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a novel accord: heavy cream by sarah blakley-cartwright (opens the original)
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August slipped away into a moment in time, etc. etc. Mostly because I aggressively willed it to, considering my eyes have been locked on fall since about mid-June when we hit our first 100 degree day. Back in July, I spent a few days at the lake devouring the pile of digital ARC hoardings on my NetGalley shelf. Among them, Heavy Cream by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright took root, and two full months later, I’m still completely haunted by it. This gorgeous, deliciously complicated novel dives headfirst
fall personal curriculum (opens the original)
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As the kids are saying on the internet Augtober is in full swing. The Spirit store on my street is open for business. Pumpkin spice has an arrival date not too far off. I am aching for a cool breeze and a gloomy day. So I’m setting my sights on my favorite season. Fall. I feel like I have the opposite of seasonal affective disorder. I get sad when it’s summer and I feel my happiest when there are crunchy leaves to step on and colors changing in the trees. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-
a novel accord: kitten by stacey yu (opens the original)
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I had a wonderfully busy July—from a writing retreat with my MFA pals in Montana to a chill week at Lake Shasta with my family. In between the cabin time and lake floats, I managed to read 15 books (12 of which were sitting on my overwhelming NetGalley TBR shelf, so consider this a personal victory).One of my most anticipated reads was Kitten by Yu (out today!). Kitten lives in that strange, itchy liminal space between childhood and adulthood, exploring the tension between per
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