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A hardcover, deluxe collector’s edition of one of the most beloved manga and anime of all time! Fully remastered with an updated translation and completely fresh lettering, and presented with color pages on large-trimmed archival-quality paper, this gorgeous hardcover edition presents the timeless dark adventures of the Elric brothers as they were truly meant to be seen. Includes brand-new cover art, color inserts and behind-the-scenes character sketches from author Hiromu Arakawa!

In an alchemical ritual gone wrong, Edward Elric lost his arm and his leg, and his brother Alphonse became nothing but a soul in a suit of armor. Equipped with mechanical “auto-mail�� limbs, Edward becomes a state alchemist, seeking the one thing that can restore his and his brother’s bodies�� the legendary Philosopher’s Stone!

The best-selling manga Fullmetal Alchemist finally available in a high-quality hardcover collectors' edition.]]> 280 Hiromu Arakawa 1421599775 Margaret 0 to-read, library-tbr 4.59 2011
author: Hiromu Arakawa
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.59
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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]]> 37781 Things Fall Apart is written with remarkable economy and subtle irony. Uniquely and richly African, at the same time it reveals Achebe's keen awareness of the human qualities common to men of all times and places.]]> 215 Chinua Achebe Margaret 2
Overall, I respect it, but I didn't personally enjoy it much. ]]> 3.73 1958
author: Chinua Achebe
name: Margaret
average rating: 3.73
book published: 1958
rating: 2
read at: 2024/09/26
date added: 2024/09/27
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I'm more interested in the historical context of this book and its place in the literary canon than the book itself. There are plenty of interesting moments, which plainly describe the clan's traditions and beliefs, but the most interesting perspectives (in my opinion, Ekwefi and Nwoye) are only given a chapter or two, and there is a lot of overt misogyny from Okonkwo to push through in the rest. I don't think he has to be a sympathetic hero to be worthwhile as a character, but it's difficult to make progress through the book when so much of it is occupied by him and all of his unfortunate tendencies. I wasn't particularly taken by the writing or the pacing - I wish more than a few pages had been spent examining the characters' responses to the colonial government, particularly Ezinma. (I understand there were many difficulties in getting the book published at all, so this is something that's more a comment on the reading experience today than a criticism of the book itself.) I really liked how the writing tied in elements of folklore, but the wording itself often felt stiff and repetitive.

Overall, I respect it, but I didn't personally enjoy it much.
]]> 60320157 A colorful and eclectic comics anthology exploring a wide range of autistic experiences—from diagnosis journeys to finding community—from autistic contributors.

From artist and curator Bex Ollerton comes an anthology featuring comics from thirty autistic creators about their experiences of living in a world that doesn’t always understand or accept them. Sensory: Life on the Spectrum contains illustrated explorations of everything from life pre-diagnosis to tips on how to explain autism to someone who isn't autistic, to suggestions for how to soothe yourself when you’re feeling overstimulated. With unique, vibrant comic-style illustrations and the emotional depth and vulnerability of memoir, this book depicts these varied experiences with the kind of insight that only those who have lived them can have.]]> 176 Bex Ollerton 1524874760 Margaret 0 to-read 4.25 2021
author: Bex Ollerton
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> 62004645 A yakuza enforcer becomes the gang world's biggest K-pop stan in this cult comedy manga that went from webcomic to sleeper hit in Japan! Perfect for fans of Way of the Househusband, Phantom of the Idol, or Spy x Family.

Ken Kanashiro is one of the top lieutenants in the feared yakuza outfit the Washio Clan. He lives his life by the code of the Japanese underworld, where nothing is more important than loyalty, and ties between soldiers and their aniki are sacred bonds. Ken's never had time for hobbies... until the boss's only daughter Megumi drags him to a K-pop concert, and he sees the glittering, charismatic Jun for the first time. Smitten like a new recruit on his first job, Ken plunges into fandom with the solemnity and passion only a true man who walks the way of the yakuza could muster.]]> 160 Teki Yatsuda 1646518012 Margaret 0
[Very silly P.S.: throwing out my guess that the author is a TXT fan!! Yeonwoo's features remind me of Yeonjun a lot, and the 'Drama' CD felt like confirmation lol, especially with MNW being a five-member group!! >_<]]]> 4.10 2021
author: Teki Yatsuda
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2021
rating: 0
read at: 2024/04/13
date added: 2024/04/13
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Excellent fun!! The humor is genuine and sparkles with familiar experiences of kpop fandom... I hope that they write and translate more!!

[Very silly P.S.: throwing out my guess that the author is a TXT fan!! Yeonwoo's features remind me of Yeonjun a lot, and the 'Drama' CD felt like confirmation lol, especially with MNW being a five-member group!! >_<]
]]> 57378184
재벌가�� 사생아로 태어�� 가족들에게 미움�� 받다가 겨우 탈출했는��, 연애 시뮬레이�� 게임 �� 악역 ‘페넬로�� 에카르트’에�� 빙의�� 버렸��! 진짜 여주인공�� 돌아오기 ��, 다섯 명의 남자 주인�� �� �� 명을 공략하지 못하면�� 그녀에게 남은 엔딩은 오직 죽음��!

카카오페이지 역하�� 로맨스판타지 웹툰 최다 추천작으�� 꼽히�� 「악역의 엔딩은 죽음뿐」이 단행본으�� 출간되었��. 동명�� 인기 소설�� 수월 작가�� 아름다운 작화�� 화려하게 재탄생시�� 작품으로, 연재 시작�� 동시�� 열렬�� 팬덤�� 형성하며 나날�� 인기�� 더해 가�� 있다.]]> 260 SUOL Margaret 0 4.48 2021
author: SUOL
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.48
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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Actually really compelling and engaging! I am really looking forward to the next volume - I'll be putting it on hold at the library right after this review! The only thing I missed in the book was maybe some closer examination of the power dynamics around nobility (specifically re: having servants, etc), but I think I may just need to turn off anarchist brain for that, since (in terms of other, shifting power dynamics) the political happenings do seem like they will get super interesting!
]]> 180995 200 Thomas Cathcart Margaret 0 3.75 2007
author: Thomas Cathcart
name: Margaret
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2007
rating: 0
read at: 2024/03/10
date added: 2024/03/11
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I'd recommend the Crash Course series on philosophy in terms of actual learning, but I did enjoy some of the jokes in here.
]]> 61002 Colin Ward provides answers to these questions by considering anarchism from a variety of perspectives: theoretical, historical, and international, and by exploring key anarchist thinkers, from Kropotkin to Chomsky. He looks critically at anarchism by evaluating key ideas within it, such as its blanket opposition to incarceration, and policy of "no compromise" with the apparatus of political decision-making. Can anarchy ever function effectively as a political force? Is it more "organized" and "reasonable" than is currently perceived? Whatever the politics of the reader, Ward's argument ensures that anarchism will be much better understood after experiencing this book.
]]> 125 Colin Ward 0192804774 Margaret 0 3.53 1981
author: Colin Ward
name: Margaret
average rating: 3.53
book published: 1981
rating: 0
read at: 2024/03/09
date added: 2024/03/09
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A good overview of anarchist philosophy and its interactions with different realms of life. I'm looking forward to checking out a number of the thinkers referenced, so this could similarly be a good option if you want to find which schools of thought appeal to you.
]]> 80834
Guy Delisle was born in Quebec City in 1966 and has spent the last decade living and working in the South of France with his wife and son. Delisle has spent ten years, mostly in Europe, working in animation, an experience that taught him about movement and drawing. He is now currently focusing on his cartooning. Delisle has written and drawn six graphic novels, including "Pyongyang," his first graphic novel in English.]]> 192 Guy Delisle 1897299214 Margaret 0 3.89 2003
author: Guy Delisle
name: Margaret
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2003
rating: 0
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Same as top reviews: I suspect I would enjoy reading a more objective survey, since the information was interesting but the author's approach rubbed me the wrong way.
]]> 26032825 Of course I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.

And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.

Jude was seven when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.

To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the consequences.

