range of issues—from whimsical musings to deeply personal struggles—in this imaginative anti-guide to being your own person.

This book is a compendium of Beth’s collected wisdom and stories, interwoven with her tremendously popular and loveable illustrations. The book is a wonderful mix of fun (playful meditations on the band Rush and international pen-pals) and thoughtful (Beth delves into her personal history with obsessive compulsive disorder and depression while commiserating on topics like dating and credit card shame) all with a simple candor that anyone from a teen to their grandparent can relate to. Through all of her experiences, Beth manages to extract valuable lessons, and the book is replete with friendly advice about caring for yourself, getting help no matter what your problems are, and embracing what makes you happy. Beth is a compelling storyteller, her drawings picking up where her words leave off, creating an approachable and immersive experience for the reader. Beth’s work feels like a hug from your best friend. And like a best friend, she’s here to say “You got this!�

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Ěý]]> 186 Beth Evans 0062796070 Sundry 0 3.64 2018 I Really Didn't Think This Through: Tales from My So-Called Adult Life
author: Beth Evans
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2018
rating: 0
read at: 2021/01/01
date added: 2024/09/25
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]]> <![CDATA[Science Comics: Crows: Genius Birds]]> 55893611 That's something to crow about! Learn all about these genius birds in Kyla Vanderklugt's Science Crows, the latest volume in First Second’s action-packed nonfiction graphic novel series for middle-grade readers!Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic—dinosaurs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, robots, and more. These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these books are for you!Did you know that crows make their own tools, lead complex social lives, and never forget a human face? Scientists are just beginning to unlock the secrets of the crow's brain to discover how these avian Einsteins can be as smart as some primates, and even perform some of the same cognitive feats as human children! Crows have problem-solving skills that will make you you rethink what it means to be a bird brain!]]> 128 Kyla Vanderklugt 1250781582 Sundry 5 2020, comics 4.44 2020 Science Comics: Crows: Genius Birds
author: Kyla Vanderklugt
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2020/07/18
date added: 2024/09/21
shelves: 2020, comics
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]]> <![CDATA[Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies]]> 33640240 257 Dick Gregory 0062448722 Sundry 4 2018, nonfiction, history 4.04 2017 Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies
author: Dick Gregory
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2018/02/10
date added: 2024/09/18
shelves: 2018, nonfiction, history
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]]> <![CDATA[Her Wits About Her: Self-Defense Success Stories by Women]]> 2003916 347 Denise Caignon 0060961724 Sundry 5 3.95 Her Wits About Her: Self-Defense Success Stories by Women
author: Denise Caignon
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.95
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 1988/01/07
date added: 2024/09/16
shelves: nonfiction, strong-female-protsgonists
review:
Such an important book. I found it in my late 20s when I was new to Los Angeles. I wish this book could be in every teenager's house so they could find it and read it for themselves. Survival is the goal. No victim shaming.
]]> These Precious Days: Essays 57382052
"The elegance of Patchett’s prose is seductive and with Patchett as a guide, readers will really get to grips with the power of struggles, failures, and triumphs alike." —Publisher's Weekly

“Any story that starts will also end.â€� As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth in these wise essays that afford a fresh and intimate look into her mind and heart.Ěý

At the center of These Precious Days is the title essay, a surprising and moving meditation on an unexpected friendship that explores “what it means to be seen, to find someone with whom you can be your best and most complete self.â€� When Patchett chose an early galley of actor and producer Tom Hanksâ€� short story collection to read one night before bed, she had no idea that this single choice would be life changing. It would introduce her to a remarkable woman—Tom’s brilliant assistant Sooki—with whom she would form a profound bond that held monumental consequences for them both.Ěý

A literary alchemist, Patchett plumbs the depths of her experiences to create engaging and moving pieces that are both self-portrait and landscape, each vibrant with emotion and rich in insight. Turning her writer’s eye on her own experiences, she transforms the private into the universal, providing us all a way to look at our own worlds anew, and reminds how fleeting and enigmatic life can be.Ěý

