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Wandering Stars traces the roots of Native pain – and freedom
Sometimes, you read a book that makes you reevaluate your perspective entirely. These books take you outside of your every day and remind you of how diverse the human experience can be. Or, they connect you more firmly to some aspect of your identity. And sometimes, you run across the rare book – written by…
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Jill Paton Walsh, Peter Wimsey, and the perils of ghostwriting
Generally speaking, I’d consider myself a Golden Age mystery purist. I find it very hard to believe that modern authors can replicate the particular charm of the genre-starters. Modern authors have tried to expand the Holmes and Poirot canons, even officially – but with limited success. Such adaptations frequently stick too closely to the “original”…
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Chasing puzzly coziness with The Last Word
Sometimes, you’ve got to just relax and let yourself read. https://www.the52book.clubThis year I’ve been trying the 52 Book Club Challenge, which is a structured way to get a lot more diversity into your reading diet. The challenge has 52 prompts to finish, many of which requiring exploratory reading. When I started the year, I thought…