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📚💬 “She was as uncomfortable with her body as she was serene about her mind.” David Rieff of his mother, Susan Sontag, in the preface of Reborn: Journals & Notebooks 1947—1963
Finished reading: Devil’s Bride by Stephanie Laurens 📚
A classic historical romance. I liked the way this one tests the couple by having them get frustrated because they’re each scared the other will get physically hurt and neither is willing to stop putting themselves at risk to protect the other.
It takes me about two hours after waking up to reach full brain power.
It could be worse. There could be a Hellmouth in the school library. 👱🏻♀️
Finished reading: Love in 280 Characters or Less by Ravynn K. Stringfield 📚
📚💬 “All of my feelings and emotions spill out into what I wear and my life is deeply influenced by the people and things that I love, so my writing reflects all of that, in all of its complexity.” Ravynn K. Stringfield, Love in 280 Characters or Less
This quote from Sydney Ciara, the main character in Love in 280, feels a little like a mission statement for Dr. Ravynn K. Stringfield’s career. Y’all, this book has so much to say about digital writing, love, relationships that weave together the physical and digital, and what it means to be a Black artist in a world where Black love and joy are under constant threat. It’s so great. Full review coming later.
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. 📚
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 📚