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Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

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Miriasha

 

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$17.95
ISBN: 9781551527383
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Published: Arsenal Pulp Press - October 30th, 2018

A primer on disability justice, memoir, personal activism history, and love letter to disabled BIPOC femmes all at once.


Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

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Annabelle
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Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries: Book One of the Emily Wilde Series By Heather Fawcett Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593500132
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Published: Del Rey - January 10th, 2023

 

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries is a whimsical read that feels like drinking fairy wine by the crackling fire while listening to folktales. Peppered with light academia, coziness, and adventure. A must-read for a cold winter day when you're longing for adventure.


The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab

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Annabelle
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$26.99
ISBN: 9780765387561
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Published: Tor Books - October 6th, 2020

 

“Never pray to the gods that answer after dark.”

A modern-day classic, Schwab weaves a story that will not be forgotten. Written with heart-wrenching beauty, Addie LaRue will forever be a favorite novel of mine. The most beautiful book I've ever read.


The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

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Annabelle
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$30.00
ISBN: 9780063206502
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Published: William Morrow - February 14th, 2023

 

Haunting, ethereal writing that pulls you in and leaves your mind littered with flower petals and dripping with honey. The Last Tale of the Flower Bride reveals the dark and toxic shape friendship and marriage can take. The story brings to light the obsessive controlling love friends can build and how damaging and heartbreaking it can be. Flower Bride, is a true gem woven together from dark fairytales and peppered with romance and lies.


Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes

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Nicole
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$28.00
ISBN: 9781451648218
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Published: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster - February 21st, 2023

Darkly funny and written in a journal-like format, this is a fast read for anyone who has worked an infuriatingly corporate 9-5 job. The witty narrations reminded me of a morbidly humorous Monty Python skit. I had a blast with this one!


The Field Guide by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black

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Nicole
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The Field Guide (The Spiderwick Chronicles #1) By Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi (Illustrator) Cover Image
$8.99
ISBN: 9781665928663
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - February 21st, 2023

For people who love folklore and dark fantasy! The Spiderwick Chronicles is one of my favorite series of all time. The Grace children move to an old house surrounded by a wealth of mythical creatures and a dark, mysterious shapechanger who has been terrorizing the residents of the house for generations. A fantasy classic for middle grade and up!


Unseelie by Ivelisse Housman

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Violet
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$18.99
ISBN: 9781335428592
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Published: Inkyard Press - January 3rd, 2023

This was a wonderful fantasy novel with a great cast of neurodivergent, fae, and other magical, power-wielding characters. I am incredibly happy to see neurodiversity, especially autism, being represented more and more in literature these days, ESPECIALLY when it is done by an neurodivergent author.


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