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Nope, actually I don’t want the epilogue. (opens the original)
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Hold on while I drag my soap box across the plaza… <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="274" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iriy!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2
A Very Special Episode by Camille Acker (opens the original)
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A Very Special Episode by Camille AckerPenguin gifted me a copy of this book. Let’s start there. I get home, and my husband’s like ‘you got a book.’ Me? I’m standing there confused, because book influencer lists always email me before they send something out. Doubly confused because those books go to my PO Box…he retrieves the mail for our home. WTF came in the mail?So, I open the package to see thi
I hate my book club. (opens the original)
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I think there’s something I need to say to my book club.I am sorry.Because apparently, when I am tasked with choosing books for a group of people who have voluntarily agreed to spend two hours discussing literature together, I look at the list of available books and think:Yes. Let’s give them oppression.Not just a little oppression, either. We’re talking generational oppression, patriarchy, child marriage, women being treated as property, girls being denied education, men making decisions about
I swapped TV time for reading time and accidentally became the person who’s read 200+ books this year (opens the original)
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I can’t lie, there was a time when I would come home from work, sit on the couch, and immediately turn on the TV. Catching up on literally whatever is recommended to me.I’m sure you’re familiar with this age-old tale: one episode became three and somehow one season became the entire weekend.I used to be one of those people who wished they had more time to read. Meanwhile Netflix was asking me if I was still watching? Just casually checking in on my bad decisions.Yes, I’m still watching. Still sc
I’m one book away from reading Natasha Bishop’s entire catalog (opens the original)
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Is this a safe space? Because I have a confession to make.I am dangerously close to reading this author’s entire catalog.I recently got to see Natasha Bishop at Planet Word for The Readers Lounge, hosted by @prettylittlebookshelf, and it was such a lovely event. At the time, I had only read one book by Natasha: Only for the Week. One! A single little book, minding its business on my reading list.Since then, things have escalated.<a class="button primary" href="https://blacklit.substack.com
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