As Jude becomes more deeply embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, she discovers her own capacity for trickery and bloodshed. But as betrayal threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.]]> 370 Holly Black 0316310271 Margaret 0 Things I wish were different (I'll have to see how either change in later books): I feel like Cardan being written as a Love Interest made him feel less realistic/compelling as a character, since he had to be redeemable/likeable (it felt like a lot of his earlier misbehavior was later excused or drawn back somehow, which felt incongruous with both his established character and the given traits of faerie). There was also a bit more telling than showing than I prefer (ex: 'I want to be one of them', 'I want to be better than them', 'I will become a monster', etc [paraphrased]), but I don't tend towards first-person perspective, so maybe it's part of the territory that I'm not used to.
Overall, an interesting time! It'll stay on my bookshelf for now!]]> 4.01 2018
author: Holly Black
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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The political intrigue that began in earnest in the second half of the book is very compelling, and I will continue the series if I find the sequels out and about. YA fantasy is a lot of fun for me, and I am reminded of my fondness for it with every read in the genre!
Things I wish were different (I'll have to see how either change in later books): I feel like Cardan being written as a Love Interest made him feel less realistic/compelling as a character, since he had to be redeemable/likeable (it felt like a lot of his earlier misbehavior was later excused or drawn back somehow, which felt incongruous with both his established character and the given traits of faerie). There was also a bit more telling than showing than I prefer (ex: 'I want to be one of them', 'I want to be better than them', 'I will become a monster', etc [paraphrased]), but I don't tend towards first-person perspective, so maybe it's part of the territory that I'm not used to.
Overall, an interesting time! It'll stay on my bookshelf for now!
]]> 18630542 ��
1. Write your mistake
2. Ingest one mushroom
3. Go to sleep
4. Wake anew
��
And just like that, all the bad stuff never happened, and Katie is given another chance to get things right. She’s also got a dresser drawer full of magical mushrooms—and an irresistible urge to make her life not just good, but perfect. Too bad it’s against the rules. But Katie doesn’t care about the rules—and she’s about to discover the unintended consequences of the best intentions.
��
From the mind and pen behind the acclaimed Scott Pilgrim series comes a madcap new tale of existential angst, everyday obstacles, young love, and ancient spirits that’s sharp-witted and tenderhearted, whimsical and wise.]]> 323 Bryan Lee O'Malley 0345529375 Margaret 0 4.07 2014
author: Bryan Lee O'Malley
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at: 2023/05/19
date added: 2024/01/16
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Jan 2024: I think about house spirits on a regular basis since reading this book. I've gone on multiple Wikipedia rabbit holes reading about different types. I remember the ending to this book being a bit rushed/overly tidy, but I also remember enjoying the story as a whole, and I know now that it did plant something somewhat permanent in my brain, so... do with that what you will! Thanks, Seconds!
]]> 115575694 A gorgeously illustrated and written debut graphic memoir about��belonging, 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.��Over the next three years,��Mahdavian 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’s��insider perspective offers a unique portrait of one of the most remote and wild areas of the American West.]]> 288 Navied Mahdavian 1797223674 Margaret 0 to-read 3.96 2023
author: Navied Mahdavian
name: Margaret
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> 49552 The Stranger has long been considered a classic of twentieth-century literature. Le Monde ranks it as number one on its "100 Books of the Century" list. Through this story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on a sundrenched Algerian beach, Camus explores what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd."]]> 123 Albert Camus Margaret 0 4.04 1942
author: Albert Camus
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1942
rating: 0
read at: 2023/12/28
date added: 2023/12/27
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Huh. I'd be interested in reading the original translation if I give this book another spin, just to see if that one resonates more with me. I think I'm more interested in the philosophy perhaps than the plot here, so I might prefer to just read some of Camus's nonfiction. We'll see!
]]> 8285713 143 Kenji Sonishi 1427817790 Margaret 0 to-read 3.96 2006
author: Kenji Sonishi
name: Margaret
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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]]> 139569
Woman or man? This internationally acclaimed novel looks at the world through the eyes of Jess Goldberg, a masculine girl growing up in the "Ozzie and Harriet" McCarthy era and coming out as a young butch lesbian in the pre-Stonewall gay drag bars of a blue-collar town.

Stone Butch Blues traces a propulsive journey, powerfully evoking history and politics while portraying an extraordinary protagonist full of longing, vulnerability, and working-class grit. This once-underground classic takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride of gender transformation and exploration and ultimately speaks to the heart of anyone who has ever suffered or gloried in being different.

Dear Reader:
I want to let you know that Stone Butch Blues is an anti-oppression/s novel.
As a result, it contains scenes of rape and other violence.
None of this violence is gratuitous or salacious.
Leslie]]> 308 Leslie Feinberg 1555838537 Margaret 0 to-read 4.52 1993
author: Leslie Feinberg
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.52
book published: 1993
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]]> 1617 Night is the terrifying record of Elie Wiesel's memories of the death of his family, the death of his own innocence, and his despair as a deeply observant Jew confronting the absolute evil of man. This new translation by his wife and most frequent translator, Marion Wiesel, corrects important details and presents the most accurate rendering in English of Elie Wiesel's testimony to what happened in the camps and of his unforgettable message that this horror must simply never be allowed to happen again.]]> 120 Elie Wiesel 0374500010 Margaret 0 4.38 1956
author: Elie Wiesel
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.38
book published: 1956
rating: 0
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]]> 53317432 "Dhaliwal created a fictitious community facing xenophobia, fetishization, and media misrepresentation. It's resonating with her thousands of Instagram followers."—Robert Ito, The New York Times

“The characters in Dhaliwal’s stories sparkle. They’re tenderly rendered and their problems are real... The struggle of the cyclops unfolds in metaphors for race, sexuality, gender, and disability, tangling with ideas about fetishization, interracial relationships, passing, and representation.“—Carmen Maria Machado, author of In The Dream House

Following the critical and popular success of Woman World—the hit Instagram comic which appeared on 25 best of the year lists—Aminder Dhaliwal returns with Cyclopedia Exotica. Also serialized on instagram to her 250,000 followers, this graphic novel showcases Dhaliwal’s quick wit and astute socio-cultural criticism.

Doctor’s office waiting rooms, commercials, dog parks, and dating app screenshots capture the experiences and interior lives of the cyclops community; a largely immigrant population displaying physical differences from the majority. Whether they’re artists, parents, or yoga students, the cyclops have it tough: they face microaggressions and overt xenophobia on a daily basis. However, they are bent on finding love, cultivating community, and navigating life alongside the two-eyed majority with patience and the occasional bout of rage.
Cyclopedia Exotica is a triumph of hilarious candor.]]> 268 Aminder Dhaliwal 1770464379 Margaret 0 4.30 2021
author: Aminder Dhaliwal
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2021
rating: 0
read at: 2023/10/22
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]]> 13557891 108 Na Liu 0761365877 Margaret 0 3.78 2012
author: Na Liu
name: Margaret
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2012
rating: 0
read at: 2023/10/06
date added: 2023/10/06
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An interesting collection of stories. I liked learning about childhood in a unique context, but found the selected stories to lack strong transitions, and I found some panels and stories to be graphic in ways that did not feel necessary from a historical or storytelling perspective. The art is very beautifully done, though, and again, I liked learning.
]]> 78411
I'm sorry to say that the book you are holding in your hands is extremely unpleasant. It tells an unhappy tale about three very unlucky children. Even though they are charming and clever, the Baudelaire siblings lead lives filled with misery and woe. From the very first page of this book when the children are at the beach and receive terrible news, continuing on through the entire story, disaster lurks at their heels. One might say they are magnets for misfortune.

In this short book alone, the three youngsters encounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal their fortune, and cold porridge for breakfast.

It is my sad duty to write down these unpleasant tales, but there is nothing stopping you from putting this book down at once and reading something happy, if you prefer that sort of thing.

With all due respect,
Lemony Snicket]]> 162 Lemony Snicket 0439206472 Margaret 0 favorites
I didn't realize how much of my personality and mannerisms must have originated with these books until reading Poison for Breakfast earlier in the year, so I had such genuine fun rereading this one. I can't wait to continue with the rest of the series as soon as I find a copy of the next book!]]> 4.02 1999
author: Lemony Snicket
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1999
rating: 0
read at: 2023/10/04
date added: 2023/10/04
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the best ideas that violet (14yo) and klaus (12yo) had to stop olaf's marriage plot, by their own judgement, were molotov cocktails and polygamy, and no you don't get more context for that actually. best kids ever.

I didn't realize how much of my personality and mannerisms must have originated with these books until reading Poison for Breakfast earlier in the year, so I had such genuine fun rereading this one. I can't wait to continue with the rest of the series as soon as I find a copy of the next book!
]]> 11987 212 Albert Camus Margaret 0 to-read 4.23 1942
author: Albert Camus
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1942
rating: 0
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]]> 59785164 Before he led Ravka’s Second Army, before he created the Fold, and long before he became the Darkling, he was just a lonely boy burdened by an extraordinary power.

Eryk and his mother, Lena, have spent their lives on the run. But they will never find a safe haven. They are not only Grisha—they are the deadliest and rarest of their kind. Feared by those who wish to destroy them and hunted by those who would exploit their gifts, they must hide their true abilities wherever they go. But sometimes deadly secrets have a way of revealing themselves��

Discover the start of a grand and sinister destiny in this must-have graphic novel prequel to the bestselling series and international Netflix sensation Shadow and Bone from spectacular new talent Dani Pendergast and #1 New York Times bestseller Leigh Bardugo.]]> 203 Leigh Bardugo 1250624649 Margaret 0
The art was gorgeous and expressive across a wide emotional range, but I do have one silly critique: why did /everyone/ have such defined cheekbones lol? As with most visual media, a larger variety of characteristics would have been great.

My main frustration with the story is the end twist. I felt like it was coming, and it just felt inconsistent with established characterization when it arrived. [SPOILER: Not to mention, but there's no excuse for mudering a whole village of innocent people! Not to save your own hide, no sir! I do not understand how they justified that, especially given that several have escaped from similar situations. END SPOILER]

All in all, I liked this read, but I'd like it more if it weren't centered on giving the Darkling some sort of justification for doing ...mass murder if I remember correctly? in the Grisha trilogy.]]> 4.09 2022
author: Leigh Bardugo
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2022
rating: 0
read at: 2023/09/29
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I don't give a single hoot about the Darkling, never have. That said, I enjoyed stepping back into this universe, and I really enjoyed getting to know the characters in this one once I got into it.

The art was gorgeous and expressive across a wide emotional range, but I do have one silly critique: why did /everyone/ have such defined cheekbones lol? As with most visual media, a larger variety of characteristics would have been great.

My main frustration with the story is the end twist. I felt like it was coming, and it just felt inconsistent with established characterization when it arrived. [SPOILER: Not to mention, but there's no excuse for mudering a whole village of innocent people! Not to save your own hide, no sir! I do not understand how they justified that, especially given that several have escaped from similar situations. END SPOILER]

All in all, I liked this read, but I'd like it more if it weren't centered on giving the Darkling some sort of justification for doing ...mass murder if I remember correctly? in the Grisha trilogy.
]]> 54618889
Molly Penhallow—one of the Penhallows of legendary Questing fame—has waited years for a questing letter that never arrives. When her younger brother's letter shows up before hers, she decides it's time to take her fate into her own hands!

