If you have decided to read this post, I’m going to you assume you either really like Ulysses and want to read me gush about how wonderful and...
Top Reads from August
I don't know about anyone else, but my reading habits have come and gone in fits and bursts since COVID-19 hit. Some months, I'll only get through a...
New Fiction by Black Authors
Back in June, the Matchmakers made a reading list called Addressing Race And Racism Through Reading. It includes both non-fiction titles, so readers...
The Fascinating World of Dreaming
Last year I read Chloe Benjamin's The Immortalists (Overdrive Ebook/Audiobook) and absolutely loved it, so when I came across her debut novel, The...
Technically Wrong: Systematic Bias in Everyday Tech
It's been a little over two months since the death of George Floyd, and the demands for justice and systematic change has not abated. These events...
Decolonizing my reading
Lately, I've been attempting to decolonize my reading habits. In the past, I never really paid that much attention to the color or gender of an...
Unemployment Resources
The COVID pandemic has changed all of our lives in big and small ways. For many, COVID closures have resulted in job loss. If you lost your job due...
Mystery: Elizabeth Haynes
You know, I honestly wouldn't have thought that a dark, atmospheric historical mystery would fit the bill for my reading list right now. I just...
Locks, Letters, and Love
These days with the news I've been finding myself drawn to really light reading. It's comforting in a time when there doesn't seem to be a lot of...
Mouthful of Birds: What did I just read?
It's hard to describe how strange and wonderful Samanta Schweblin's Mouthful of Birds is. I feel like I can't do these stories justice, but I am...
New zine features pandemic art
In April, it became clear that the annual Pekar Park Comics and Art Festival, a summer tradition in Coventry Village, would have to be canceled or...
England Between The Wars: Nancy Mitford
Travel across the pond, go back about a century, and enter the world of Nancy Mitford. In two of her novels, featuring the fictional Radletts and...
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