From the enchantments of Kate DiCamillo’s children’s books (author of The Beatryce Prophecy) to youthful memories of Paris; the cherished life gifts given by her three fathers to the unexpected influence of Charles Schultz’s Snoopy; the expansive vision of Eudora Welty to the importance of knitting, Patchett connects life and art as she illuminates what matters most. Infused with the author’s grace, wit, and warmth, the pieces in These Precious Days resonate deep in the soul, leaving an indelible mark—and demonstrate why Ann Patchett is one of the most celebrated writers of our time.]]> 336 Ann Patchett Sundry 0 2024, essays, nonfiction 4.59 2021 These Precious Days: Essays
author: Ann Patchett
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.59
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/09/10
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]]> Anna 59132225 220 Mia Oberländer 303731222X Sundry 0 2024, graphic 3.42 2021 Anna
author: Mia Oberländer
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.42
book published: 2021
rating: 0
read at: 2024/09/09
date added: 2024/09/09
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]]> <![CDATA[One Morning in Maine (Picture Puffins)]]> 29288
Today is a specidal day for Sal because she gets to go to Buck's Harbour with her dad. But when she wakes up to brush her teeth with her baby sister, she discovers something shocking.... Her tooth is loose!

And that's just the start of a huge day!]]> 64 Robert McCloskey 0140501746 Sundry 0 2024, children-s 4.38 1952 One Morning in Maine (Picture Puffins)
author: Robert McCloskey
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.38
book published: 1952
rating: 0
read at: 2024/08/10
date added: 2024/08/30
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]]> Mecca 60545970 From the National Book Award finalist Susan Straight, Mecca is a stunning epic tracing the intertwined lives of native Californians fighting for life and land

Johnny Frías has California in his blood. A descendant of the state’s Indigenous people and Mexican settlers, he has Southern California’s forgotten towns and canyons in his soul. He spends his days as a highway patrolman pulling over speeders, ignoring their racist insults, and pushing past the trauma of his rookie year, when he killed a man assaulting a young woman named Bunny, who ran from the scene, leaving Johnny without a witness. But like the Santa Ana winds that every year bring the risk of fire, Johnny’s moment of action twenty years ago sparked a slow-burning chain of connections that unites a vibrant, complex cast of characters in ways they never see coming.

In Mecca, the celebrated novelist Susan Straight crafts an unforgettable American epic, examining race, history, family, and destiny through the interlocking stories of a group of native Californians all gasping for air. With sensitivity, furor, and a cinematic scope that captures California in all its injustice, history, and glory, she tells a story of the American West through the eyes of the people who built it—and continue to sustain it. As the stakes get higher and the intertwined characters in Mecca slam against barrier after barrier, they find that when push comes to shove, it’s always better to push back.]]> 372 Susan Straight 0374604525 Sundry 4 2024, fiction 4.02 2022 Mecca
author: Susan Straight
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2024/08/25
date added: 2024/08/30
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]]> <![CDATA[The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth, #2)]]> 6570431 Old Filth has been acclaimed as Jane Gardam's masterpiece, a book where life and art merge. And now that beautiful, haunting novel has been joined by a companion that also bursts with humor and wisdom: The Man in the Wooden Hat.

Old Filth was Eddie's story. The Man in the Wooden Hat is the history of his marriage told from the perspective of his wife, Betty, a character as vivid and enchanting as Filth himself.

They met in Hong Kong after the war. Betty had spent the duration in a Japanese internment camp. Filth was already a successful barrister, handsome, fast becoming rich, in need of a wife but unaccustomed to romance. A perfect English couple of the late 1940s.

