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Read This Book: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

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Today’s pick is a recent fantasy book that I loved, and is the closest readalike that I can think of to Gideon the Ninth in terms of bonkers-fun plot and sardonic voice!

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

Galadriel, El for short, is a student at the Scholomance, a high school for magical teens from all over the world that exists in a liminal space controlled by magic, without any human teachers, that no one can escape…except through the graduation hall once they’ve completed their education. But the graduation hall is also full of monsters, so commencement is a literal fight to the death in order to get out, and those monsters are constantly attacking the school and trying to find a way inside. Sounds like a nightmare? Well, it’s actually marginally safer for teens inside than it is outside, and at least in the Scholomance they have access to an education that will help them survive.

I immediately was drawn to El, a prickly junior of Welsh-Indian descent who is better equipped than most to survive this particular high school experience–but no one else is aware of that. She’s got some major power, but the consequence of using that power is that she can’t stop. She’d literally destroy everyone and anyone around her if she unleashed her true force. But El has no desire to go all evil villain on anyone and she’s been fostering a plan to make it through to graduation that includes not making friends unless she can help it. But when Orion Lake, the junior class golden boy, inadvertently saves her life one too many times, El has had enough. She tells him to knock it off, and that prompts him to try and befriend her. But Orion Lake making friends with the weird girl no one talks to seriously upsets the delicate social balance at the Scholomance, and soon people are asking questions about the effect of Orion’s savior complex…like what does it mean for the very hungry monsters who haven’t had a good meal in a long time?

I loved the snarky, sarcastic tone of this book, and how it dumps the reader headfirst into the action and the story. I will be the first to admit that technique might not be every reader’s favorite, but it reminded me a lot of Robin McKinley’s Sunshine (one of my favorite vampire stories ever), and of course, Gideon the Ninth. This book isn’t a tome, but it’s full of action, fascinating world building, and really amazing character growth. Novik also tackles the idea of a chosen one in an interesting way: Orion Lake is doing a great thing by saving so many people…but it has some pretty dark unintended consequences that force everyone in the book to pay attention and step up. I loved El’s commentary, her frustration with Orion’s lack of self-preservation, and prickly realization that she’s going to have to open up to people if everyone’s going to make it out alive. I won’t say too much more because the joy in this book is discovering what’s happening for yourself, but suffice to say I’m eagerly awaiting the sequel, The Last Graduate, which drops in May!

Note: I know it sounds YA, but the book was actually published as adult. Either way, I think it’s super enjoyable for both adult and teen audiences!

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[3/3] Read This Book: SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL by Patricia MacLachlan

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Hey fellow book nerd, it’s time to celebrate another literary birthday! Today, we are wishing a very happy 83rd birthday to Patricia MacLachlan! She is the American children’s writer best known for Sarah, Plain and Tall, which won the 1986 Newbery Medal along with the 1986 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction and the 1986 Golden Kite Award. 

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Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

Told through the point of view of Anna Witting, Sarah, Plain and Tall tells the story of how Sarah Wheaton moved from Maine to the American Midwest in response to an ad for a wife and mother. Anna’s younger brother Caleb is excited about the prospect of a new mother, but memories of their mother who died giving birth to Caleb make Anna apprehensive.

What I enjoyed most about Sarah, Plain and Tall was not only the plain, straightforward story, but also how it touched upon the death of a parent at a young age and the introduction of a stepparent. It was understandable to a young reader while not being too simplified for an adult reader. I also liked reading a story where there wasn’t overt hostility between Sarah and the children. Yes, Anna still has memories of her mother who died while giving birth to her brother Caleb, but she still seems somewhat open to the possibility of a new mother in Sarah. I also enjoyed Sarah as a whole. Although she eagerly answered the call for a mail-order bride, which on its face seems anti-feminist, Sarah gave me feminist hero vibes through her many interactions with Jacob from insisting on wearing overalls to riding horses. I loved to see hear it.

If you are looking for a heartwarming, but short comfort read, then Sarah, Plain and Tall is a good choice. In just a few short chapters, not only will you fall in love with the Witting family, you will absolutely adore this current version of the family. By the end of the book, you’ll be wishing for more. Lucky for us, MacLachlan was kind enough to add four more books to the series. 

