Today’s Book Riot Literary Activism newsletter is all about ways we can support Minneapolis through literary activism. I’m giving to this Donors Choose project to buy books for a school library in a historically underfunded school in St. Paul. π
Me, watching Starfleet Academy: Oh my gosh Holly Hunter is so tiny! So cute!
The Internet: She’s an inch taller than you, Kimberly.
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Finished reading: Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks & Scones by Ngozi Ukazu π
Finished reading: Check, Please! Book 1: # Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu π
This is very cute and I’m glad I was able to read it in book format. I’m curious how the experience was different as a webcomic.
Two things to read:
If every American did 3 of these 5 things, ICE would be stopped in its tracks. by Leona Waller. I started with writing my senators and donating to the North Carolina Justice Center.
As always, Kelly Jensen and Book Riot’s Literary Activism newsletter is critical reading.
Finished reading: Every Step She Takes by Alison Cochrun π
I didn’t sob like with _Here We Go Again _ but I teared up much more frequently. I really love Alison Cochrun’s books.
ππ Read Arkansas Puts Complete Ban on Incoming Books, Magazines, Other Materials for Incarcerated Individuals.
I just signed decARcerate’s statement calling for the reversal of this ban and you can, too, even if you don’t live in Arkansas.
Me: What IS my business?
The Jacob Marley Inside My Brain: MANKIND SHOULD HAVE BEEN MY BUSINESS!
Finished reading: The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn π
“As Culliope loves to say, gamification alone doesn’t work because school is already a crappy game.” Garrett Munro, “Game-Based Learning, Not Gamification: Play as First Principle” in Adventures in Teaching & Learning with RPGs