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February 1, 2020June 4, 2020

A look at racism that’s only skin-deep

January 26, 2020April 22, 2020

A deliciously strange collection

January 25, 2020

Dime store romance + Greek gods – sex scenes = zzz

January 7, 2020January 7, 2020

How to Talk to Strangers

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It has been some time since I have arrived at the final page of a book and immediately wanted to flip back to the beginning and plunge right in again, but a strong desire to do just that filled me upon reaching the top of page 666 and seeing that I had only five more lines to go.

Living in the affluent West, it’s easy to take the most basic of human rights for granted. The right to protest, say, the right to freely express yourself, the right to elect your own leaders. By taking these things as a given, for having the luxury to not even think about them, we often fail to realize when these rights come under threat.

This place is a beautiful mess. Stacks of books EVERYWHERE! So while trying to find the book you’re after might be a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack, it sure makes for a fun afternoon!

I like to base what I read and watch around the seasons, so in the dark, rainy days of late October in the Pacific Northwest I dived into a series of more thrilling reads, culminating in “We Have Always Lived in the Castle.” This past weekend I also took a trip to the little independent cinema down the street to watch a restored version of Andrzej Żuławski’s jaw-dropping 1981 film “Possession,” which most certainly influenced my feelings about this.

Here is a book that defies your expectations at every turn — that dares you to look away from it, to detest it. The events that take place in the world author Agustina Bazterrica has created here are most certainly detestable, but the way in which she has built this world is nothing short of beautiful.

In Roslyn at the indelibly cool @basecampbooks. They’ve got everything here. Great books, delicious coffee, scrumptious cinnamon rolls, local trail info, friendly staff — EVERYTHING! #bookshops #bookshopsofinstagram #roslyn #washingtonstate

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