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The Bicycle Girl: Jyoti Kumari's Amazing Journey Across India: (A True Story of Bravery, Determination, and Family Love Set in India During the Pandemic by Garen Thomas, Suhasini Raj and Maithili Joshi

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Only a few books recently have made me cry due to subject matter. (I’ve cried because they were poorly written and the only good thing I can say is they keep loggers and paper factories in business). Therefore, when I say The Bicycle Girl: Jyoti Kumari’s Amazing Journey Across India: (A True Story of Bravery, Determination, and Family Love Set in India During the Pandemic) made me cry, it is a good cry. Garen Thomas, Suhasini Raj, and illustrator Maithili Joshi made a picture book […]

Some Days It Does Feel a Bit Impossible

The Impossible Job: The Truly Unbelievable World of Football Referees by William Ralston

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In a nutshell: Author Ralston explores the world of football (soccer in the US) refereeing told via interviews with some of the top professionals in the game. Best for: Anyone who claims to be a football fan. Anyone who has yelled ‘REFEREE?!’ at their TV (or at a live match). Referees. Quote that made me think: “A refereeing error can influence the result, but so does a payer misplacing passes, the manager making the wrong substitution, or a club owner signing the wrong striker.” “When […]

Not to say you won’t find a meaning, but also not saying you will

Drome by Jesse Lonergan

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Drome by Jesse Lonergan is one of those reads where you have to read it to understand this book. And if you do read it, can you tell me what the heck (only I didn’t say heck) did I read? Okay, I get that things have something to do about the Gods and Humans and their struggle with each other. Control and strength are main factors. And Man-Woman relationships play a large role in things. There is also the literal Light and Dark (I am […]

The “jujitsuffragettes”

The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women's Suffrage, and Jujitsu by Clément Xavier, Lisa Lugrin, Edward Gauvin and Albertine Ralenti

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Back in July I had some vacation time which I took so I could be with my oldest nephew for his birthday (somehow ice cream tastes sweeter when you share it with him), do some adult (by my standards) reading, and take time to think about what I read, could be reading and will read. Especially in my “out of wheelhouse” category, which actually occurred with some official comic book reading but (maybe) more on that later. The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women’s Suffrage, and […]

King of the Pirates or something like that

One Piece, Vol. 1: Romance Dawn by Eiichiro Oda

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As you know, occasionally I need a change of scenery on the weekends. So instead of looking at, working with and reading books at work or home, I go to the library to look at and read books and I have been known to straighten a section. And when I do, I never know what will come of it. I usually get in some fun people watching or listening (on this trip I heard this tiny voice, “Where are the chickens?”), looking at titles that […]

I like the historical bit

Who's on First?: The Comedy Classic by Abbott and Costello by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello with John Martz

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You might know the comedy sketch, Who’s On First? if you’re of a certain age, like classical comedy or know baseball adjacent history. I just read an online book version of it called Who’s on First?: The Comedy Classic by Abbott and Costello. It was written by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello originally with this version having John Martz on illustrations. Is it due early February 2027 so you have some time to decide if you want this version or not. The thing is, I […]



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