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A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)

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Mapping the Interior

Stephen Graham Jones

Walking through his own house at night, a fifteen-year-old thinks he sees another person stepping through a doorway. Instead of the people who could be there, his mother or his brother, the figure reminds him of his long-gone father, who died mysteriously before his family left the reservation. When he follows it he discovers his house is bigger and deeper than he knew. The house is the kind of wrong place where you can lose yourself and find things you'd rather not have. Over the course of a few nights, the boy tries to map out his house in an effort that puts his little brother in the worst danger, and puts him in the position to save them . . . at terrible cost.

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Weekly Bookworm Question (Week 4)

Hi friends, happy Friday! Hope y'all had a safe and chill week, and if not (or even if you did!), I hope you take the weekend to rest and read!

We're at the end of February (!!!), so today's Bookworm Question is: What were your favorite reads in February? And what are you most looking forward to picking up in March?

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Bitter (Pet #0.5)

Akwaeke Emezi

Bitter is thrilled to have been chosen to attend Eucalyptus, a special school where she can focus on her painting surrounded by other creative teens. But outside this haven, the streets are filled with protests against the deep injustices that grip the town of Lucille. Bitter's instinct is to stay safe within the walls of Eucalyptus . . . but her friends aren't willing to settle for a world that the adults say is "just the way things are. Pulled between old friendships, her creative passion, and a new romance, Bitter isn't sure where she belongs - in the art studio or in the streets. And if she does find a way to help the revolution while being true to who she is, she must also ask: at what cost?

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Bitter (Pet #0.5)

Akwaeke Emezi

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River of Teeth (River of Teeth, #1)

Sarah Gailey

In the early 20th Century, the United States government concocted a plan to import hippopotamuses into the marshlands of Louisiana to be bred and slaughtered as an alternative meat source. This is true. Other true things about hippos: they are savage, they are fast, and their jaws can snap a man in two. This was a terrible plan. Contained within this volume is an 1890s America that might have been: a bayou overrun by feral hippos and mercenary hippo wranglers from around the globe. It is the story of Winslow Houndstooth and his crew. It is the story of their fortunes. It is the story of his revenge.

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Feb 26, 2026

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Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0

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This collection is fantastic, there are so many stories I tabbed and want to revisit. But a quick list of the stories that stood out the most to me (such hard choices):

• “Down Under” by Jumaana Abdu • “Generation Chip” by Nadia Afifi • “In the Future, We can Go Back Home” by Sara Solara • “Gaza Luna” by Samah Serour Fadil • “The Centre of the Universe” by Nadia Shammas

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Enjoyment: 5.0Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 5.0

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This collection is fantastic, there are so many stories I tabbed and want to revisit. But a quick list of the stories that stood out the most to me (such hard choices):

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Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction

Sonia Sulaiman

Thyme Travellers collects fourteen of the Palestinian diaspora's best voices in speculative fiction. Speculative fiction as a genre invites a reconfiguring of reality, and here each story is a portal into realms of history, folklore and futures. A man stands on the shore waiting to commune with those who live in the ocean. Pilgrims stretch into the distance, passing a stone cairn with a mysterious light streaming from it. Two Australian women fervently dig a tunnel to Jerusalem. Men from Gaza swim in the sea until they drown, still unconcerned. A father and son struggle to connect over the AI scripts prompting their conversation. Building on the work of trailblazing anthologies such as Reworlding Ramallah and Palestine +100, this volume is the first of its kind in Canada. Editor Sonia Sulaiman brings together stories by speculative fiction veterans and emerging writers from Australia to Egypt, Lebanon to Canada.

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✨🌸Feed my Japanese Literary Fiction Obsession🌸✨

Y'all I'm SO EXCITED for the Cherry Blossom Festival readalong that's coming in March!!

I put all of the books on hold at my library last week and am picking them up today (insert Jeff Goldblum happy dance here).

Longtime fan of Japanese literature and it doesn't make it onto my current reads list nearly as frequently as I would like! What are your favorites and recommendations??

(ps I am already in the Japanese Literary Fiction quest😇 but am a greedy goblin critter and I want more😈)

Would also love to hear from anyone else who is as excited about this read-along and what book(s) you're most looking forward to and why!! Yoinks heavily encouraged always🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

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Books with trans characters that are not just about being trans

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What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier, #2)

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2)

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The Force of Such Beauty

Barbara Bourland

One sunny afternoon in an idyllic kingdom by the sea, a princess named Caroline pretends to sleep. When her keepers strike up a card game, Caroline sneaks into her maid’s car, turns the key, and drives right out of the palace. Alone for the first time in years, she gets on the next flight—only to land in the waiting arms of her guards. As she’s forcibly escorted back to her marble prison, something in Caroline breaks for good. It’s not her first failed attempt, and it won’t be her last. Caroline suspects that she’ll never escape. But she might find a way to be free.

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coal miners and strikes

i’ve only just read 2 pages but got curious about coal strikes that happened in the US in early 20th century. skimmed through a couple of wiki pages and found absolutely horrible shit that happened to striking miners.

in 1927, police and guards killed half a dozens miners and their wives (columbine mine massacre). perpetrators went unpunished.

another one in 1914 (ludlow massacre), militia opened fire (600 bullets!!) and killed about 20 ppl, including women and children.

these 2 incidents were part of the coal wars that occurred mainly in appalachia, which is apparently where this story is set, and could be what this book is based on.

went to see if there were any strikes that happened in 1917 as stated in the book, and found another wiki article on the illegal kidnapping and deportation of up to 1300 miners from arizona to new mexico (bisbee deportation).

this seems like a prevalent issue in the US seeing as the latest coal-related labor strike i could find is from 2021-2023. it apparently ended unsuccessfully with no new contracts made.

i don’t know how important/relavent this topic is going to be in the book, but it was still interesting to learn about these incidents.

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TJ Maxx is a gem for books...

I know they've had them for a while, but one stop today really knocked my socks off. I know it can be hit or miss in both volume and condition of the books, but hear me out. They have relatively popular romance, romantasy, and mysteries in both hardcover and paperback. I got hardcover copies of The Wedding People and Red, White, and Royal Blue (a collectors edition too) for $15 each. And their paperbacks are between $5-$8.

Honorable mention to Michael's, which I went after with no intention of finding novels and found a copy of Book Lovers in brand new condition for $7. Happy hunting, everyone!

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The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

This follow-up to The Underground Railroad brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys unjustly sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida. When Elwood Curtis, a black boy growing up in 1960s Tallahassee, is unfairly sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, he finds himself trapped in a grotesque chamber of horrors. Elwood's only salvation is his friendship with fellow "delinquent" Turner, which deepens despite Turner's conviction that Elwood is hopelessly naive, that the world is crooked, and that the only way to survive is to scheme and avoid trouble. As life at the Academy becomes ever more perilous, the tension between Elwood's ideals and Turner's skepticism leads to a decision whose repercussions will echo down the decades. Based on the real story of a reform school that operated for 111 years and warped the lives of thousands of children, The Nickel Boys is a devastating, driven narrative that showcases a great American novelist writing at the height of his powers.

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Colson Whitehead

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