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Katisha


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[3/1] Read This Book: EAT PRAY LOVE by Elizabeth Gilbert

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Today is Plan a Solo Vacation Day, which doesn’t seem very exciting while we are all dealing with the current global panorama. However, it’s the perfect time to plan the amazing vacation you will go on once we are all vaccinated and able to jetset again. If you need some inspiration on how to plan the most epic solo trip, then look no further than Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestselling memoir that launched a thousand trips.

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Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Around 30, Elizabeth Gilbert was already going through a midlife crisis. She had everything a woman is expected to want: husband, house, career, but instead of finding fulfillment, Elizabeth was consumed with anxiety. After going through divorce, depression, and a failed rebound relationship, Elizabeth decides to take the radical step of leaving everything behind to find out who she really is and what she really wants. 

In full disclosure, Eat Pray Love is one of those books I was excited to read, but it didn’t live up to my high expectations. However, I will never regret reading it. Although I read this book long after the hype around it was gone, I understand why it inspired so many people to go on their own journey of self-exploration around the world. Who wouldn’t want to escape the everyday rat race of life to find peace through hours of meditation or eat the best pizza and pasta in the world? 

Despite being annoyed by Gilbert’s self-centered nature, I cannot deny her witty, funny, and engaging writing. Whenever I felt like I was at my wit’s end with her antics, she would win me over with another observation and anecdote that made me chuckle or smile. It’s been a few years since I’ve read Eat Pray Love, but sometimes I find myself thinking about it. Most of the time, I think about the pizza that was so good, it’s almost worth dying for. 

If you are like me and prefer to read books once everyone stops talking about them then I invite you to read Eat Pray Love. If it does nothing else, it may inspire you to finally take that solo trip to find yourself. 

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Katisha


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Read This Book: The Less People Know About Us by Axton Betz-Hamilton

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Today’s pick is a memoir that I inhaled earlier this year because it contains a level of WTF that I couldn’t wrap my head around at first. Many readers have shared with me that they first heard of this story on a popular episode of the Criminal podcast, but if you’ve not heard of Axton Betz-Hamilton, then get ready for a bonkers true story, which was a 2020 Edgar Awards winner!

The Less People Know About Us: A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity by Axton Betz-Hamilton

Axton Betz-Hamilton grew up in rural Indiana in the 1990s. After her grandfather died when she was 10, her family began to notice their mail going missing. What started off as annoying but seemingly innocuous became more sinister when their utilities would get shut off for nonpayment…and then the strange bills started showing up. Someone had stolen her parents’ identities, and no one seemed to know who might be at fault, or how the thief kept obtaining personal information. Axton spent the second half of her childhood living in a family clouded by suspicion because the only logical conclusion was that someone close to them must be the thief. As a result, they began to withdraw from friends and family, and became suspicious of everyone. The claustrophobic environment was too much for Axton, but when she escaped to college, she discovered something horrifying–her own identity had also been stolen, and her credit was wrecked, going back to when she was a child. She became determined to find the truth.

I feel like I read this memoir holding my breath. Betz-Hamilton does a brilliant job demonstrating that identity theft is not a victimless crime, starting out with the paranoia that she and her parents experienced, and detailing the financial and emotional effects of a ruined credit score and constant paranoia. She mines the depths of her family’s distress and anxiety and shows how that shaped her childhood and the adult she would become. The events of this book began before identity theft was seen as the threat it is now, and people who found themselves victims of this crime often found themselves helpless, with nowhere to turn. That had a tremendous effect on Axton, and when she realizes the extent of the fraud, she becomes extremely motivated to research the crime. The chapters devoted to her becoming an identity theft expert and investigating her own case are both vindicating and fascinating, but it’s the shocking reveal about who was really behind the theft that readers will remember most from this book. It’s a revelation that leaves Axton shocked and revisiting every moment in her past to see events in a completely different light, and those moments of reckoning are equally powerful. Ultimately, this memoir is engrossing, well-written, and measured, and it demonstrates how a nonviolent crime can have devastating effects on people’s lives.