But Molly soon discovers that questing isn't as simple and straightforward as it seems...and there's no telling who you’ll run into in the Questing Forest!]]> 50 Amanda Kastner 0998311448 Margaret 0 4.50
author: Amanda Kastner
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.50
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A very cute, quick read! It reminds me a bit of playing Poptropica - you can see which bits are going to come back and be important and so on and so forth, but it's a fun time adventuring through!
]]> 89724 Shirley Jackson’s beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family’s dark secret

Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate. This edition features a new introduction by Jonathan Lethem.]]> 152 Shirley Jackson 0143039970 Margaret 0
Also, I love the Penguin Deluxe cover. Ink artwork for the win! ]]> 3.93 1962
author: Shirley Jackson
name: Margaret
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1962
rating: 0
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A very odd book that I came to enjoy quite a bit. I feel similarly about Merricat as I do about Mrs. Lovett from Sweeney Todd - unhinged and awfully entertaining characters that I thoroughly appreciate. I'd like to read more by Jackson!

Also, I love the Penguin Deluxe cover. Ink artwork for the win!
]]> 58662236
Already an international bestseller, Small Things Like These is a deeply affecting story of hope, quiet heroism, and empathy from one of our most critically lauded and iconic writers.]]> 128 Claire Keegan 0802158749 Margaret 0 4.14 2021
author: Claire Keegan
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2021
rating: 0
read at: 2023/09/24
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A very compelling read wrapped in an impressively small package. I have continued thinking about it in the days since.
]]> 10208212
To Be Young, Gifted and Black is a special kind of autobiography, in a very special voice. Both the story and the voice belong to a young woman from Chicago who moved to New York, won fame with her first play, A Raisin in the Sun —and went on to new heights of artistry before her tragically early death.

In turns angry, loving, bitter, laughing, and defiantly proud, the story, voice, and message are all Lorraine Hansberry’s own, coming together in one of the major works of the Black experience in mid-twentieth-century America.


“A milestone.”�� TIME

“Wonderfully moving and entertaining.”—Clive Barnes, THE NEW YORK TIMES

“I advise anybody who is interested in the human condition, black or white, to read it.”�� NEWSDAY]]> 272 Lorraine Hansberry 0451531787 Margaret 5 favorites
(P.S. Having ADHD, the unusual changes from one format to another actually helped to keep me engaged in the text. Stylistically, it won't work for everyone, but I did like reading that way.)]]> 4.36 1969
author: Lorraine Hansberry
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.36
book published: 1969
rating: 5
read at: 2023/09/27
date added: 2023/09/27
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Something in Hansberry's writing strikes the heart so deeply. This volume overwhelms with such passionate, clever, insightful spirit, of the kind that I am unable to describe adequately. She writes with honesty, unflinching, and yet remains enamored with the beauty in this world; she is at once realistic and motivated and hopeful. The best I can summarize my thoughts is that I feel very fortunate to have lived and read in a world in which Hansberry wrote.

(P.S. Having ADHD, the unusual changes from one format to another actually helped to keep me engaged in the text. Stylistically, it won't work for everyone, but I did like reading that way.)
]]> 32979 210 Carolyn Keene 1557091552 Margaret 0 3.99 1930
author: Carolyn Keene
name: Margaret
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1930
rating: 0
read at: 2023/09/23
date added: 2023/09/24
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Certainly dated in style, but charming and enjoyable nonetheless. I look forward to reading more!
]]> 26114291
Each soldier heading for the front is conditioned to report to the mediums of the Spirit Corps when they die so the Corps can pass instant information about troop movements to military intelligence.

Ginger and her fellow mediums contribute a great deal to the war efforts, so long as they pass the information through appropriate channels. While Ben is away at the front, Ginger discovers the presence of a traitor. Without the presence of her fiance to validate her findings, the top brass thinks she's just imagining things. Even worse, it is clear that the Spirit Corps is now being directly targeted by the German war effort. Left to her own devices, Ginger has to find out how the Germans are targeting the Spirit Corps and stop them. This is a difficult and dangerous task for a woman of that era, but this time both the spirit and the flesh are willing…]]> 304 Mary Robinette Kowal 0765378256 Margaret 0 to-read 3.84 2016
author: Mary Robinette Kowal
name: Margaret
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> 45746907 72 Michael DeForge 1927668697 Margaret 0
cw: suicide, suicidal ideation, just some weird stuff. ]]> 4.08 2019
author: Michael DeForge
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2019
rating: 0
read at: 2023/09/18
date added: 2023/09/18
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Huh. Picked this one up on a whim from the library and am glad I did. Stunning, surreal art for a compelling, strange tale. Will look into more by this author and/or this printer.

cw: suicide, suicidal ideation, just some weird stuff.
]]> 50811731 A charming fairy tale—told in graphic novel style—about two unlikely friends who encourage each other to pursue their dreams.

In order to buy seeds for her beautiful garden, Arietta plans to sell her treasured family violin. Then music-loving Princess Cassia spots Arietta with the instrument and excitedly asks her to perform at her upcoming birthday party. What the Princess doesn’t realize is, Arietta can’t play! Too ashamed to tell Cassia the truth, Arietta sets out to learn a special song for the occasion. But as Arietta’s musical passion blossoms, her devotion to her garden fades . . . and her trees and flowers begin to die. Will she be able to master the tune in time for Cassia’s celebration—and save the garden, too?]]> 128 Katy Farina 1454933011 Margaret 0 4.12 2020
author: Katy Farina
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2020
rating: 0
read at: 2023/09/16
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A very cute book. I might put it in an elementary school little free library near me so a kiddo can enjoy it, but I did have a nice time reading it. (I do agree with other reviewers that the stakes were not really given resolution/explanation, etc, though.)
]]> 48944685 480 Riyoko Ikeda 1927925940 Margaret 0
gorgeous art, lovely mix of history and melodrama, all around enamored with this series (with a few exceptions that can probably be chalked up to its age... andre no!!!! >:( )]]> 4.35 1994
author: Riyoko Ikeda
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.35
book published: 1994
rating: 0
read at: 2023/09/15
date added: 2023/09/15
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oscar and rosalie oscar and rosalie oscar and rosalie

gorgeous art, lovely mix of history and melodrama, all around enamored with this series (with a few exceptions that can probably be chalked up to its age... andre no!!!! >:( )
]]> 36419026
This pioneering graphic novel was created in 1981 by famed French cartoonist ��é��é, a longtime contributor to Charlie Hebdo, and has never before been available in English. Letter to Survivors is a blackhearted delight, at once a witty metafictional game of stories within stories and a scathing, urgent send-up of consumerist excess and nuclear peril: funnier, and scarier, than ever.]]> 113 ��é��é 1681372401 Margaret 0 3.29 1981
author: ��é��é
name: Margaret
average rating: 3.29
book published: 1981
rating: 0
read at: 2023/09/11
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??? The introduction was very cool, but I am very confused lol
]]> 61991440 144 Honami Shirono 1975361024 Margaret 5 4.35 2022
author: Honami Shirono
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2023/09/11
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This series continues to be cute and affirming as can be - I look forward to continuing when the next volume is translated! ^_^
]]> 52022909
With tender illustrations by Keet Geniza, Kimiko Does Cancer is a graphic memoir that upends the traditional “cancer narrative�� from a young woman’s perspective, confronting issues such as dating while in menopause, navigating work and treatment, and talking to well-meaning friends, health care professionals, and other cancer survivors with viewpoints different from her own. Not one for pink ribbons or runs for the cure, Kimiko seeks connection within the cancer community while also critiquing the mainstream cancer experience.

Honest and poignant, Kimiko Does Cancer is about finding one’s own way out of a health crisis.]]> 96 Kimiko Tobimatsu 1551528193 Margaret 0 to-read 4.05 2020
author: Kimiko Tobimatsu
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> 37954232 ��
In her early twenties in New York City, diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Rachel Lindsay takes a job in advertising in order to secure healthcare coverage for her treatment. But work takes a strange turn when she is promoted onto the Pfizer account and suddenly finds herself on the other side of the curtain, developing ads for an anti-depressant drug. Overwhelmed by her professional life and the self-scrutiny it inspires, her mania takes hold. She quits her job to become an artist, only to be hospitalized by her parents against her will. Over the course of her two weeks in the ward, she tries to find a path out of the hospital and this cycle of treatment. One where she can live the life she wants, finding freedom and autonomy, without sacrificing her dreams in order to stay well.]]> 256 Rachel Lindsay 1455598542 Margaret 0 to-read 3.82 2018
author: Rachel Lindsay
name: Margaret
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> 60200693
When it comes to love, high schooler Chika wonders if she might be an alien. She’s never fallen for or even had a crush on anyone, and she has no desire for physical intimacy. Her friends tell her that she just "hasn't met the one yet," but Chika has doubts... It's only when Chika enters college and meets peers like herself that she realizes there’s a word for what she feels inside--asexual--and she’s not the only one. After years of wondering if love was the answer, Chika realizes that the answer she long sought may not exist at all--and that that's perfectly normal.]]> 258 Uta Isaki 1646516494 Margaret 0 to-read 4.24 2021
author: Uta Isaki
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> 28577172 The Rose of Versailles.

