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The Jasmine Throne
Tasha Suri
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The Lotus Empire
Tasha Suri
mongoose commented on BeautyOfLiterature's review of Crazy Genie
This book should be read by everyone in the world. It’s such a heartbreaking, sad, quiet and tender book all at once. The main narrator broke my heart on every page and was so intensely realistic that I couldn’t stop reading her. Incredibly powerful.
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Near to the Wild Heart
Clarice Lispector
mongoose commented on medusa1015's review of Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise
Wow wow wow, as a children's librarian, I will reflect on this book forever. This book puts into words what I truly believe - children's books are for everyone
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy
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Rise Above: A Memoir
Matthew Schnipper
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Crazy Genie
Inès Cagnati
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~ from Ew, It's Beautiful: A False Knees Comic Collection by Joshua Barkman.
"The age of the turtle has only just begun."
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very cold people: new england gothic
the darker side of new england. crumbling colonial-era brick, run down coastal towns, abandoned factories, dilapidated mills, foggy orchards, cold dark waters, whispers of witchcraft, venerated institutions, secret societies, and uneasy echoes of the past.
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Ew, It's Beautiful: A False Knees Comic Collection
Joshua Barkman
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this is already breaking me into 5 bajillion pieces so that’s just great I’m not even 10% in bro
so beautiful and so heartbreaking
the audiobook is so good!!
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"It was soft, effervescent air carrying on it the aroma of fruits, the scent of distant islands, and making me feel slightly drunk."
Of course, this is Stefan Zweig 🩷

[Amok, German edition.]
Masterfully written. That descent 📉 was so sudden, and unexpected.
Agreed. Passion and desire defy conventional rules. As a society, we impose filters to maintain order, but when things spiral out of control, we lose control of far more than just desire.
Zweig was a great teacher.

[The Southern Cross, part of the constellation Crux. Wikipedia.]
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Amok
Stefan Zweig
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Amok
Stefan Zweig
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"Are you ready for a riddle now?"
Oh, wow - these stories are written so beautifully. Simply incredible.

[A Bengal tiger. Sundarbans National Park. Shutterstock image.]
After finishing Open Throat, I was searching for another book that captures the voices of wild beings, reflecting their lives and emotions with depth and authenticity. What We Fed to the Manticore is so much more than the already wonderful Open Throat.
"There are so many stories to tell in this world. There is the sleeping girl, the old man with regrets, the captive princess. There is vengeance on parents, there are star-crossed lovers, adventurous youth, and all different kinds of lonely people. There are heroes, and villains, and quests. And then there are all the stories about the animals and magical creatures."
This book doesn’t just immerse us in the minds of a tiger, a donkey, a vulture, a pigeon, a hound, a whale, and more - it also reveals the extremes of human nature: our cruelty and heartlessness, as well as our capacity for care and responsibility.
"Or maybe there is only one story. A living thing is born, it moves through the world, and then it dies."

["There is no other tree like a baobab."]