If you’re intrigued by this story and this is the first time you’re hearing about it, I advise not Googling the author or looking up the author’s episode on Criminal unless you want some major spoilers! If you listened to the podcast, I highly recommend this book for its in-depth and fascinating look at Axton’s life, and the aftermath of her discovery.

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[2/24] Read This Book: THE WEDDING DATE by Jasmine Guillory

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Did you know February is National Wedding Month? Although the most popular months for weddings are June, August, and September, most proposals occur between Christmas and New Year’s Day, which leads to February becoming the most popular time for wedding planning. Also, thanks to Valentine’s Day, February 14th is a popular day for both proposals and weddings. 

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The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

Drew Nicols is still sans a plus one for his ex-girlfriend’s wedding where he also happens to be a groomsman. Then, on a chance encounter in an elevator, he finds the perfect solution in Alexa Monroe who agrees to be Drew’s wedding date for the weekend. Following the wedding, they both go their separate ways. Drew returns to his life as a pediatric surgeon in Los Angeles, and Alexa heads back to Berkeley where she works as the mayor’s chief of staff. However, after having more fun than they both expected, Drew and Alexa can’t stop thinking of one another. 

The Wedding Date was one of the first books I read during the first big COVID-19 quarantine. This delightful rom-com helped take my mind off of the uncertainty and panic I was feeling during that time. Like all of the romantic comedies I’ve read recently, I had a hard time putting down this book, and I finished it in almost record time. If you are looking for the standard rom-com fare with the cute boy meets girl meet cute, then this book is a must-read for you, too. 

I instantly loved Alexa and Drew’s connection. Even though the agreement was just the one date, I knew there would be more to this love story. Plus, I just wanted these two kids to work out as soon as they were flirting in the elevator. Since this is a literary rom-com, I was sure Alexa and Drew would be together in the end, but there were plenty of expected (and a few unexpected) bumps along the way. By the time I finished The Wedding Date, I knew I wanted to read more of Jasmine Guillory. With a debut novel that checks all of my romantic comedy boxes, I became an instant fan, so be prepared for more Guillory reading recommendations in the future!

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Katisha


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[2/22] Read This Book: LITTLE LEADERS: BOLD WOMEN IN BLACK HISTORY by Vashti Harrison

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It’s the last week of Black History Month and the perfect time to share another must-read children’s book that will delight readers of all ages. Well, I have found a book that is both beautiful and informative. 

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Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison

Featuring 40 trailblazing Black women in American history, Little Leaders shares their stories of breaking boundaries and achieving despite adversity. Along with adorable illustrations, both iconic and lesser-known figures in Black History from abolitionist Sojourner Truth to filmmaker Julie Dash, are immortalized for their bold actions and contributions. Although the leaders in this book are little, their big actions are sure to inspire future generations. 

Even though Harrison highlighted 40 amazing Black women, she ended the book with a few honorable mentions of several trailblazing Black American women including Madam C.J. Walker, the first woman in America to become a self-made millionaire, Dorothy Height who played a pivotal (yet often overlooked) role in the Civil Rights Movement, and the Willams sisters who transformed modern day tennis. 

Little Leaders has plenty of familiar faces like Harriet Tubman, Ella Fitzgerald, Oprah, and Octavia Butler. What I enjoyed most (besides the heart-warming illustrations) was being able to learn more about some familiar faces as well as discovering trailblazers from all facets of American culture, like Rebecca Crumpler who was the first Black American woman to become a physician or Alice Ball who developed the most effective treatment of leprosy in the 20th century. You may know Misty Copeland, but do you know Raven Wilkinson? She was the first Black woman to be a full-time dancer in a major classical ballet company. Wilkinson even danced until the age of 50, which is almost unheard of in the world of dance! 

Reading this book delighted the little Black girl in me. It’s a book I wished was available when I was a kid. I can’t imagine the bigger dreams I could have dreamed after reading about these women who looked like me. Little Leaders is essential reading for young Black girls. It will show them anything is possible for them. It is also essential reading for everyone else. It is time for all of these women to become household names. 