The Rose of Versailles focuses on Oscar François de Jarjayes, a girl raised as a man to become her father's successor as leader of the Palace Guards. A brilliant combatant with a strong sense of justice, Oscar is proud of the life she leads, but becomes torn between class loyalty and her desire to help the impoverished as revolution brews among the oppressed lower class. Also important to the story are her conflicting desires to live life as both a militant and a regular woman as well as her relationships with Marie Antoinette, Count Axel von Fersen, and servant and best friend André Grandier.]]> 496 Riyoko Ikeda 1927925932 Margaret 0 4.23 1994
author: Riyoko Ikeda
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1994
rating: 0
read at: 2023/09/08
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I was really not vibing with this through most of the first half, but I am so glad I stuck with it, because this fully rocks!!! So excited to see how things continue!!! The art is lovely as well!!!
]]> 762390 The Hour of the Star, Clarice Lispector's consummate final novel, may well be her masterpiece. Narrated by the cosmopolitan Rodrigo S.M., this brief, strange, and haunting tale is the story of Macabéa, one of life's unfortunates. Living in the slums of Rio de Janeiro and eking out a poor living as a typist, Macabéa loves movies, Coca-Cola, and her rat of a boyfriend; she would like to be like Marilyn Monroe, but she is ugly, underfed, sickly, and unloved. Rodrigo recoils from her wretchedness, and yet he cannot avoid realization that for all her outward misery, Macabéa is inwardly free. She doesn't seem to know how unhappy she should be. Lispector employs her pathetic heroine against her urbane, empty narrator--edge of despair to edge of despair--and, working them like a pair of scissors, she cuts away the reader's preconceived notions about poverty, identity, love, and the art of fiction. In her last novel she takes readers close to the true mystery of life, and leaves us deep in Lispector territory indeed.]]> 96 Clarice Lispector 0811211908 Margaret 0 to-read 4.11 1977
author: Clarice Lispector
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1977
rating: 0
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]]> 139253 The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero.

Told in a series of vignettes �� sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous–it is the story of a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Few other books in our time have touched so many readers.]]> 110 Sandra Cisneros 0679734775 Margaret 0 3.69 1984
author: Sandra Cisneros
name: Margaret
average rating: 3.69
book published: 1984
rating: 0
read at: 2023/09/03
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I really liked this. Sometimes the writing was a bit purple, and I really do appreciate punctuation, but this was a really precious collection of such striking memory portraits. I'd like to come back to this book sometime.
]]> 32509945
A shining example of excellence in the treatment and care of patients, Unit 371 was a community for thousands of patients and families affected by HIV and AIDS and the people who cared for them. This graphic novel combines Czerwiec’s memories with the oral histories of patients, family members, and staff. It depicts life and death in the ward, the ways the unit affected and informed those who passed through it, and how many look back on their time there today.

Czerwiec joined Unit 371 at a pivotal time in the history of AIDS: deaths from the syndrome in the Midwest peaked in 1995 and then dropped drastically in the following years, with the release of antiretroviral protease inhibitors. This positive turn of events led to a decline in patient populations and, ultimately, to the closure of Unit 371. Czerwiec’s restrained, inviting drawing style and carefully considered narrative examine individual, institutional, and community responses to the AIDS epidemic—as well as the role that art can play in the grieving process.

Deeply personal yet made up of many voices, this history of daily life in a unique AIDS care unit is an open, honest look at suffering, grief, and hope among a community of medical professionals and patients at the heart of the epidemic.]]> 224 M.K. Czerwiec 0271078189 Margaret 0 to-read 4.41 2017
author: M.K. Czerwiec
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> 22628 offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see
what it looks like from the dance floor.

This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. passion marks the stunning debut of a provocative new voice in contemporary fiction: The Perks of Being A WALLFLOWER

This is the story of what it's like to grow up in high school. More intimate than a diary, Charlie's letters are singular and unique, hilarious and devastating. We may not know where he lives. We may not know to whom he is writing. All we know is the world he shares. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it puts him on a strange course through uncharted territory. The world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends. The world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that the perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite.

Through Charlie, Stephen Chbosky has created a deeply affecting coming-of-age story, a powerful novel that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller coaster days known as growing up.

(back cover)]]> 213 Stephen Chbosky Margaret 1
okay so it feels like this is just forrest gump but for lonesome young people (sadolescents, if you will) but I think especially because I read it at the same time as an Alison Bechdel memoir, and the way she uses language is so thoughtful, especially in comparison to the short, vague sentences that Chbosky favors, this book was sort of frustrating to return to? and as someone who very much prefers introspection and character work, which, again, was offered in plenty by Bechdel and felt lacking here, I just became frustrated with this book.

Charlie feels so... empty as a character. it's okay to simply enjoy lots of things as he does but the narration just felt lacking in character choices so that Charlie wouldn't have any flaws or thoughts that the audience might disagree with. kids are allowed to be a little annoying!!! let him dislike something too!! it felt like this issue of two dimensionality with Charlie created a lot of discontinuities in his character as well. for example, he writes much younger than his age, rarely mentions spending time on schoolwork, and describes spending several weeks almost constantly high, but he gets straight a's effortlessly. that doesn't make sense! maybe i just don't understand, but GOSH was it frustrating to read.

everything is also very vaguely explained, and it felt as though the author was often more concerned with the 'vibe' of a description than actually communicating the details of a situation. as someone who has felt very detached from my peers for a solid length of time, i don't /get/ a lot of high school kid things, so when I reached the fifth or so time that charlie explained something in the vaguest of terms, ending the sentence with "if you know what i mean", i became quite frustrated because half the time, no, i literally do not! and i understand having difficulties putting things into words, but this book was written by an adult who writes as a career! putting things into words is the job!

i'd recommend this if you like media with the sensibilities of forrest gump, since that is what this reminded me of, storytelling-wise, or if you enjoy books with lots of lonely teenage troubles. it was just a deeply frustrating read for me.

p.s. don't drive drunk or high. just don't. coffee doesn't cancel out alcohol. when you drive under the influence, you welcome the possibility of killing someone. don't do it.]]> 4.24 1999
author: Stephen Chbosky
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1999
rating: 1
read at: 2023/05/10
date added: 2023/09/03
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edit: changed star rating bc I just think back on this book and feel frustrated. frustrated and nothing else.

okay so it feels like this is just forrest gump but for lonesome young people (sadolescents, if you will) but I think especially because I read it at the same time as an Alison Bechdel memoir, and the way she uses language is so thoughtful, especially in comparison to the short, vague sentences that Chbosky favors, this book was sort of frustrating to return to? and as someone who very much prefers introspection and character work, which, again, was offered in plenty by Bechdel and felt lacking here, I just became frustrated with this book.

Charlie feels so... empty as a character. it's okay to simply enjoy lots of things as he does but the narration just felt lacking in character choices so that Charlie wouldn't have any flaws or thoughts that the audience might disagree with. kids are allowed to be a little annoying!!! let him dislike something too!! it felt like this issue of two dimensionality with Charlie created a lot of discontinuities in his character as well. for example, he writes much younger than his age, rarely mentions spending time on schoolwork, and describes spending several weeks almost constantly high, but he gets straight a's effortlessly. that doesn't make sense! maybe i just don't understand, but GOSH was it frustrating to read.

everything is also very vaguely explained, and it felt as though the author was often more concerned with the 'vibe' of a description than actually communicating the details of a situation. as someone who has felt very detached from my peers for a solid length of time, i don't /get/ a lot of high school kid things, so when I reached the fifth or so time that charlie explained something in the vaguest of terms, ending the sentence with "if you know what i mean", i became quite frustrated because half the time, no, i literally do not! and i understand having difficulties putting things into words, but this book was written by an adult who writes as a career! putting things into words is the job!

i'd recommend this if you like media with the sensibilities of forrest gump, since that is what this reminded me of, storytelling-wise, or if you enjoy books with lots of lonely teenage troubles. it was just a deeply frustrating read for me.

p.s. don't drive drunk or high. just don't. coffee doesn't cancel out alcohol. when you drive under the influence, you welcome the possibility of killing someone. don't do it.
]]> 36100762
Two prideful geniuses locked in battle. Who will make the first misstep and in doing so…confess their love?

Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane are two geniuses who stand atop their prestigious academy’s student council, making them the elite among elite. But it’s lonely at the top and each has fallen for the other. There’s just one huge problem standing in the way of lovey-dovey bliss—they’re both too prideful to be the first to confess their romantic feelings and thus become the “loser�� in the competition of love! And so begins their daily schemes to force the other to confess first!]]> 216 Aka Akasaka 1974700305 Margaret 0 4.18 2016
author: Aka Akasaka
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at: 2023/09/02
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Super fun time!! Cute characters, humor, and I am excited to continue reading this series!! Only critique would be that these characters are too young to be smexualized, and there's not a lot of that, but I'd prefer that there was none at all.
]]> 980007 Mari J. Matsuda 0395791251 Margaret 0 to-read 4.07 1997
author: Mari J. Matsuda
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1997
rating: 0
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]]> 56550461 180 Kumiko Saiki 1648275850 Margaret 0 to-read 4.05 2015
author: Kumiko Saiki
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> 24970 'What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?'

Either/Or is the earliest of the major works of Søren Kierkegaard, one of the most startlingly original thinkers and writers of the nineteenth century, and the first which he wrote under a pseudonym, as he would for his greatest philosophical writings. Adopting the viewpoints of two distinct figures with radically different beliefs--the aesthetic young man of Part One, called simply 'A', and the ethical Judge Vilhelm of the second section--Kierkegaard reflects upon the search for a meaningful existence, contemplating subjects as diverse as Mozart, drama, boredom, and, in the famous Seducer's Diary, the cynical seduction and ultimate rejection of a young, beautiful woman. A masterpiece of duality, Either/Or is an exploration of the conflict between the aesthetic and the ethical--both meditating ironically and seductively upon Epicurean pleasures, and eloquently expounding the noble virtues of a morally upstanding life.

