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Storybook Ending
Moira Macdonald
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Sophie’s World
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Thirty-Two Words for Field: Lost Words of the Irish Landscape
Manchán Magan
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“What follows is a work of fiction. But if it makes nothing happen, call it poetry.”
I received an arc for this as a bookseller. I loved this metafiction prosetry schtick (reminiscent of Ben Lerner at times), and I was relieved to finally read about a post-2016 Jewish character who doesn’t have an existential crisis when it comes to being a full-blooded Palestinian ally.
Does the world need another notebook-as-novel? Maybe, if you get the most inquiring minds to write them. Usually, those minds become poets, but that’s just my opinion. 💕
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The Copywriter
Daniel Poppick
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“I believe in the reality of absent things.”
On page 1, the author tells you how stories work, and how to read this one. I feel like I’ve just been given the keys to a golden kingdom where all the gods of fiction hang out.
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“What follows is a work of fiction. But if it makes nothing happen, call it poetry.” Already 1000000% obsessed with this book and it’s not even ch 1
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The Ballad of Perilous Graves
Alex Jennings
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I was taking a look at my old hunger games books yesterday that my family got when the series first came out and comparing them to the new copy of the first book that I got fairly recently. The old paperback copy of the book was only $9 while the new one was $16.99!! It's just so saddening to me that book prices have rose so much to a point where so many are inaccessible to people now. Hardcovers are especially bad right now too as some are upwards and above $30. What are y'all's thoughts on this, i'm just so tired of everything getting so much more expensive, especially my favorite hobby 😭
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Kakigori Summer
Emily Itami
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The Ninjas
Jane Yeh
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Hemlock
Melissa Faliveno
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Heart the Lover
Lily King