Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★★☆ 4 stars Pop quiz! You like cute books. You also like diverse books. And you enjoy YA and kids books. Question: will you like Felix Yz? (tick tock tick tock…) Answer: Yes! Most definitely YES!! Why? Let’s get started. First I’ll give you some backstory: Felix isn’t a very lucky boy.…
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Can Someone Love Too Much? There’s A Book About That. The Boy Who Loved Too Much: A True Story of Pathological Friendliness by Jennifer Latson
Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★★☆ 4 stars I have a weakness for non-fiction that talks about tough topics. I spot a book about disability, being different, diversity, suffering, all that stuff… I click buy. Request. Read. That’s just who I am. Come on, does the cover not already capture you? How could someone love too much? How can there…
Continue Reading→Why were they called The Girls With Radioactive Bones? The Radium Girls, by Kate Moore
You might wonder who The Radium Girls were…. They were called The Girls With Radioactive Bones. There were newspaper headlines such as ‘Living Dead’ Win In Court’ about them. And all that – almost a hundred years ago. Check out on Goodreads Get at Book Depository ★★★★★ 5 stars I’m going to tell you a very painful, sad, but strong story of fighting for…
Continue Reading→Our Short History by Lauren Grodstein It's got it all - love and joy, sorrow and pain
This blog post has been eaten up by the evil server-killing monsters on the unfortunate day of Jan 24th, when my blog has been offline for *gasp!* around 24 hours for the first time. I am reconstructing it through my GR review (which is thankfully almost the same, cause it was that one time I decided to be lazy and keep…
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