This lightly abridged edition fully conveys the vigour and eloquence of the original. Alastair Hannay's introduction explains the philosophical background to the work and places it in the context of its times.]]> 633 Søren Kierkegaard Margaret 0 to-read 4.18 1843
author: Søren Kierkegaard
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1843
rating: 0
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]]> 157993
Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as The Little Prince, presented here in a stunning new translation with carefully restored artwork. The definitive edition of a worldwide classic, it will capture the hearts of readers of all ages.]]> 96 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 0152023984 Margaret 5 4.32 1943
author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1943
rating: 5
read at: 2023/06/03
date added: 2023/08/31
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]]> 42036538
The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.

Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead bullshit.

Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. But her childhood nemesis won't set her free without a service.

Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will become an immortal, all-powerful servant of the Resurrection, but no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier. Without Gideon's sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die.

Of course, some things are better left dead.]]> 448 Tamsyn Muir 1250313198 Margaret 0 to-read 4.20 2019
author: Tamsyn Muir
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> 56179377
Seeking help from a powerful gravewitch, Marra is offered the tools to kill a prince—if she can complete three impossible tasks. But, as is the way in tales of princes, witches, and daughters, the impossible is only the beginning.

On her quest, Marra is joined by the gravewitch, a reluctant fairy godmother, a strapping former knight, and a chicken possessed by a demon. Together, the five of them intend to be the hand that closes around the throat of the prince and frees Marra's family and their kingdom from its tyrannous ruler at last.]]> 243 T. Kingfisher 1250244048 Margaret 0 to-read 4.08 2022
author: T. Kingfisher
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> 57030264
Speaking from his own ‘mutant�� cage, Preciado does not so much criticize the homophobia and transphobia of the founding fathers of psychoanalysis as demonstrate the discipline’s complicity with the ideology of sexual difference
dating back to the colonial era, an ideology which is today rendered obsolete by technological advances allowing us to alter our bodies and procreate differently. Further, Preciado calls for a radical transformation of psychological and
psychoanalytic discourse and practices, arguing for a new epistemology capable of allowing for a multiplicity of living bodies without reducing the body to its sole heterosexual reproductive capability, and without legitimizing heteropatriarchal and colonial violence.

Causing a veritable outcry among the assembly, Preciado was heckled and booed and unable to finish. The lecture, filmed on smartphones, ended up published online, where fragments were transcribed, translated and published with no
regard for exactitude. Eighteen months on, Can the Monster Speak? Report to an Academy of Psychoanalysts is published in a definitive translation for the first time.]]> 88 Paul B. Preciado 1913097587 Margaret 0 to-read 4.25 2020
author: Paul B. Preciado
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> 542700 Trauma and Recovery was first published in 1992, it was hailed as a groundbreaking work. In the intervening years, Herman’s volume has changed the way we think about and treat traumatic events and trauma victims.

In a new afterword, Herman chronicles the incredible response the book has elicited and explains how the issues surrounding the topic have shifted within the clinical community and the culture at large. Trauma and Recovery brings a new level of understanding to a set of problems usually considered individually. Herman draws on her own cutting-edge research in domestic violence as well as on the vast literature of combat veterans and victims of political terror, to show the parallels between private terrors such as rape and public traumas such as terrorism. The book puts individual experience in a broader political frame, arguing that psychological trauma can be understood only in a social context.

Meticulously documented and frequently using the victims�� own words as well as those from classic literary works and prison diaries, Trauma and Recovery is a powerful work that will continue to profoundly impact our thinking.]]> 247 Judith Lewis Herman 0465087302 Margaret 0 to-read 4.37 1992
author: Judith Lewis Herman
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1992
rating: 0
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]]> 29502530
Some of the girls were able to escape and award-winning journalist Wolfgang Bauer spent several weeks with them as they recounted their ordeal. In Stolen Girls, he gives voice to these girls, allowing them to speak for themselves—about their lives before the abduction, about the horrors during their captivity, and their dreams of a better future. Bauer’s reportage is complemented by over a dozen stunning portraits by award-winning photographer Andy Spyra.

Bauer also examines the historical and political background of the Islamist terror in the heart of Africa, showing how Boko Haram works and describing the damage it has done to the fragile balance of ethnicities and cultures in one of the world’s most diverse regions. His book tells a story of violence, fear, and uncertainty; it is also a story of hope, strength, and courage.
]]> 154 Wolfgang Bauer 1620972573 Margaret 0 to-read 4.20 2017
author: Wolfgang Bauer
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> 36353960 This FINAL VOLUME of Princess Jellyfish contains over 100 pages of exclusive bonus content for fans!

FIT FOR A PRINCESS

As a brand, Jelly Fish comes to the conclusion that their dresses are for Amars, by Amars. After embracing the fact that they make clothes for weirdos, Tsukimi and the crew must figure out how to sell their styles! In true Amars fashion, these beloved otaku girls and eccentric boys struggle and fumble their way to their happy endings!

Dearest Readers!

Check out the huge illustration gallery at the end--in full color! Go behind the scenes and read in-depth interviews with the author, study up with a jellyfish encyclopedia, and take a peek into the author's studio!]]> 276 Akiko Higashimura 1632365642 Margaret 0 4.36 2018
author: Akiko Higashimura
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2018
rating: 0
read at: 2023/08/07
date added: 2023/08/28
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I was not a fan of this ending, but I still devoured and really enjoyed this series!! (Shu my beloved!!!!!!!!!
]]> 40642172 , a young woman and a young man must choose whether to become heroes or villains—and friends or enemies—with the future of their home at stake. The first of two books.

Kate Harker and August Flynn are the heirs to a divided city—a city where the violence has begun to breed actual monsters. All Kate wants is to be as ruthless as her father, who lets the monsters roam free and makes the humans pay for his protection. All August wants is to be human, as good-hearted as his own father, to play a bigger role in protecting the innocent—but he’s one of the monsters. One who can steal a soul with a simple strain of music. When the chance arises to keep an eye on Kate, who’s just been kicked out of her sixth boarding school and returned home, August jumps at it. But Kate discovers August’s secret, and after a failed assassination attempt the pair must flee for their lives.]]> 469 Victoria E. Schwab Margaret 0 3.98 2016
author: Victoria E. Schwab
name: Margaret
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at: 2023/08/28
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I always enjoy YA fantasy, but I think that the dystopia element led to a few too many sentence fragments and 'grisly for the sake of it' parts, so I probably won't continue. I feel like I may want to enjoy Schwab's writing more than I do, but she's clearly a talented storyteller, so I won't box myself in with that. I'm also not a fan of death fakeouts, so I didn't love that there were multiple here. All in all, maybe 3.5 stars? There were some fun suspenseful moments and surprises, and I had moments enjoying the characters, so that was nice!
]]> 30139736 Once upon a time...

In a land far away, there were two kingdoms: the Outside, where twisted beasts roamed that could curse with a touch, and the Inside, where humans lived in safety and peace. The girl and the beast should never have met, but when they do, a quiet fairytale begins.

This is a story of two people - one human, one inhuman - who linger in the hazy twilight that separates night from day.]]> 177 Nagabe 1626924678 Margaret 0 to-read 4.23 2016
author: Nagabe
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> 31574739 A chilling literary horror novel about a young couple who purchase and live in a haunted house. Jac Jemc’s The Grip of It tells the eerie story of a young couple haunted by their new home.

Julie and James settle into a house in a small town outside the city where they met. The move—prompted by James’s penchant for gambling, his inability to keep his impulses in check—is quick and seamless; both Julie and James are happy to leave behind their usual haunts and start afresh. But this house, which sits between ocean and forest, has plans for the unsuspecting couple. As Julie and James try to settle into their home and their relationship, the house and its surrounding terrain become the locus of increasingly strange happenings. The architecture—claustrophobic, riddled with hidden rooms within rooms—becomes unrecognizable, decaying before their eyes. Stains are animated on the wall—contracting, expanding—and map themselves onto Julie’s body in the form of bruises; mold spores taint the water that James pours from the sink. Together the couple embark on a panicked search for the source of their mutual torment, a journey that mires them in the history of their peculiar neighbors and the mysterious residents who lived in the house before Julia and James.

Written in creepy, potent prose, The Grip of It is an enthralling, psychologically intense novel that deals in questions of home: how we make it and how it in turn makes us, mapping itself onto bodies and the relationships we cherish.]]> 276 Jac Jemc 0374536910 Margaret 0 to-read 3.17 2017
author: Jac Jemc
name: Margaret
average rating: 3.17
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> 60097451 A darkly funny domestic horror novel about a woman who must take drastic measures to save her husband and herself from the vengeful ghost of her mother-in-law.

When Ralph and Abby Lamb move in with Ralph’s mother, Laura, Abby hopes it’s just what she and her mother-in-law need to finally connect. After a traumatic childhood, Abby is desperate for a mother figure, especially now that she and Ralph are trying to become parents themselves. Abby just has so much love to give—to Ralph, to Laura, and to Mrs. Bondy, her favorite resident at the long-term care home where she works. But Laura isn’t interested in bonding with her daughter-in-law. She’s venomous and cruel, especially to Abby, and life with her is hellish.

When Laura takes her own life, her ghost haunts Abby and Ralph in very different ways: Ralph is plunged into depression, and Abby is terrorized by a force intent on destroying everything she loves. To make matters worse, Mrs. Bondy’s daughter is threatening to move Mrs. Bondy from the home, leaving Abby totally alone. With everything on the line, Abby comes up with a chilling plan that will allow her to keep Mrs. Bondy, rescue Ralph from his tortured mind, and break Laura's hold on the family for good. All it requires is a little ingenuity, a lot of determination, and a unique recipe for chicken à la king…]]> 288 Ainslie Hogarth 0593467027 Margaret 0 to-read 3.65 2022
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Now, when his wife vanishes, leaving him alone with his tiny son, Roland is forced to confront the reality of his restless existence. As the radiation from Chernobyl spreads across Europe, he begins a search for answers that looks deep into his family history and will last for the rest of his life.

