Books like forever by judy blume6/30/2023 ![]() Freedman as Herself, a book in which Sally, a precocious 10-year-old Jewish girl, believes Adolf Hitler has moved into a neighboring Miami Beach apartment. This reviewer had a particular fondness for Starring Sally J. ![]() That book, and many of the author’s others, has operated as the introduction to taboo topics for many young women (and men, if they’re being honest) - masturbation and sex, religion, divorce, and death, to name a few. ![]() Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Blume’s breakout middle-grade novel, has taken up regular space on library and bookstore shelves since its release. Since the late 1960s, readers of a certain age have been discovering and devouring Judy Blume’s books. ![]()
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Camp by kayla miller series6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() The graphic novel format complements the subject matter perfectly. ![]() But how she ultimately solves her fitting-in setback puts a creative spin on what our idea of a clique is. When she learns of the concept, cliques become everything to Olive. And just as much as kids, Click shows that adults can feel like this, too. I think at some point, we’ve all felt a bit like Olive: feeling like we don’t fit in, feeling alone in a crowd of people, feeling displaced. There’s so much to take away from this graphic novel. ![]() With the performance drawing closer by the minute, will Olive be able to find her own place in the show before the curtain comes up?Ĭlick is a heartfelt and insightful story about navigating friendships, leaning on family and learning to take the stage in the most important role of all. When a school variety show leaves Olive stranded without an act to join, she begins to panic, wondering why all her friends have already formed their own groups… without her. Olive “clicks” with everyone in the fifth grade – until one day she doesn’t. Olive wants to get in on the act… any act! For fans of Raina Telgemeier comes the first book by New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Kayla Miller about friendship and finding where you “click”. ![]() Kai fu lee ai 20416/30/2023 ![]() The science fiction part is written in Chinese and translated to English by different people, Dr. The stories are quite interesting, and the production of the book itself is fascinating. The book asks the question “what will the world look like 20 years from now?” There are 10 short stories and an analysis section explaining the role of AI in each story and why that scenario is plausible 20 years from now. ![]() He has now teamed up with science fiction writer Chen Qiufan to bring a combination of science fiction and non-fiction in AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future. Kai-Fu Lee’s book AI Superpowers brought broad awareness to the AI advances being made in China. In this week’s blog, I review the fascinating work titled AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future by Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan-a combination of fiction and non-fiction about a future brought about by artificial intelligence (AI) 20 years from now. AI Talk: Book review: AI 2041: Ten Visions For Our Future ![]() ![]() ![]() Their respective first days, at the high school and the station, are anything but boring, with the action starting right off the bat. Sunshine is also a single mother, so she and her daughter move into her parents’ guest house and try to adjust to life back in a small town. Sunshine Vicram returns to her hometown as the newly-elected sheriff (an election she won without even knowing she entered). Jones has a distinctive writing style, and you definitely see that shine through in Sunshine. I will say that there are some general similarities between Charley and Sunshine, but this new book certainly stands on its own two feet. However, when I heard that Jones had a new book coming out, I couldn’t wait to see what she would come up with next. ![]() I was a huge fan of the Charley Davidson series and a little sad to see it come to an end, even after thirteen books. ![]() ![]() Praise for The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy: ![]() Set in a world equally full of magic and demigods as it is donuts and small-town drama, this utterly unique fantasy is sure to sweep you off your feet. Little does Hart know he’s baring his soul to the person who infuriates him most. Much to his surprise, he receives an anonymous reply, and a tentative friendship is born. She’s been single-handedly keeping Birdsall & Son Undertakers afloat in defiance of sullen jerks like Hart-ache Hart, the man with a knack for showing up right when her patience is thinnest.Īfter yet another run-in with Merciless Mercy, Hart finds himself penning a letter addressed simply to “A Friend”. ![]() It’s an unforgiving job, and he’s got nothing but time to ponder his loneliness. Hart is a marshal, tasked with patrolling the magical wilds of Tanria. The Princess Bride meets You’ve Got Mail in this enchantingly quirky, completely refreshing fantasy with a rom-com-worthy premise, perfect for readers of T he House in the Cerulean Sea. ![]() ![]() ‘Romantic, wildly creative, and utterly charming, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy is a fantasy unlike any I’ve read before’ Lana Harper, author of Payback’s a Witch ![]() |