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Katisha


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Red This Book: Scythe by Neal Shusterman

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Today I have a pick that was recommended to me by multiple readers when I was still working in the library, and I am so glad they all ganged up on me until I read it!

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

I read Unwind back when I was a teen (it was the first dystopian YA I remember reading and I was enthralled), but hadn’t picked up a new Shusterman book until no fewer than five different teens at my library insisted I read this, and it blew me away. It’s set a couple hundred years into the future, where death has been defeated. Modern technology has not only found a solution to aging (anyone at any time can “reset” themselves to age 25), but they can reliably bring back anyone from death, provided your body and brain aren’t completely destroyed. To compensate for the fact that death no longer controls the population, the Scythedom is founded. Scythes are humans who are revered and feared because they choose people at random to die a humane death. Rowan and Citra are two teens who have just been chosen as Scythe apprentices, but only one of them can ascend to the role of a Scythe. What they don’t know is that they’re about to be sucked into an epic struggle within Scythedom that will change their world forever.

I love a great premise, and not only is Shusterman’s world convincing and fascinating, but the plot he’s come up with for his two teen protagonists is riveting. As teenagers who have never had to comprehend their own mortality, their training mainly consists of lots of philosophy lessons (Scythes take a professional name and always choose from the great thinkers of history), and understanding what it means to be an empathetic human being, which provides plenty of moments for insight, but in a really engaging way. Of course, not all Scythes are noble, as readers see this “perfect” solution becomes inevitably twisted by corrupt Scythes who are grabbing power, unchecked, at an alarming rate. Rowan and Citra start out as competitors, but as forces beyond their control attempt to use them and pit them against their mentor, they find ways to team up and rebel against the system. The writing is smart and darkly funny–the perfect tone for a book about death, honestly–and the plot had some truly amazing twists that kept me hooked. This is a high concept book that will make you think, but in a fun way, I promise.

And I might as well advise you to just pick up the sequels, Thunderhead and The Toll. You’ll want them!

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[2/17] Read This Book: LOVE by Toni Morrison

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Tomorrow is Toni Morrison Day when we will celebrate the birth of literary titan Toni Morrison. Proving that publishing a book is not just for young people, Morrison’s first book The Bluest Eye was released in 1970. Instead of suffering the sophomore slump, Toni Morrison published Sula followed by Song of Solomon, which garnered critical acclaim and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 1988, Morrison won the Nobel Prize in Literature for Beloved. Today’s recommendation is one of the books Morrison published later in her career.

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Love by Toni Morrison

In life, Bill Cosey enjoyed the affections of many women. In death, his hold on these women: wife, mistress, daughter, granddaughter, employee, may be even stronger. Three generations of women in a fading beach town attempt to stake their claims on both the memory of Bill Cosey as well as his estate using anything and everything at their disposal including outright violence. 

The best part of reading Toni Morrison is always the way she has with words. No one does words the way Toni Morrison does words. Also like many of Morrison’s works, Love focuses on the many facets of relationships between Black women while highlighting how their intersections of race and gender influence their lives and the lives of those around them. Also similar to Morrison’s other works, Love uses non-linear storytelling while also blending narration from both the living and dead. What I enjoyed most about this story is I didn’t always know who was currently telling me their side of the story. Sometimes I could glean the narrator from the context clues, but I wasn’t always certain. No matter the narrator, there was an interesting story to tell about the lives of the many women in Bill Cosey’s life. There was also an American history lesson elegantly weaved throughout by Morrison.

When I read a Toni Morrison book, I never feel like I’m fully comprehending the entire story. Most of the time, it never really clicks for me until the end. However, I always enjoy every step of the journey. If that’s one of the reasons you also gravitate to Toni Morrison, then don’t hesitate to read Love. If you don’t tend to gravitate toward Toni Morrison, Love could definitely serve as your introduction.

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[2/15] Read This Book: BARACK OBAMA: THE COMIC BOOK BIOGRAPHY by Jeff Mariotte

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Today is Presidents’ Day, originally established in 1885 in recognition of George Washington’s birthday. The holiday eventually grew to also be associated with Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. Now, it’s recognized as a celebration of all of America’s presidents, both past and present. For Presidents’ Day 2021, I’m celebrating my favorite president, the 44th President, Barack Obama.