Haunted by lost opportunities, Roland seeks solace through every possible means—music, literature, friends, sex, politics, and, finally, love cut tragically short, then love ultimately redeemed. His journey raises important questions for us all. Can we take full charge of the course of our lives without causing damage to others? How do global events beyond our control shape our lives and our memories? And what can we really learn from the traumas of the past?

Epic, mesmerizing, and deeply humane, Lessons is a chronicle for our times—a powerful meditation on history and humanity through the prism of one man's lifetime.]]> 448 Ian McEwan 0593535200 Margaret 0 to-read 3.89 2022
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]]> 58491879 From the award-winning author of the Booker-prize finalist We Need New Names, a blockbuster of a novel that chronicles the fall of an oppressive regime, and the chaotic, kinetic potential for real liberation that rises in its wake.

Glory centers around the unexpected fall of Old Horse, a long-serving leader of a fictional country, and the drama that follows for a rumbustious nation of animals on the path to true liberation. Inspired by the unexpected fall by coup, in November 2017, of Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's president of nearly four decades, Bulawayo's bold, vividly imagined novel shows a country imploding, narrated by a chorus of animal voices who unveil the ruthlessness and cold strategy required to uphold the illusion of absolute power, and the imagination and bullet-proof optimism to overthrow it completely.

As with her debut novel We Need New Names, Bulawayo's fierce voice and lucid imagery immerses us in the daily life of a traumatized nation, revealing the dazzling life force and irrepressible wit that lies barely concealed beneath the surface of seemingly bleak circumstances. At the center of this tumult is Destiny, who has returned to Jidada from exile to bear witness to revolution--and focus on the unofficial history and the potential legacy of the women who have quietly pulled the strings in this country.

The animal kingdom--its connection to our primal responses and resonance in the mythology, folktales, and fairytales that define cultures the world over--unmasks the surreality of contemporary global politics to help us understand our world more clearly, even as Bulwayo plucks us right out of it. Glory is a blockbuster, an exhilarating ride, and crystalizes a turning point in history with the texture and nuance that only the greatest of fiction can.]]> 416 NoViolet Bulawayo 0525561137 Margaret 0 to-read 3.69 2022
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]]> 31450526
The organism responsible, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, has had plenty of time to adapt to its chosen habitat--human lungs--and has learned through natural selection to be an almost perfect pathogen. Using our own immune cells as a Trojan Horse to aid its spread, it’s come up with clever ways to avoid being killed by antibiotics. But patience has been its biggest lesson--it can enter into a latent state when times are tough, only to come back to life when a host’s immune system is compromised. Today, more than one million people die of the disease every year and around one-third of the world’s population are believed to be infected. That’s more than two billion people. Throw in the compounding problems of drug resistance, the HIV epidemic, and poverty, and it’s clear that tuberculosis remains one of the most serious problems in world medicine.

Catching Breath follows the history of TB through the ages, from its time as an infection of hunter-gatherers to the first human villages, which set it up with everything it needed to become the monstrous disease it is today, through to the perils of industrialization and urbanization. It goes on to look at the latest research in fighting the disease, with stories of modern scientific research, interviews with doctors on the TB frontline, and the personal experiences of those affected by the disease.]]> 272 Kathryn Lougheed 1472930339 Margaret 0 to-read 3.76 2017
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STIGMATIZED: A Mongolian Girl's Journey from Stigma & Illness to Empowerment teaches that our struggles are our stories, and that accepting every part of who we are �� even the parts we hide �� is essential to growth. Handaa Enkh-Amgalan offers readers the tools to reflect on and articulate their previous experiences, while empowering them to rediscover who they are and find hope. Enkh-Amgalan intertwines her journey battling tuberculosis and the associated, pervasive social prejudice with stories of growing up in the nomadic country of Mongolia and pursuing education abroad. She chronicles:

* Her daily fight for a spot on the bus out of her shantytown in Ulaanbaatar
* Sleeping just two or three hours a night for years as she studied English
* Who she turned to the night she was evicted from her apartment a world away from home
* How she proved skeptics �� including family members �� wrong about her destiny.

In her debut book, Enkh-Amgalan deftly and earnestly combines storytelling with advocacy, drawing parallels to other stigmatized populations and embracing survivor identity.]]> 374 Handaa Enkh-Amgalan Margaret 0 to-read 4.67
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]]> 10233
Challenging the accepted methodologies of epidemiology and international health, he points out that most current explanatory strategies, from "cost-effectiveness" to patient "noncompliance," inevitably lead to blaming the victims. In reality, larger forces, global as well as local, determine why some people are sick and others are shielded from risk. Yet this moving account is far from a hopeless inventory of insoluble problems. Farmer writes of what can be done in the face of seemingly overwhelming odds, by physicians determined to treat those in need. Infections and Inequalities weds meticulous scholarship with a passion for solutions—remedies for the plagues of the poor and the social maladies that have sustained them.]]> 424 Paul Farmer 0520229134 Margaret 0 to-read 4.10 1999
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]]> 62039217
Saoirse Sorkova survives on lies. As a soldier-in-training at the most prestigious barracks in the kingdom, she lies about being a siren to avoid execution. At night, working as an assassin for a dangerous group of mercenaries, Saoirse lies about her true identity. And to her family, Saoirse tells the biggest lie of all: that she can control her siren powers and doesn't struggle constantly against an impulse to kill.

As the top trainee in her class, Saoirse would be headed for a bright future if it weren't for the need to keep her secrets out of the spotlight. But when a mysterious blackmailer threatens her sister, Saoirse takes a dangerous job that will help her investigate: she becomes personal bodyguard to the crown prince.

Saoirse should hate Prince Hayes. After all, his father is the one who enforces the kingdom's brutal creature segregation laws. But when Hayes turns out to be kind, thoughtful, and charming, Saoirse finds herself increasingly drawn to him-especially when they're forced to work together to stop a deadly killer who's plaguing the city. There's only one problem: Saoirse is that deadly killer.

Featuring an all Black and Brown cast, a forbidden romance, and a compulsively dark plot full of twists, this thrilling YA fantasy is perfect for fans of A Song Below Water and To Kill a Kingdom.]]> 432 Gabi Burton 1547610379 Margaret 0 to-read 3.83 2023
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]]> 60784546 After centuries of sleep, the gods are warring again��

All eighteen-year-old Iris Winnow wants to do is hold her family together. With a brother on the frontline forced to fight on behalf of the Gods now missing from the frontline and a mother drowning her sorrows, Iris’s best bet is winning the columnist promotion at the Oath Gazette.

But when Iris’s letters to her brother fall into the wrong hands �� that of the handsome but cold Roman Kitt, her rival at the paper �� an unlikely magical connection forms.

Expelled into the middle of a mystical war, magical typewriters in tow, can their bond withstand the fight for the fate of mankind and, most importantly, love?

An epic enemies-to-lovers fantasy novel filled with hope and heartbreak, and the unparalleled power of love.]]> 357 Rebecca Ross 1250857430 Margaret 0 to-read 4.14 2023
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]]> 44084665 One of the most twisty, surprising, engaging page-turner YAs you’ll read this year��We Were Liars meets Black Mirror, with a dash of Studio Ghibli.

Cee has been trapped on an abandoned island for three years without any recollection of how she arrived, or memories from her life prior. All she knows is that somewhere out there, beyond the horizon, she has a sister named Kay, and it’s up to Cee to cross the ocean and find her.

In a world apart, 16-year-old STEM prodigy Kasey Mizuhara lives in an eco-city built for people who protected the planet―and now need protecting from it. With natural disasters on the rise due to climate change, eco-cities provide clean air, water, and shelter. Their residents, in exchange, must spend at least a third of their time in stasis pods, conducting business virtually whenever possible to reduce their environmental footprint. While Kasey, an introvert and loner, doesn’t mind the lifestyle, her sister Celia hated it. Popular and lovable, Celia much preferred the outside world. But no one could have predicted that Celia would take a boat out to sea, never to return.

Now it’s been three months since Celia’s disappearance, and Kasey has given up hope. Logic says that her sister must be dead. But nevertheless, she decides to retrace Celia’s last steps. Where they’ll lead her, she does not know. Her sister was full of secrets. But Kasey has a secret of her own.]]> 384 Joan He 125025857X Margaret 0 to-read 3.55 2021
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“Epic, romantic, and enthralling from start to finish.”—Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series

“An all-consuming work of literary fantasy that is breathtaking both for its beauty and its suspense."—BookPage, starred review

A captivating and romantic debut epic fantasy inspired by the legend of the Chinese moon goddess, Chang’e, in which a young woman’s quest to free her mother pits her against the most powerful immortal in the realm.

Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from the feared Celestial Emperor who exiled her mother for stealing his elixir of immortality. But when Xingyin’s magic flares and her existence is discovered, she is forced to flee her home, leaving her mother behind.

Alone, powerless, and afraid, she makes her way to the Celestial Kingdom, a land of wonder and secrets. Disguising her identity, she seizes an opportunity to learn alongside the emperor’s son, mastering archery and magic, even as passion flames between her and the prince.

To save her mother, Xingyin embarks on a perilous quest, confronting legendary creatures and vicious enemies. But when treachery looms and forbidden magic threatens the kingdom, she must challenge the ruthless Celestial Emperor for her dream—striking a dangerous bargain in which she is torn between losing all she loves or plunging the realm into chaos.