As a portrait of a marriage, with all the bittersweet secrets and surprising fulfillment of the 50-year union of two remarkable people, the novel is a triumph. The Man in the Wooden Hat is fiction of a very high order from a great novelist working at the pinnacle of her considerable power. It will be read and loved and recommended by all the many thousands of readers who found its predecessor, Old Filth, so compelling and so thoroughly satisfying.]]> 233 Jane Gardam 1933372893 Sundry 3 4.04 The Man in the Wooden Hat (Old Filth, #2)
author: Jane Gardam
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.04
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2013/11/04
date added: 2024/08/07
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]]> <![CDATA[Oh She Glows Every Day: Quick and Simply Satisfying Plant-Based Recipes]]> 28186250
In this highly anticipated new cookbook, Angela shares wildly delicious recipes that are perfect for busy lifestyles, promising to make plant-based eating convenient every day of the week—including holidays and special occasions! Filled with more than 100 family-friendly recipes everyone will love, like Oh Em Gee Veggie Burgers, Fusilli Lentil-Mushroom Bolognese, Apple Pie Overnight Oats, Mocha Empower Glo Bars, and the Ultimate Flourless Brownies, Oh She Glows Every Day also includes easy-to-make homemade staples; useful information on essential pantry ingredients; tips on making recipes kid-, allergy-, and freezer-friendly; and so much more.]]> 352 Angela Liddon 0143196510 Sundry 0 to-read 4.19 2013 Oh She Glows Every Day: Quick and Simply Satisfying Plant-Based Recipes
author: Angela Liddon
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)]]> 32191885 My Favorite Thing Is Monsters: Book Two is the eagerly awaited conclusion to one of the most acclaimed graphic novels of the past decade. Presented as the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes as she tries to solve the murder of her beloved and enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold. In Book Two, dark mysteries past and present continue to abound in the tumultuous and violent Chicago summer of 1968. Young Karen attends the Yippie-organized Festival of Life in Grant Park and finds herself swept up in a police stomping. Privately, she continues to investigate Anka’s recent death and discovers one last cassette tape that sheds light upon Anka's heroic activities in Nazi Germany. She wrestles with her own sexual identity, the death of her mother, and the secrets she suspects her brother Deez of hiding. Ferris’s exhilarating cast of characters experience revelations and epiphanies that both resolve and deepen the mysteries visited upon them earlier. Visually, the story is told in Ferris's inimitable style that breathtakingly and seamlessly combines panel-to-panel storytelling and cartoon montages filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster mag iconography. Full-color illustrations throughout]]> 304 Emil Ferris 168396019X Sundry 5 graphic, 2024, fiction 4.23 2024 My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
author: Emil Ferris
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/07/06
date added: 2024/07/06
shelves: graphic, 2024, fiction
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]]> A Fig For All The Devils 59234975
An abused, grief-stricken, and impoverished Sonny has all but given up on life. That is, until he meets death, by way of the Grim Reaper. The Reaper, a junk food loving, poetry reading, cigarette-addicted entity, has no time to waste as he searches for a suitable successor who would become "Death" for the next millennium. By training the boy in the ways of death and dying, Reaper grooms his young apprentice and through suspenseful and horror-laced events, he unknowingly gives Sonny something he never intended: A reason to live.]]> 260 C.S. Fritz Sundry 0 to-read 3.88 2021 A Fig For All The Devils
author: C.S. Fritz
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> Alison 59551331 192 Lizzy Stewart 1683965817 Sundry 5 4.34 2022 Alison
author: Lizzy Stewart
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2024/06/30
date added: 2024/06/30
shelves: 2024, fiction, graphic, favorites
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]]> Minnows 29499374 40 Lizzy Stewart Sundry 0 to-read 4.38 Minnows
author: Lizzy Stewart
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.38
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]]> Heavy Air 32070051 30 Lizzy Stewart Sundry 0 to-read 4.33 2021 Heavy Air
author: Lizzy Stewart
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> Walking Distance 44061526 56 Lizzy Stewart 1910395501 Sundry 0 to-read 4.06 2019 Walking Distance
author: Lizzy Stewart
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Invisible Ink: A Practical Guide to Building Stories That Resonate]]> 7818660 153 Brian McDonald 0984178627 Sundry 0 to-read 4.35 2010 Invisible Ink: A Practical Guide to Building Stories That Resonate
author: Brian McDonald
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Land of the Dead: Lessons from the Underworld on Storytelling and Living]]> 60316976
There is wisdom in the land of the dead, for it is the place that all stories lay to rest . And what is a story, if not a simulation of survival?
Wielding his massive experience from film, tv, comics, and more, Brian McDonald lays out a history of storytelling and shows the reader how the best tales tug at our truest biological the need to survive. Readers will see how different forms of survival―physical, emotional, spiritual―inform the arc of character development in a way that makes them more complex and compelling. And how plot and circumstance must then force your protagonist to meet their worst nightmare. Toby Cypress’s electric art guides the reader through the underworld, visualizing each narrative masterpiece, and bringing the ideas to life.

