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Tod Robbins

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Tod Robbins rated The House on East 88th Street: 5 stars

Bernard Waber: The House on East 88th Street (Hardcover, 1999, Tandem Library)

The House on East 88th Street by Bernard Waber

Tod Robbins rated Mirette on the High Wire: 4 stars

Emily Arnold McCully: Mirette on the High Wire (Paperback, 1997, Putnam Juvenile)

Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully

Mirette learns tightrope walking from Monsieur Bellini, a guest in her mother's boarding house, not knowing that he is a …

Tod Robbins reviewed If I Must Die by Refaat Alareer

Refaat Alareer: If I Must Die (Hardcover, 2024, OR Books, LLC)

Essential reading in Palestine

5 stars

This book literally changed me. It broke my heart and fanned the flame of justice deep in my soul.

Tod Robbins reviewed Strange Planet by Nathan W. Pyle (Strange Planet, #1)

Nathan W. Pyle: Strange Planet (2019, Morrow Gift)

Straight from the mind of New York Times bestselling author Nathan W. Pyle comes an …

Unconventional observations cause laughter sessions

4 stars

So fun! I'm glad I rediscovered these at the library the other day.

Tod Robbins started reading Strange Planet by Nathan W. Pyle (Strange Planet, #1)

Straight from the mind of New York Times bestselling author Nathan W. Pyle comes an …

Observe my orb catcher hat

Tod Robbins reviewed Keep Going by Austin Kleon

Austin Kleon: Keep Going (2019, Workman Publishing Company)

A bestselling guide to staying creative in good times and bad.

Build a bliss station and keep going

5 stars

Phenomenal little book. Lots of principles that just make sense even if you've never considered yourself a "creative," which is one of the things Austin Kleon critiques. I highly recommend this one for rethinking and restructuring your every day for a more meaningful and intentional life.

Tod Robbins rated A Paradise Built in Hell: 4 stars

Rebecca Solnit: A Paradise Built in Hell (2010, Penguin (Non-Classics), Penguin Books)

A Paradise Built in Hell by Rebecca Solnit

A startling investigation ofwhat people do in disastersand why it mattersWhy is it that in the aftermath of a disaster—whether …

Tod Robbins finished reading A Paradise Built in Hell by Rebecca Solnit

A startling investigation ofwhat people do in disastersand why it mattersWhy is it that in …

Took me a long while, but I had so much to process and research while reading this book. I loved it even if at times it is repetitive. Solnit is a wonderful writer and the topics of mutual aid and disaster will unfortunately become more and more relevant in the coming years.