– It Completes Me! It won’t complete everyone and there are many people indeed who do not and would not like this anthology, but if…
Author: Hannah Bergstrom de Leon
Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty
– It’s Worth It! 2023 opened as the year of the short story. Whether it will last or not I have no idea but so…
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
– Worth it! I truly believe if I had read this book on paper and not listened to the audio version it would have been…
Ducks by Kate Beaton
– Worth It! Graphic novels have come a long way in the last decade and Kate Beaton’s autobiographical “Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands”…
The Barren Ground by David A. Robertson
– Worth It! I often take a foray into middle grade books throughout the year as I enjoy keeping up with the latest and greatest,…
Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World
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How Long ‘Til Black History Month?
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Uprooted by Naomi Novik
– It’s Okay I love a recommendation, but when I read a friend’s recommendation, I often feel pressure to love it as much as them.…
Life in the City of Dirty Water: A Memoir of Healing
– It’s Okay There are books in this world that you read, not because it is the greatest story ever told, or the best writing…
Land of Big Numbers: Stories by Te-Ping Chen
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