Whether you’re in film, books, comics, or simply a story enthusiast, this book offers a way to see character development and the crafting of plot through the lens of human questions of morality and mortality.]]> 224 Brian McDonald 1626727317 Sundry 0 4.27 Land of the Dead: Lessons from the Underworld on Storytelling and Living
author: Brian McDonald
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.27
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shelves: 2024, comics, graphic, nonfiction, currently-reading
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]]> <![CDATA[This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America]]> 115575694 A gorgeously illustrated and written debut graphic memoir aboutĚýbelonging, identity, and making a home in the remote American West, by New Yorker cartoonist Navied Mahdavian

Before Navied Mahdavian moved with his wife and dog in November of 2016 from San Francisco to an off-the-grid cabin in rural Idaho, he had never fished, gardened, hiked, hunted, or lived in a snowy place. But there, he could own land, realize his dream of being an artist, and start a family—the Millennial dream.ĚýOver the next three years,ĚýMahdavian leaned into the wonders of the natural Idaho landscape and found himself adjusting to and enjoying a slower pace of living. But beyond the boundaries of his six acres, he was confronted with the realities of America’s political shifts and forced to confront the question: Do I belong here?

Mahdavian’s unflinchingly honest graphic memoir charts his growth and struggles as an artist, citizen, and new father. It celebrates his love of place and honors the relationships he makes in rural America, touching on dynamics like culture, environment, and identity in America, and even articulating difficult moments of racism and brutality he found there as a Middle Eastern American. With wit, compassion, and a sense of humor, Mahdavian’sĚýinsider perspective offers a unique portrait of one of the most remote and wild areas of the American West.]]> 288 Navied Mahdavian 1797223674 Sundry 3 2024, graphic, graphic-memoir 3.95 2023 This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America
author: Navied Mahdavian
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2024/06/01
date added: 2024/06/23
shelves: 2024, graphic, graphic-memoir
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]]> <![CDATA[My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #1)]]> 29069374 My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster magazines iconography. Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold. When Karen’s investigation takes us back to Anka’s life in Nazi Germany, the reader discovers how the personal, the political, the past, and the present converge. Full-color illustrations throughout.]]> 416 Emil Ferris 1606999591 Sundry 5
I'm looking forward to re-reading it, because I bought this one the first time I saw it. Didn't go looking for a bargain. I sensed from the drawings and the *feel* of the book in my hands that this would be a keeper.

Wishing Emil Ferris the best possible experience in writing the second volume. I can wait. I know it'll be worth it.

�***�*
Read again in 2024 before starting Vol. 2. I had forgotten how dark the story is, but it held up to a second reading. I've read so many more graphic novels since 2018, and have even studied graphic literature, and I'm if anything even more impressed. ]]> 4.21 2017 My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #1)
author: Emil Ferris
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2024/06/23
date added: 2024/06/23
shelves: 2018, graphic, 2024, favorites
review:
I loved this. I took almost a month to read it, doling it out to myself a few pages at a time at the end of the day, usually in bed. The central character is so very relate-able, even though her circumstances are unique.

I'm looking forward to re-reading it, because I bought this one the first time I saw it. Didn't go looking for a bargain. I sensed from the drawings and the *feel* of the book in my hands that this would be a keeper.

Wishing Emil Ferris the best possible experience in writing the second volume. I can wait. I know it'll be worth it.

�***�*
Read again in 2024 before starting Vol. 2. I had forgotten how dark the story is, but it held up to a second reading. I've read so many more graphic novels since 2018, and have even studied graphic literature, and I'm if anything even more impressed.
]]> <![CDATA[Encore Provence: New Adventures in the South of France]]> 738369 ĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýBut there is life after lunch, and we also discover a school for noses in haute Provence, a gardener who grows black tomatoes, the secret of the oversexed butcher, a celebration of Alowine (Halloween) Provence-style, and the genetic effects of two thousand years of foie gras. There is a memorable tour of Marseilles, a comprehensive lesson on olive oil, a search for the perfect corkscrew, and invaluable recommendations for splendid local cheeses, wines, honey, bread, country restaurants, and off-the-beaten-track places to stay.
ĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýNever has Peter Mayle written with more unabashed pleasure about his heaven on earth.