Daughter of the Moon Goddess begins an enchanting duology which weaves ancient Chinese mythology into a sweeping adventure of immortals and magic, of loss and sacrifice—where love vies with honor, dreams are fraught with betrayal, and hope emerges triumphant.]]> 503 Sue Lynn Tan 0063031302 Margaret 0 to-read 4.08 2022
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Shiori'anma, the only princess of Kiata, has a secret. Forbidden magic runs through her veins. Normally she conceals it well, but on the morning of her betrothal ceremony, Shiori loses control. At first, her mistake seems like a stroke of luck, forestalling the wedding she never wanted. But it also catches the attention of Raikama, her stepmother.

A sorceress in her own right, Raikama banishes the young princess, turning her brothers into cranes. She warns Shiori that she must speak of it to no one for with every word that escapes her lips, one of her brothers will die.

Penniless, voiceless, and alone, Shiori searches for her brothers, and uncovers a dark conspiracy to seize the throne. Only Shiori can set the kingdom to rights, but to do so she must place her trust in a paper bird, a mercurial dragon, and the very boy she fought so hard not to marry. And she must embrace the magic she's been taught all her life to forswear--no matter what the cost.

Weaving together elements of The Wild Swans, Cinderella, the legend of Chang E, and the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.]]> 454 Elizabeth Lim 0593300939 Margaret 0 to-read 4.19 2021
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]]> 51496 139 Robert Louis Stevenson 0451528956 Margaret 0 to-read 3.84 1886
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]]> 28220892 arrived. A whole lot of Brooklyn is like that now—but not Vassa’s working-class neighborhood.

In Vassa’s neighborhood, where she lives with her stepmother and bickering stepsisters, one might stumble onto magic, but stumbling away again could become an issue. Babs Yagg, the owner of the local convenience store, has a policy of beheading shoplifters—and sometimes innocent shoppers as well. So when Vassa’s stepsister sends her out for light bulbs in the middle of night, she knows it could easily become a suicide mission.

But Vassa has a bit of luck hidden in her pocket, a gift from her dead mother. Erg is a tough-talking wooden doll with sticky fingers, a bottomless stomach, and a ferocious cunning. With Erg’s help, Vassa just might be able to break the witch’s curse and free her Brooklyn neighborhood. But Babs won’t be playing fair…]]> 296 Sarah Porter 0765380544 Margaret 0 to-read 3.44 2016
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]]> 16056498 A cutting-edge account of the latest science of autism, from the best-selling author and advocate.

When Temple Grandin was born in 1947, autism had only just been named. Today it is more prevalent than ever, with one in 88 children diagnosed on the spectrum. And our thinking about it has undergone a transformation in her lifetime: Autism studies have moved from the realm of psychology to neurology and genetics, and there is far more hope today than ever before thanks to groundbreaking new research into causes and��treatments. Now Temple Grandin reports from the forefront of autism science, bringing her singular perspective to a thrilling journey into the heart of the autism revolution.

Weaving her own experience with remarkable new discoveries, Grandin introduces the neuroimaging advances and genetic research that link brain science to behavior, even sharing her own brain scan to show us which anomalies might explain common symptoms. We meet the scientists and self-advocates who are exploring innovative theories of what causes autism and how we can diagnose and best treat it. Grandin also highlights long-ignored sensory problems and the transformative effects we can have by treating autism symptom by symptom, rather than with an umbrella diagnosis. Most exciting, she argues that raising and educating kids on the spectrum isn't just a matter of focusing on their weaknesses; in the science that reveals their long-overlooked strengths she shows us new ways to foster their unique contributions.

From the "aspies" in Silicon Valley to the five-year-old without language, Grandin understands the true meaning of the word spectrum. The Autistic Brain is essential reading from the most respected and beloved voices in the field.]]> 240 Temple Grandin 0547636458 Margaret 0 to-read 4.09 2013
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]]> 240236 219 Donna Williams 0380722178 Margaret 0 to-read 4.00 1992
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]]> 361459 NATIONAL BESTSELLER �� A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author.

Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herself succumbing to the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her patients, as her disorder launched her into ruinous spending sprees, episodes of violence, and an attempted suicide.

Here Jamison examines bipolar illness from the dual perspectives of the healer and the healed, revealing both its terrors and the cruel allure that at times prompted her to resist taking medication.]]> 240 Kay Redfield Jamison 0679763309 Margaret 0 to-read 4.06 1995
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]]> 1098486
Saks was only eight, and living an otherwise idyllic childhood in sunny 1960s Miami, when her first symptoms appeared in the form of obsessions and night terrors. But it was not until she reached Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar that her first full-blown episode, complete with voices in her head and terrifying suicidal fantasies, forced her into a psychiatric hospital.

Saks would later attend Yale Law School where one night, during her first term, she had a breakdown that left her singing on the roof of the law school library at midnight. She was taken to the emergency room, force-fed antipsychotic medication, and tied hand-and-foot to the cold metal of a hospital bed. She spent the next five months in a psychiatric ward.

So began Saks's long war with her own internal demons and the equally powerful forces of stigma. Today she is a chaired professor of law who researches and writes about the rights of the mentally ill. She is married to a wonderful man.

In The Center Cannot Hold, Elyn Saks discusses frankly and movingly the paranoia, the inability to tell imaginary fears from real ones, and the voices in her head insisting she do terrible things, as well as the many obstacles she overcame to become the woman she is today. It is destined to become a classic in the genre.]]> 340 Elyn R. Saks 140130138X Margaret 0 to-read 4.29 2007
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]]> 761935
This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.

Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.

We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.]]> 166 Barbara O'Brien 0498016641 Margaret 0 to-read 4.22 1958
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]]> 50514218 198 Suu Morishita 1646593383 Margaret 0 to-read 4.42 2019
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]]> 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 Margaret 0 to-read 4.64 2023
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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 0063067773 Margaret 0 to-read 4.23 2022
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]]> 35163431 TURNING TIDES

As this modern fairy tale of otaku girls bum-rushing the fashion industry hits its penultimate volume, Kuranosuke charges onwards for Tsukimi's retrieval mission! Hanamori-san also makes his way to Singapore, for less noble reasons, but the biggest showstopper is Shu, who decides to propose...for real this time! Meanwhile, the Jelly Fish line may not be dead yet, but who's crazy enough to take its reins?]]> 328 Akiko Higashimura 1632365634 Margaret 0 shu!!!!!!!! 4.28 2018
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shu!!!!!!!!
]]> 387228 86 Audre Lorde 0393312380 Margaret 0 4.24 1986
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I am very interested in reading more by Audre Lourde now but think I will seek out prose next since I think that a lot of this went over my head! I feel like it would be very rewarding to study more in depth.
]]> 252782 205 Emmanuel Levinas 0820702994 Margaret 0 to-read 4.27 1974
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]]> 34066798 The mega-bestseller with more than 2 million readers—Now a Paramount+ with Showtime series starring Ewan McGregor as Count Alexander Rostov

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway and Rules of Civility, a beautifully transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel

In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel’s doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery.

Brimming with humor, a glittering cast of characters, and one beautifully rendered scene after another, this singular novel casts a spell as it relates the count’s endeavor to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a man of purpose.]]> 462 Amor Towles Margaret 0 to-read 4.29 2016
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]]> 43357293
Then, one day, she finds a man in the mist where a whale should be: Reu, who has taken human form out of his Great Love for her. Together these first humans become parents to two whales, and then to mankind. Even after Reu dies, Nau continues on, sharing her story of brotherhood between the two species. But as these origins grow more distant, the old woman's tales are subsumed into myth--and her descendants turn increasingly bent on parading their dominance over the natural world.

Buoyantly translated into English for the first time by Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse, this new entry in the Seedbank series is at once a vibrant retelling of the origin story of the Chukchi, a timely parable about the destructive power of human ego--and another unforgettable work of fiction from Yuri Rytkheu, "arguably the foremost writer to emerge from the minority peoples of Russia's far north" (New York Review of Books).]]> 144 Yuri Rytkheu 1571311319 Margaret 0 to-read, library-tbr 4.29 1977
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]]> 6411433 253 Oscar Wilde 0141442468 Margaret 0 to-read, library-tbr 4.23 1890
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]]> 43212626 From a former New York Times science writer, this urgent call to action will empower you to stand up to climate change and environmental pollution by making simple but impactful everyday choices.

With urgency and wit, Tatiana Schlossberg explains that far from being only a distant problem of the natural world created by the fossil fuel industry, climate change is all around us, all the time, lurking everywhere in our convenience-driven society, all without our realizing it.

By examining the unseen and unconscious environmental impacts in four areas-the Internet and technology, food, fashion, and fuel - Schlossberg helps readers better understand why climate change is such a complicated issue, and how it connects all of us: How streaming a movie on Netflix in New York burns coal in Virginia; how eating a hamburger in California might contribute to pollution in the Gulf of Mexico; how buying an inexpensive cashmere sweater in Chicago expands the Mongolian desert; how destroying forests from North Carolina is necessary to generate electricity in England.

Cataloging the complexities and frustrations of our carbon-intensive society with a dry sense of humor, Schlossberg makes the climate crisis and its solutions interesting and relevant to everyone who cares, even a little, about the planet. She empowers readers to think about their stuff and the environment in a new way, helping them make more informed choices when it comes to the future of our world.

Most importantly, this is a book about the power we have as voters and consumers to make sure that the fight against climate change includes all of us and all of our stuff, not just industry groups and politicians. If we have any hope of solving the problem, we all have to do it together.]]> 288 Tatiana Schlossberg 1538747081 Margaret 0 to-read, library-tbr 3.76 2019
author: Tatiana Schlossberg
name: Margaret
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2019
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]]> 195211 The Fact of a Doorframe is the ideal introduction to Rich's opus, from her formative lyricism in A Change of Word (1951), to the groundbreaking poems of Diving into the Wreck (1973), to the searching voice of Fox (2001).]]> 360 Adrienne Rich 0393310752 Margaret 0 to-read, library-tbr 4.24 1984
author: Adrienne Rich
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1984
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]]> 41880609 On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born �� a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam �� and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between a single mother and her son, it is also a brutally honest exploration of race, class, and masculinity. Asking questions central to our American moment, immersed as we are in addiction, violence, and trauma, but undergirded by compassion and tenderness, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is as much about the power of telling one's own story as it is about the obliterating silence of not being heard.

