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 📚

Finished reading: Check, Please! Book 1: # Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu 📚

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 📚

I didn’t sob like with Here We Go Again but I teared up much more frequently. I really love Alison Cochrun’s books.