Barack Obama The Comic Book Biography

Barack Obama: The Comic Book Biography by Jeff Mariotte, Illustrated by Tom Morgan, Len O’Grady, and John Hunt

Follow Barack Obama in comic book form from his childhood through the first 100 days of his administration after becoming the 44th President of the United States of America. This best-selling comic book documents how Barack Obama became a media sensation through his election on November 4th, 2008, inauguration, and first 100 days in office with bias. 

It’s pretty cool to read about a monumental moment in history when you actually lived through the events. That is often how I felt while reading the parts about Barack Obama’s historical 2008 presidential run. The entire book wasn’t a trip down memory lane since I haven’t read any of Obama’s memoirs, so the beginning about Obama’s childhood was enlightening and showed how young Barry was an outsider looking for where he belonged. Learning about all the bumps Obama experienced as a teen and young adult makes his accomplishment of becoming not only president, but America’s first president who wasn’t an old white man all the more astonishing. 

The best part of this comic book was getting to experience some of Barack Obama’s best speeches, like the one from the 2004 Democratic Convention that put Barack Obama on the map, as well as his inauguration speech that made everyone feel hope in the air and that anything was possible. The worst part of this book for me were the illustrations. Barack Obama was hit and miss, but those Michelle Obama renditions were no bueno. The ones of Joe Biden were not much better. Despite those gripes, this book is still worth reading for anyone who wants to take a stroll down memory lane or a comic book fan looking for an engaging historical read. 

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Read This Book: The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite

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Since Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, I had to recommend one of my favorite romance novels in recent years! It’s a sweet and sexy f/f romance that is wonderfully written and so much fun!

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The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite

Lucy is a young lady who has spent most of her young adulthood assisting her father, an astronomer, with his research. No one knows that she is the mathematician behind his groundbreaking research, but now that he is dead and Lucy’s former lover has married a man, she feels more alone than ever and is uncertain how to make a name for herself int he scientific community.

Catherine is recently widowed, and secretly relieved to have her freedom from her scientist husband, who was very exacting. She’s determined to see a manuscript he acquired before his death translated, and then she plans to step away from the scientific community for good. When she sets out to hire a translator familiar with with French and astronomy, she doesn’t expect Lucy to apply. But she can’t help but be intrigued by the woman, so she not only hires Lucy but invites her to stay with her while she completes the work…and it’s not long before they begin falling for one another.

I adored this book, because it’s not only an amazing romance, but an incredible historical novel. It’s set in the early 1800s and really captures the spirit of the time in London, when scientific discovery abounded and the art scene flourished and people were interested in and valued both. Lucy and Catherine have experience in both of those communities, but as women they aren’t always taken very seriously. I loved how this novel demonstrated the men weren’t the only ones interested in art and science and influencing those discoveries and movements, but women had to be smart and strategic about how they participated lest they be told they didn’t know what they were talking about.

The romance is also a delight! I think a lot of times people assume that queer people in history weren’t ever able to have their happily ever afters in the past, or that their lives must have been very sad, and I love how Waite shows that’s just not true. While it is true that queer people could not be open about their affections, and that they took to speaking in veiled meanings and perhaps struggled to connect with like-minded people, this series is overall light on queer-related trauma. There is grief and sadness and deep disappointment, but mention of horrible things happening off page in the past (content warning for some colonialist violence) have nothing to do with the women being queer. I think that’s so wonderful, and essential to reframing the narrative that all queer relationships before 1969 ended in tragedy or at the very least, separation and longing.

Overall, this is a delightful romance with lots of steam and tenderness, grounded in a fascinating time period with exciting artistic and scientific subplots! I highly recommend it if you want to fall into something happy this weekend!

Bonus: I read the audiobook narrated by Morag Sims, which was excellent. There is also a sequel that is equally delightful called The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows, which is about two forty-something women in the early 1800’s finding love. The cover is an abomination–please don’t let that deter you from picking it up!

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