With stunning urgency and grace, Ocean Vuong writes of people caught between disparate worlds, and asks how we heal and rescue one another without forsaking who we are. The question of how to survive, and how to make of it a kind of joy, powers the most important debut novel of many years.]]> 246 Ocean Vuong 0525562028 Margaret 0 to-read, library-tbr 4.05 2019
author: Ocean Vuong
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2019
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]]> 9440094 Persepoli, diventato nel 2007 anche un film d'animazione, tornano a commuoverci e divertirci in una nuova edizione integrale.]]> 354 Marjane Satrapi Margaret 0 4.53 2007
author: Marjane Satrapi
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.53
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]]> 42394599 Tiến loves his family and his friends…but Tiến has a secret he's been keeping from them, and it might change everything. An amazing YA graphic novel that deals with the complexity of family and how stories can bring us together.

Real life isn't a fairytale.

But Tiến still enjoys reading his favorite stories with his parents from the books he borrows from the local library. It's hard enough trying to communicate with your parents as a kid, but for Tiến, he doesn't even have the right words because his parents are struggling with their English. Is there a Vietnamese word for what he's going through?

Is there a way to tell them he's gay?

A beautifully illustrated story by Trung Le Nguyen that follows a young boy as he tries to navigate life through fairytales, an instant classic that shows us how we are all connected. The Magic Fish tackles tough subjects in a way that accessible with readers of all ages, and teaches us that no matter what—we can all have our own happy endings.]]> 256 Trung Le Nguyen Margaret 0 to-read, library-tbr 4.50 2020
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name: Margaret
average rating: 4.50
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]]> 17287068 A fascinating period in Japanese history explored by a master of manga.

Showa 1926��1939: A History of Japan is the first volume of Shigeru Mizuki's meticulously researched historical portrait of twentieth-century Japan. This volume deals with the period leading up to World War II, a time of high unemployment and other economic hardships caused by the Great Depression. Mizuki's photo-realist style effortlessly brings to life the Japan of the 1920s and 1930s, depicting bustling city streets and abandoned graveyards with equal ease.

When the Showa era began, Mizuki himself was just a few years old, so his earliest memories coincide with the earliest events of the time. With his trusty narrator Nezumi Otoko (Rat Man), Mizuki brings history into the realm of the personal, making it palatable, and indeed compelling, for young audiences as well as more mature readers. As he describes the militarization that leads up to World War II, Mizuki's stance toward war is thoughtful and often downright critical--his portrayal of the Nanjing Massacre clearly paints the incident (a disputed topic within Japan) as an atrocity. Mizuki's "Showa 1926-1939" is a beautifully told history that tracks how technological developments and the country's shifting economic stability had a role in shaping Japan's foreign policy in the early twentieth century.]]> 533 Shigeru Mizuki 1770461353 Margaret 0 to-read, library-tbr 4.28 2013
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name: Margaret
average rating: 4.28
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]]> 19463818 Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects--and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal...or his life?

]]> 200 Tsugumi Ohba Margaret 0 to-read, library-tbr 4.47 2004
author: Tsugumi Ohba
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.47
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]]> 229823 240 Keiji Nakazawa 086719619X Margaret 0 to-read, library-tbr 4.36 1973
author: Keiji Nakazawa
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.36
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]]> 40893782 A TOUCH OF MAGIC

In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: She wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch…until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she’s never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody “knows�� might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem…]]> 204 Kamome Shirahama 163236770X Margaret 0 to-read, library-tbr 4.45 2017
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name: Margaret
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2017
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]]> 39818772
COLLECTING : AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2018) 1-5, FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2018 (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN STORY)]]> 152 Nick Spencer 1302912313 Margaret 0 3.71 2018
author: Nick Spencer
name: Margaret
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> 1087204
One day, Haruhi, a scholarship student at exclusive Ouran High School, breaks an $80,000 vase that belongs to the "Host Club," a mysterious campus group consisting of six super-rich (and gorgeous) guys. To pay back the damages, she is forced to work for the club, and it's there that she discovers just how wealthy the boys are and how different they are from everybody else.]]> 178 Bisco Hatori 1591169151 Margaret 0 4.38 2003
author: Bisco Hatori
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2003
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this makes me want to rewatch the anime so much lolol - some parts of this series did not age the best, but gosh darn it sure does make me smile!!!
]]> 2154930 Get ready for an exciting fairy adventure with the no. 1 bestselling series for girls.

The perfect Christmas gift for children aged 5 and up!

Stella the Star Fairy is all in a flutter, trying to put the sparkle into Christmas. Stella looks after all the special Christmas lights - from the overhead illuminations to the Christmas tree fairy lights, right through to the twinkling stars. Three magic Christmas baubles control all of these elements but now Jack Frost's goblins have stolen them. There's not going to be any Christmas atmosphere and Santa won't even be able to guide his sleigh through the night sky. Stella the Star Fairy needs Rachel and Kirsty's help to get the baubles back.

'These stories are magic; they turn children into readers!' ReadingZone.com

If you like Rainbow Magic, check out Daisy Meadows' other Magic Animal Friends and Unicorn Magic!]]> 192 daisy-meadows 1843628694 Margaret 0 3.88 2007
author: daisy-meadows
name: Margaret
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2007
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the special xmas word was 'present' :)
]]> 34064187
In order to save Amamizukan, Tsukimi makes the ultimate sacrifice: She goes to Singapore to work as a designer for Kai’s fashion company. While Amars seems to accept Tsukimi’s departure and the end of Jelly Fish, Kuranosuke refuses to give her up without a fight! As she floats further and further away from home, Tsukimi struggles to learn the ins and outs of the fashion industry, as well as decipher the motives of the enigmatic Kai...]]> 344 Akiko Higashimura 1632365057 Margaret 0 4.27 2017
author: Akiko Higashimura
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.27
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the jellyfish ring... T_T I love Shu lol
]]> 34304004
In order to save Amamizukan, the girls decide to put up an exhibition of their work. When the Jelly Fish dresses catch the eye of Asia’s greatest fashion influencer, Kai, it’s not only the dresses that the mogul wants—it’s the designer herself. Tsukimi and the gang are about to get the massive break they need, but at what price��? Afraid that he may lose Tsukimi, Kuranosuke must come to terms with what his true purpose for starting Jelly Fish once was. Meanwhile, Shu learns of the heartbreaking history of Kuranosuke’s mother, while Chieko’s mother makes a discovery that seals the fate of Amamizukan…]]> 351 Akiko Higashimura 1632362325 Margaret 0 4.29 2017
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name: Margaret
average rating: 4.29
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]]> 4143812 Enchiridion, a manual of his main ideas, and the fragments collected here, The Discourses argue that happiness lies in learning to perceive exactly what is in our power to change and what is not, and in embracing our fate to live in harmony with god and nature. In this personal, practical guide to the ethics of Stoicism and moral self-improvement, Epictetus tackles questions of freedom and imprisonment, illness and fear, family, friendship and love, and leaves an intriguing document of daily life in the classical world.

In the introduction that accompanies his lively new translation, Robert Dobbin discusses Epictetus' life, his place in the Stoic tradition, his influence on world philosophies and his relevance in the modern day. This edition also includes a bibliography, notes and a glossary of names.]]> 276 Epictetus 0140449469 Margaret 0 to-read 4.41 108
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]]> 67896 A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket Library edition.

Written more than two thousand years ago, the Tao Teh Ching, or -The Classic of the Way and Its Virtue, - is one of the true classics of the world of spiritual literature.

Traditionally attributed to the legendary -Old Master, - Lao Tzu, the Tao Teh Ching teaches that the qualities of the enlightened sage or ideal ruler are identical with those of the perfected individual.

Today, Lao Tzu's words are as useful in mastering the arts of leadership in business and politics as they are in developing a sense of balance and harmony in everyday life. To follow the Tao or Way of all things and realize their true nature is to embody humility, spontaneity, and generosity.

John C. H. Wu has done a remarkable job of rendering this subtle text into English while retaining the freshness and depth of the original. A jurist and scholar, Dr. Wu was a recognized authority on Taoism and the translator of several Taoist and Zen texts and of Chinese poetry.

This book is part of the Shambhala Pocket Library series. The Shambhala Pocket Library is a collection of short, portable teachings from notable figures across religious traditions and classic texts.

The covers in this series are rendered by Colorado artist Robert Spellman. The books in this collection distill the wisdom and heart of the work Shambhala Publications has published over 50 years into a compact format that is collectible, reader-friendly, and applicable to everyday life.]]> 107 Lao Tzu 0679724346 Margaret 0 to-read 4.29 -350
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]]> 8257810 276 James Harvey Robinson 1450578012 Margaret 0 to-read 3.61 1921
author: James Harvey Robinson
name: Margaret
average rating: 3.61
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]]> 32926681 356 Akiko Higashimura 1632362333 Margaret 0 4.35 2017
author: Akiko Higashimura
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2017
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]]> 16200
*pangram: a sentence or phrase that includes all the letters of the alphabet]]> 208 Mark Dunn 0385722435 Margaret 0 to-read 3.93 2001
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name: Margaret
average rating: 3.93
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]]> 295816 144 Abraham H. Maslow 0140194878 Margaret 0 to-read 4.07 1964
author: Abraham H. Maslow
name: Margaret
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1964
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