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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Dear The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,
I will definitely look at the world differently with the experiences of those you spoke about in my mind. Is it better to let people know about a neurological disorder or is it sometimes better to let someone figure out how to live without being labelled? Being human is complicated, yet there is so much to learn from one another.
Gratitude and Thankfulness
Dear Reader, Five months ago I started writing little letters to books, I cannot believe how much fun and difficult it has been! I have definitely learned a lot during the process and have had to give myself a lot of grace. With Thanksgiving today, I wanted to first take the time out of myContinue reading “Gratitude and Thankfulness”
Dracula: Audio
Dear Dracula,
Spooooky… I did not realize how different you would be from the watered down pop culture version of the Dracula I knew. You definitely had me on edge for some of the novel, I think you hit the end of my horror rope.
The Lightning Thief
Dear Lightning Thief,
Sign me up for your next Capture the Flag game! Also, if you ever take visitors to Camp Half-Blood, I want to come. Maybe I could be a daughter of Athena, too??
Liberation is Here
As a freelance filmmaker, Nikole Lim’s career allowed her to step in and out of the lives of marginalized people around the world. But when confronted with the prevalence of sexual violence in Kenyan and Zambian communities, she commits to advocating alongside the courageous survivors whose lives have intersected with hers. These women’s powerful stories inspireContinue reading “Liberation is Here”
The Switch: Audio
Eileen is sick of being 79.Leena’s tired of life in her twenties.Maybe it’s time they swapped places… When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, she escapes to her grandmother Eileen’s house for some overdue rest. Eileen is newly single and about to turn eighty.Continue reading “The Switch: Audio”
The Girl with the Louding Voice
A powerful, emotional debut novel told in the unforgettable voice of a young Nigerian woman who is trapped in a life of servitude but determined to fight for her dreams and choose her own future. Adunni is a fourteen-year-old Nigerian girl who knows what she wants: an education. This, her mother has told her, isContinue reading “The Girl with the Louding Voice”
Out of the Silent Planet
In the first novel of C.S. Lewis’s classic science fiction trilogy, Dr Ransom, a Cambridge academic, is abducted and taken on a spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra, which he knows as Mars. His captors are plotting to plunder the planet’s treasures and plan to offer Ransom as a sacrifice to the creatures whoContinue reading “Out of the Silent Planet”
Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess
Sixth grade is coming to an end, and so is life as Macy McMillan knows it. Already a For Sale sign mars the front lawn of her beloved house. Soon her mother will upend their little family, adding an unwelcome stepfather and pesky six-year-old twin stepsisters. To add insult to injury, what is Macy sContinue reading “Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess”