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White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind

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nerdsb4herds

Jul 21, 2026

Is This a Cry for Help?

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Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 4.5Audiobook: 4.5

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Darcy is a little awkward, a little neurotic, and a little sweetheart. I loved how we got an adult MC with the typical Austin flare. It made the story more relatable for me, a grown awkward and anxious adult. I also really loved how they named the stray cat Kyle. I am a big advocate for animals with people names.

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Is This a Cry for Help?

Emily R. Austin

Emily Austin, the bestselling “queen of darkly quirky, endearingly flawed heroines” (Sarah Haywood, author of The Cactus), returns with a luminous new novel following a librarian who comes back to work after a mental breakdown only to confront book-banning crusaders in an empowering story of grief, love, and the power of libraries. Darcy’s life turned out better than she could have ever imagined. She is a librarian at the local branch, while her wife Joy runs a book binding service. Between the two of them, there is no more room on their shelves with their ample book collections, various knickknacks and bobbles, and dried bouquets. Rounding out their ideal life is two cats and a sun-soaked house by the lake. But when Darcy receives the news that her ex-boyfriend, Ben, has passed away, she spirals into a pit of guilt and regret, resulting in a mental breakdown and medical leave from the library. When she returns to work, she is met by unrest in her community, and protests surrounding intellectual freedom, resulting in a call for book bans and a second look at the branch’s upcoming DEI programs. Through the support of her community, colleagues, and the personal growth that results from examining her previous relationships, Darcy comes into her own agency and the truest version of herself. Is This a Cry for Help? not only offers a moving portrait of queer life after coming of age but also powerfully explores questions about sexuality, community, and the importance of libraries.

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde’s only novel is the dreamlike story of a young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty. In this celebrated work Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late-19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Gray sinks into a life of crime and gross sensuality, his body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recently painted portrait grows day by day into a hideous record of evil, which he must keep hidden from the world. For over a century, this mesmerizing tale of horror and suspense has enjoyed wide popularity. It ranks as one of Wilde's most important creations and among the classic achievements of its kind.

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thegooflibrary

Handling forum posts for popular books

Hi all, how do you all handle the forums for a super popular book? I really want to read people's thoughts but there's so many comments, I get bogged down reading so many takes of the same section of the book. Interested to see how you guys use the forums! ☺️

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Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

"Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose." Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own unsparing voice, he braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities. Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens' anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can't imagine leaving behind.

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We Could Be Rats

Emily R. Austin

A moving story about two very different sisters, and a love letter to childhood, growing up, and the power of imagination—from the bestselling author of Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead and Interesting Facts About Space. Sigrid hates working at the Dollar Pal but having always resisted the idea of growing up into the trappings of adulthood, she did not graduate high school, preferring to roam the streets of her small town with her best friend Greta, the only person in the world who ever understood her. Her older sister Margit is baffled and frustrated by Sigrid’s inability to conform to the expectations of polite society. But Sigrid’s detachment veils a deeper turmoil and sensitivity. She’s haunted by the pains of her past—from pretending her parents were swamp monsters when they shook the floorboards with their violent arguments to grappling with losing Greta’s friendship to the opioid epidemic ravaging their town. As Margit sets out to understand Sigrid and the secrets she has hidden, both sisters, in their own time and way, discover that reigniting their shared childhood imagination is the only way forward. What unfolds is an unforgettable story of two sisters finding their way back to each other, and a celebration of that transcendent, unshakable bond.

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"I have strong pattern recognition, and I’m good at following procedures, so I have the skills to navigate a job interview process successfully."

when i thought i was really smart in high school when actually this is what i was doing while taking tests instead

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notlizlemon

Away Message Book Recs

Hi Boundlings!

I know there are lots of olders like me here who won’t need this explained, but for the youths, back in the days of dial-up internet, we would sit on our desktop computer in the living room on AOL Instant Messenger. If you needed to get up for any reason, you could just sign off (cue door slam sound effect), or, if you really wanted attention like moi, you could leave a super angsty away message that tells everyone how you really feel while also being vague AF (the precursor to the already historical phenomenon known as “vaguebooking”). Usually this away message was song lyrics and/or quotes from cultural touchpoints such as The Office and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but I think quotes from books could work, too.

I was thinking… maybe we could leave away messages here, and recommend books to each other based on tHe ViBeZ?

Mine’s in the comments 😘

I got to sing (scream) along to this song with Ms. Hayley Williams back in May and it was the best night ever, but… that 37th bday is fast approaching so I was thinking to myself, my opportunities to use these lyrics are dwindling 😂

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