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96% complete! ssweeny has read 24 of 25 books.
From the Publisher:
A National Book Award Longlist Title
The graphic novel debut from rising star Noelle Stevenson, based on …
Fifteen-year-old Laura learns that living away from home and teaching school can be a bit frightening when most of the …
Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and …
Pretty consistent with the rest of the series so far. Delightful for the most part.
Unfortunately there is a scene where a bunch of white townsfolk perform a minstrel show in full blackface. That prompted a nice long conversation with the kiddo.
Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and oats crops, Mary goes to …
I thought the separation of "thoughts" (ideas that come to you in a more passive sense) and "thinking" (active interrogation of thoughts that often lead to doubts and fear) was pretty interesting.
As someone who spends way too much time in my own head there was a lot in this book that resonated with me and I plan to try to put some of the advice into practice.
When AI expert and investigative journalist Karen Hao first began covering OpenAI in 2019, she thought they were the good …
Mary Darling is a pretty wife whose boring husband is befuddled by her independent ways. But one fateful night, Mary …
A reworking of Tolkien's novel, The Hobbit, in a science-fiction setting. It tells of a search by a group of …
Declare (2000) is a supernatural spy novel by American author Tim Powers. The novel presents a secret history of the …
Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and oats crops, Mary goes to …
Examines the ways that embracing socially awkward situations, even when they lead to embarrassment and self-consciousness, also provide the opportunity …
After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an …
Got this out again from the library. Maybe this time I'll actually finish it.
