NAGASAKI: LIFE AFTER NUCLEAR WAR by Susan Southard is emotionally devastating and I wish I had read it sooner. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/feb5...

PATRICIA WANTS TO CUDDLE by @samanthaallen.bsky.social was fun and had some delicious buildup. Such a unique, silly premise for a book. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/0e08...

THE (MOST UNUSUAL) HAUNTING OF EDGAR LOVEJOY by @roanparrish.bsky.social is gentle, sweet, queer, just a little spicy and full of ghosts and family secrets. If that sounds good to you, check it out! app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/86cf...

THE BOOK OF I by David Greig was quick, charming, and oddly cozy given the descriptions of violence in a few spots. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/8efe...

A LIBERTARIAN WALKS INTO A BEAR by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling was deeply interesting. What a ride. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/fd99...

Picked up DARK EARTH by Rebecca Stott at my local library based solely on its lovely cover and ended up checking it out. I wanted to love this one, but while it was beautifully written, I found myself wishing for more on all fronts. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/78d3...

This weekend I saw a billboard vilifying wind power and like...I'm so tired, you guys.

IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS by @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social was my long-weekend read and it was GREAT. What do you do when the rules you thrive under support a status quo that renders people like you invisible? app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/7eff...

Another book makes it to the 'finished' pile. ORBITAL by Samantha Harvey is short and sweet - a day-in-the-life tale of six astronauts orbiting our planet. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/7736...

I just finished @levacrosen.bsky.social's THE BELL IN THE FOG after not realizing that LAVENDER HOUSE was the start of a series and stumbling across the 4th book at the library. If a queer 1950's detective sounds good, then these books are for you. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d018...

Finally got around to reading EDUCATED by Tara Westover and finished it this week. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d094...

APPARENTLY, SIR CAMERON NEEDS TO DIE by Greer Stothers is sort of like a jack-in-the-box but in book form. At no point did I see the next thing coming and I was delighted the entire time. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/9c0d...

Another lovely and emotional story finished. GIRL AT WAR by @novicsara.bsky.social gave me a glimpse of a sliver of world events that I knew little about. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/5fc3...

I hit my reading goal for the year last night by finishing FRESHWATER by Akwaeke Emezi. It's a dark, challenging tale of queerness, mental illness, and the way people cope with violence and trauma. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/a8d0...

Someone tell Tom Hanks I need a 60-minute "Behind the Music" special about The Wonders featuring the original cast reprising their roles, giving interviews, covering their quick rise to fame and subsequent fall. Some "Where are they nows" and maybe a reunion performance.

THE ANIMALS IN THAT COUNTRY by @laurajeanmckay.bsky.social is a raw, gut-wrenching, depiction of an epidemic with one key symptom: the ability to understand and speak with animals. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/df4d...

Took a bit, but I finished OUR SHARE OF NIGHT by Mariana Enriquez. Supernatural horror set in Argentina - truly a wild ride. Not something I'd gravitate to normally but really fascinating! app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/5128...

SALVAGIA by Tim Chawaga -- such a fun premise -- I wish there had been more world-building. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/3864...

Over the weekend I finished FROG by Mo Yan. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/f379...

Aw yeah

Best read of the year so far and my first 5-star rating of 2026 is MONK AND ROBOT by Becky Chambers. A beautifully written tale of hope and friendship. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/64e2...

"...knowing that your wicked life is over and that we will carry on." -a very good TMBG lyric that I think about a lot

Next trip read was THYME TRAVELLERS, a collection of Palestinian spec fic edited by @soniasulaiman.bsky.social. Short stories are not my usual vibe, but there are pieces here that are absolutely beautiful. My favorite was The Generation Chip by Nadia Afifi. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/3fc6...

First trip read was MOON OF THE TURNING LEAVES by @waub.bsky.social and I cannot overstate what a heavy and beautiful experience it was. Shit. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/7ab9...

Finished YELLOWFACE by @rfkuang.bsky.social yesterday and really enjoyed it -- not in a joyful way, but in more of a riveted way. At every moment I wanted someone to take June aside and give her a reality check. But she just. kept. getting. worse. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/fca5...

I devoured SANKOFA by Chibundu Onuzo in 24 hours. You should read it, too! app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1250...

at my son's IEP meeting 7yo: "Mom! I'm doing math with letters!" Me: "Whoa, bud! That's cool, that's called Algebra!" 7yo: "Yeah, see? E+E = J! Because E is the 5th letter and J is the 10th letter!" Me: "Ohhh, I see. Yeah, that is cool!" Husband, helpfully: "That's called Cryptography!"

Also, just now realizing that more than one book I've loved in recent months have featured people becoming animals and I think what this means is that the Animorphs had a profound effect on me.

Finished WHEN WOMEN WERE DRAGONS by @kellybarnhill.bsky.social last night and oh, what a wonderful book. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/fae6...

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This is so precious <3

"But it is difficult for any propagandic apparatus, no matter how advanced, to counteract the force of millions of eyewitnesses." -Kelly Barnhill; When Women Were Dragons

Finished "THE CORPSE WALKER" by Liao Yiwu last night. Brutal stories of government oppression was maybe not the best choice right now given everything, BUT -- wow, what a book. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/0f55...

Over the weekend my community raised nearly $40,000 to help families, in addition to collecting huge quantities of food and hygiene products and toys/games. I am so, so proud to be Minnesotan and of the (mostly) women in my city.

When my children or grandchildren ask me what I was doing during this time in history, I cannot be ashamed of my answer.

Did I mention that large portions of MN’s population are in hiding right now? Kids are missing school. Adults can’t go out to work. People aren’t able to buy food or pay rent, and mutual aid is all keeping everyone going. We keep us safe, on our own, and people are being shot in the street for it

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Finished THE BOG WIFE by @kaychronister.bsky.social last night. Really enjoyed this weird trip into the cranberry bog. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/5027...

Last night I finished ORGAN MEATS by K-Ming Chang. A bit too much for me, but beautifully written. @worstmillennial.bsky.social I kept thinking you might enjoy it because of its light horror-ness. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/2d1e...

Tonight instead of spiraling and doomscrolling I will do a craft with my son and read my book. Tomorrow I will focus on work. And Friday I will grocery shop for my community. Do what you can however you can.

Law and order means a head in collision, kneeing a man in the face 5 times, then dragging him off to detention where he is finally moved to a hospital because he can’t breath. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/12/u...

It will take so much work and so many years to repair this damage. Targeting schools, jobs, the innocent. Warmongering at home and abroad.

Actions have consequences.

First book of 2026 was a great way to kick things off. THE WOMEN OF WILD HILL by @kirstenmiller.bsky.social was very, very fun (and cathartic). app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/2743...

My 5yo made up a character named "Hairy Legs Cry Cry" that she swears isn't me, but, reader? I feel like it's me.

Hey guys? Low-income people are allowed to have phones, eat chips sometimes, and experience joy. Just a heads up!

If I could make anything from TV real it would be the sound-vision glasses from that one episode of Magic School Bus.

"I'm just a little mean when I have a cinnamon roll in my mouth." -5yo

MORT(E) by Robert Repino was a brutal read. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/36d1...

Hot take: Electabuzz was a perfect Pokémon and it was a mistake to introduce Electivire. I won't be taking comments at this time.