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reviewed Revenant gun by Yoon Ha Lee (Machineries of empire -- book three)

Yoon Ha Lee: Revenant gun (2018)

"Shuos Jedao is awake... and nothing is as he remembers. He's a teenager, a cadet--a …

Another great book in the series

Feels like the camera shifted from Cheris to Jedao. Would have liked to see more of her, but I feel like I get why we didn't. Some wild surprises in this one, as there have been in each book so far. Loving this series still!

Jessica McCabe: How to ADHD (EBook, 2024, Harmony/Rodale/Convergent)

Diagnosed with ADHD at age twelve, Jessica struggled with a brain that she didn’t understand. …

Ironically hefty for an ADHD book, "How to ADHD" is packed with Jessica McCabe's familiar blend of humor, good info, and humanity. Contrary to its intimidating size, the book is designed to be picked up and put down again, started from just about any chapter, used as a reference; in short, it is designed to be used by people with ADHD.

Noam Assayag: Activating Cities (Paperback, 2021, Circadian)

A practical handbook on the lost art of getting lost, reading the signs around you, …

One of the beautiful things about traveling to a new city is the way it can open our eyes to the "newness" of things we'd grown accustomed to. When my wife and I visit new places, for example, we have made a habit of inspecting and comparing the pedestrian "walk" signals (or, as we like to call them, the "blinky walky men"). Some are much jauntier than others!

Activating Cities is a handbook for finding and creating that feeling of freshness, whether you're in a city for the first time or in the city you've lived in your entire life. With games, rituals, poems, and stories, bite-sized and boot-tested across the streets and sidewalks of many cities, I found this book both a delight to read and to practice. Highly recommended if you can get your hands on it!