London Falling
By Patrick Radden Keefe
Amazing read with such a web of connections to historic periods of Amine’s reign in Uganda and the holocaust.
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Spooky season reads from cozy to spicy romance
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For a Better Tomorrow
Amongst these titles, you'll find:
- Inspiring stories of resisting tyrannic governments
- Communities coming together in times of need
- Persistent, relentless showing up for civil rights and justice
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- Hope that a better tomorrow is within reach if we fight for it
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Despite the spooky season, this isn't actually a book list about brain-eating zombies. These books explore how the brain works (and when it doesn't) and what that tells us about our own sense of self. Are we really who we think we are?
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Wilde Lake
By Laura Lippman
This was excellent. It started me down the road of this author's other books. Haven't read them all but this was my favorite. The other books were...
Sex at Dawn
By Christopher Ryan
Gave me a lot to think about how monogamy became the default in most modern societies, and why??
Yesteryear
By Caro Claire Burke
I devoured this book. It hit real close to home and masterfully on religious cult ideologies and how they uphold patriarchy, which helps no one.
Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore
By Emily Krempholtz
I loved getting to hear the inner struggles of both characters. The ending seemed a bit rushed.
Twelve Months
By Jim Butcher
This one had a lot more room to breathe than any of The Dresden Files books have had in a long time. After the last two books, that’s a damn...