Simon Jones has appeared in the films The Devil's Own, Twelve Monkeys, and Miracle on 34th Street and on television in The Cosby Mysteries and Murder She Wrote .]]> 7 Peter Mayle 0375406980 Sundry 4 Foooood. 4.13 1992 Encore Provence: New Adventures in the South of France
author: Peter Mayle
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.13
book published: 1992
rating: 4
read at: 2005/03/01
date added: 2024/06/21
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Foooood.
]]> <![CDATA[Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy]]> 122965302 From Bill Griffith, the acclaimed creator of Zippy the Pinhead, comes a history of comics as told through the life story of Ernie Bushmiller and his iconic comic strip Nancy.

Ěý

“As the widest-ranging cartoon chronicler of American absurdity in our time, Bill Griffith has topped himself. This is an instant comic-strip classic!� —Matt Groening, The Simpsons

Ěý

From Bill Griffith, creator of Zippy the Pinhead and Nobody’s Fool, comes Three Rocks, a biography of cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller, creator of the iconic comic strip Nancy. But this graphic novel is about more than a single comic book artist. It is the story of this American art form, tracing its inception to 1895 with the Yellow Kid, the creation of Nancy in 1933, and all the strips that followed, including Peanuts and The Far Side. When Bushmiller died in 1982, Nancy was running in almost 900 daily newspapers—a number few syndicated cartoonists ever achieve.

Ěý

Nancy is hailed as the “perfect� comic strip by fans and cartoonists alike. The title Three Rocks refers to the trope of three hemispherical rocks often seen in a Bushmiller landscape—just enough to communicate environment to the reader. This distillation is exemplary of the iconic, diagrammatic look of Nancy, a comic strip about the nature of what it means to be a comic strip—the perfect avatar for Griffith to expand upon his philosophy of creating comics.

Ěý

“For many years, I’ve devoured Bill Griffith’s work. It’s always inspiring and engrossing. As it never fails to do, Griffith’s brilliance and consummate drawing chops shine through. Three Rocks is amazing!� —Emil Ferris, author of My Favorite Thing Is Monsters]]> 272 Bill Griffith 1683359437 Sundry 3 4.55 2023 Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy
author: Bill Griffith
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.55
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2024/06/20
date added: 2024/06/20
shelves: 2024, biography, graphic, nonfiction
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]]> Evergreen 125108087 A picture book by Caldecott medal winner Matt Cordell about a timid squirrel who makes a brave journey to help a relative who is ill.

Evergreen the squirrel is afraid of many thunder, hawks, and the dark paths of Buckthorn Forest. But when her mother tasks Evergreen with delivering soup to her sick Granny Oak, the little squirrel must face her fears and make the journey.

Along the way, Evergreen is met by other forest dwellers � some want to help her, but some want her mother’s delicious soup! It’s up to Evergreen to stay the course, and those who help her will surprise and delight young readers.

Using an art style reminiscent of the work of William Steig and Arnold Lobel, Matthew Cordell creates a classic tale of bravery and love.]]> 48 Matthew Cordell 1250291690 Sundry 5 2024, children-s, fiction What a darling book!

The illustrations drew me in and the story moved right along. Sweet and just a little scary! La la la.]]> 4.47 2023 Evergreen
author: Matthew Cordell
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2024/05/12
date added: 2024/06/02
shelves: 2024, children-s, fiction
review:
What a darling book!

The illustrations drew me in and the story moved right along. Sweet and just a little scary! La la la.
]]> Shame Pudding 53193720 192 Danny Noble 1951491025 Sundry 5 2024, graphic, graphic-memoir 4.02 Shame Pudding
author: Danny Noble
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.02
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rating: 5
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date added: 2024/05/27
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One of my all time favorite graphic memoirs. Love the drawings, the family, the sense of humor and love. What a pleasure to read!
]]> <![CDATA[Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food]]> 62586003 A manifesto to change how you eat and how you think about the human body.

