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Left goodreads a while back, nice to get organized with my reading again, especially as part of the #fediverse. Links to my other accounts and sites at philipchu.com/

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John Green: Everything Is Tuberculosis (Hardcover, 2025, Penguin Young Readers Group)
Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa: His Name Is George Floyd (EBook, 2022, Viking)
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Ian Johnson: Sparks (2023, Penguin Books, Limited)

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Jeff Yang, Phil Yu, Philip Wang: RISE: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now (2022, Harper)
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CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment), SuChin Pak: My Life (2022, MTV Books)
Peter E. Meltzer: The thinker's thesaurus (2010, W.W. Norton & Co.)

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Jeff Yang: Secret Identities (Paperback, 2009, New Press)
Jackie Chan, Jeff Yang: I am Jackie Chan (1999)
John Bradshaw, Sarah Ellis: The Trainable Cat: A Practical Guide to Making Life Happier for You and Your Cat (2017, Basic Books)

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You've heard Gen-X drank water from garden hoses in Summer. Did you know Boomers did it naked‽ 😳

5/27/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.

NATO meeting has left Dayton & Riverscape fountain is on. It's still chilly but, parks are open for picnics & disc golf, patios are already partying, drive-ins & pools are ramping up, & convention/vacation season is right around the corner. What'll you find exploring ?

A cropped photo of an old black and white page from a male nudists magazine. A naked man, visible from the waist up, drinks water from a garden hose, outdoors, standing near fern-like shrubbery. The page is semigloss and there is reflective glare along the left, particularly in the lower half of the page. The glare does not obscure the subject matter.
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reviewed Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1)

Adrian Tchaikovsky: Children of Time (Paperback, 2016, Pan Books)

The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a …

The centuries fly by

Some fairly standard scifi suspension of disbelief is required, but the story rewards it. A noticeable lack of diversity in the humans is made up for in other species. The different perspectives are great, conflict is so much more engaging when you understand the different sides.

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Friday fun & fact books!

5/23/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks please.

As a kid I read and enjoyed Babar books. This one's from 1965. Now fairly hard to find & a bit collectable. I think he had a cartoon, too.

And who doesn't like Pyramids?

What other groovy goodies can you find. Stop in to see!

A composite of two book photos side by side. On left is "Babar Comes to America" by Laurent de Brunhoff, from Random House. The cover is a drawing of Elephant King Babar sitting, held aloft, in the torch hand of the Statue of Liberty. On right is "100 Facts: Pyramids" by Miles Kelly, including Projects, Quizzes, Fun Facts, and Cartoons. The cover is a photo of the Great Pyramid complex at Giza.
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Today, 2 books whose titles are questions...

5/22/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.

Trying to figure something out? There are no stupid questions. Just be sure to ask them of someone who will give an honest answer.

Sometimes, the answer is, "I don't know." Pretending to know is bad mojo.

A composite photo of two book covers, side by side, from left to right, as follows: First is... "If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people? Smart Quotes for Dumb Times" by John Lloyd and John Mitchinson, authors of the New York Times bestseller, The Book of General Ignorance." "Knowledge strange keep any better than fish."—Alfred North Whitehead. "Once you're dead, your made for life."—Jimi Hendrix. The second book is... "You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid, or Crazy?!" by Kate Kelly and Peggy Ramundo. A Self-Help Book for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder.

reviewed The Trainable Cat: A Practical Guide to Making Life Happier for You and Your Cat by John Bradshaw

John Bradshaw, Sarah Ellis: The Trainable Cat: A Practical Guide to Making Life Happier for You and Your Cat (2017, Basic Books)

if you want to show your cat who's boss, read this book and then get a dog

Somewhat drily written, not to the extent of an academic paper but long sentences and some with semicolons, so this was a long bit by bit read for me. The authors are anti-indoor cat (which I gather is the general sentiment in England, but maybe living by an LA freeway will change your mind) and, somewhat interestingly but kind of bothers me, propose more selective breeding for cats to tone done their hunting instincts. Admittedly, they are experts who cite a lot of research (and point out the lack of some, e.g. with the accusations that cats are decimating endangered species), have actually trained their cats in a non-forceful manner that respects their independent and paranoid natures (the elaborate training prescriptions may have you thinking might as well get a dog instead), and obviously love their cats. I could have used this book two cats ago, and if I break …