It’s not you, it’s the food.

We have entered a new age of eating. For the first time in human history, most of our calories come from an entirely novel set of substances called Ultra-Processed Food. There’s a long, formal scientific definition, but it can be boiled down to this: if it’s wrapped in plastic and has at least one ingredient that you wouldn’t find in your kitchen, it’s UPF.

These products are specifically engineered to behave as addictive substances, driving excess consumption. They are now linked to the leading cause of early death globally and the number one cause of environmental destruction. Yet almost all our staple foods are ultra-processed. UPF is our food culture and for many people it is the only available and affordable food.

In this book, Chris van Tulleken, father, scientist, doctor, and award-winning BBC broadcaster, marshals the latest evidence to show how governments, scientists, and doctors have allowed transnational food companies to create a pandemic of diet-related disease. The solutions don’t lie in willpower, personal responsibility, or exercise. You’ll find no diet plan in this book―but join Chris as he undertakes a powerful self-experiment that made headlines around the world: under the supervision of colleagues at University College London he spent a month eating a diet of 80 percent UPF, typical for many children and adults in the United States. While his body became the subject of scientific scrutiny, he spoke to the world’s leading experts from academia, agriculture, and―most important―the food industry itself. But more than teaching him about the experience of the food, the diet switched off Chris’s own addiction to UPF.

In a fast-paced and eye-opening narrative he explores the origins, science, and economics of UPF to reveal its catastrophic impact on our bodies and the planet. And he proposes real solutions for doctors, for policy makers, and for all of us who have to eat. A book that won’t only upend the way you shop and eat, Ultra-Processed People will open your eyes to the need for action on a global scale.]]> 384 Chris van Tulleken 1324036729 Sundry 5 food, nonfiction, 2024 4.40 2023 Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food
author: Chris van Tulleken
name: Sundry
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2024/05/20
date added: 2024/05/20
shelves: food, nonfiction, 2024
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]]> Cut and Thirst 209411839 Three women scheme to avenge an old friend in a darkly witty short story about loyalty, ambition, and delicious retribution by Margaret Atwood, the #1 bestselling author of The Handmaid’s Tale.

Myrna, Leonie, and Chrissy meet every Thursday to sample fine cheeses, to reminisce about their former lives as professors, and lately, to muse about murder. Decades ago, a vicious cabal of male poets contrived—quite publicly and successfully—to undermine the writing career, confidence, and health of their dear friend Fern. Now, after Fern has taken a turn for the worse, her three old friends decide that it’s finally time to strike back—in secret, of course, since Fern is far too gentle to approve of a vendetta. All they need is a plan with suitably Shakespearean drama. But as sweet and satisfying as revenge can be, it’s not always so cut and dried.]]> 35 Margaret Atwood 1662523335 Sundry 5 2024, fiction 3.13 2024 Cut and Thirst
author: Margaret Atwood
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.13
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/05/17
date added: 2024/05/17
shelves: 2024, fiction
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]]> Ephemera: A Memoir 127425658 173 Briana Loewinsohn Sundry 0 2024, graphic-memoir, graphic 3.84 2023 Ephemera: A Memoir
author: Briana Loewinsohn
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2023
rating: 0
read at: 2024/05/16
date added: 2024/05/16
shelves: 2024, graphic-memoir, graphic
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]]> Men I Trust 60594904 In Sasha and Eliza, Parrish has created two of the most fully realized characters in recent contemporary fiction. Parrish's gorgeously painted pages showcase a graceful understanding of body language and ear for dialogue, brilliantly using the medium of comics to depict the dissonance between the characters' interior and exterior experiences. Men I Trust is about not-always-healthy people attempting to make healthy connections in a disconnected world, and is one of the most moving and insightful works of literary fiction in any medium this year.]]> 208 Tommi Parrish 1683966503 Sundry 4 2024, graphic, fiction 3.80 2022 Men I Trust
author: Tommi Parrish
name: Sundry
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2024/05/14
date added: 2024/05/14
shelves: 2024, graphic, fiction
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