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((( love you to the moon and back )))

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Hey did you know there's a tell all book about the behind the scenes of Meta and the author is forbidden from promoting it?

The good news is however that it's already published and can't be stifled and whoever didn't sign the NDA can promote it as much as they want.

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Pearl 🐚🌊

Known as the Treasure of the North Sea, she is a noblewoman of alluring beauty and charm. Years at sea honed her in strategy, combat, and leadership, commanding numerous ships. She is also famed as a siren who "mastered the water". Being of royal descent, she's bearing the mark of blue blood.

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I recently read a great novel in verse and I was wondering if you had any recs for queer ones! My fav author of them is Dean Atta — I like that his books have some humor and some serious exploration of identity, complicated characters, and trans rep or subverting gender roles.

Ooh yes, def check out Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh, The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin by Kip Wilson, Ask Me How I Got Here by Christine Heppermann, and my personal fave, Nothing Burns as Bright as You by Ashley Woodfolk.

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@sisiliareads on tiktok has tons of amazing book recs

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In case you missed it yesterday, my beautiful book is officially available for pre-order!

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Bookshop

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Australia's wildest bandit—you'll never catch me!

Eastern Barred Bandicoot (Perameles gunnii)

Victoria and Tasmania, Australia

Status: Endangered/Vulnerable

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I feel like I haven't drawn enough Australian mammals.

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Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

Three years ago, Alice spent one night in an abandoned house with her friends Ila and Hannah. Since then, things have not been going well. Alice is living a haunted existence, selling videos of herself cleaning for money, drinking herself to sleep.

She hasn’t spoken to Ila since they went into the House. She hasn’t seen Hannah either. Memories of that night torment her mind and her flesh, but when Ila asks her to return to the House, past the KEEP OUT sign, over the sick earth where teenagers dare each other to venture, she knows she must go.

Together Alice and Ila must face the horrifying occurrences that happened there, must pull themselves apart from the inside out, put their differences aside, and try to rescue Hannah, who the House has chosen to make its own.

Cutting, disruptive, and darkly funny, Tell Me I’m Worthless is a vital work of trans fiction that confronts both supernatural and real-world horrors as it examines the devastating effects of trauma and the way fascism makes us destroy ourselves and each other.

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Kalb-el-louz is a popular Algerian baked dessert consisting of semolina and ground almonds as key ingredients. It's typically flavored with cardamom, cinnamon, vanilla, and orange blossom water. After it has been cooked, kalb-el-louz is combined with a fragrant syrup that makes it sweet. In the west of Algeria, it is also known as chamia, while in the east, it is known as h'rissa. This dessert is especially popular during the month of Ramadan, when it is traditionally paired with a cup of coffee. src.: https://www.tasteatlas.com/kalb-el-louz photo ref.: nobtis / IStock

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Reading skeletons wood art! Shop is linked above. Not my shop, I just adored the first one.

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Interesting New Releases | 11th February

Beta Vulgaris: ...as the grueling graveyard shifts set in, Elise notices strange threatening texts, a mysterious rash, a string of disappearances from the workers’ campsite, and snatches of a hypnotic voice coming from the beet pile itself.

The Boyhood of Cain: A searing novel of love and betrayal as a young boy comes of age in the heart of England, from an exquisite new voice.

But Not Too Bold: The old keeper of the keys is dead, and the creature who ate her is the volatile Lady of the Capricious House⁠―Anatema, an enormous humanoid spider with a taste for laudanum and human brides.

Idle Grounds: On a New England morning in the late 1980s, a group of young cousins wander deep into the woods on their family’s property, drawn in by uncanny visions and the disappearance of one of their own—but the farther they go, the stranger their surroundings become.

The South: A radiant novel of longing that blooms between two boys over the course of one summer—about family, desire, and what we inherit—from celebrated author Tash Aw.

There's No Turning Back: Discover the astonishingly powerful debut novel by the beloved feminist author of Forbidden Notebook and Her Side of the Story that was so subversive, it was banned by the Italian Fascist regime when it was first published in 1938.

Victorian Psycho: Whether creeping across the moonlit lawns in her undergarments or gently tormenting the house staff, Winifred struggles at every turn to stifle the horrid compulsions of her past until her chillingly dark imagination breaches the feeble boundary of reality on Christmas morning. (Note: I gotta be honest idk when this is released I'm seeing like 3 different dates)

Where Shadows Bloom: A mesmerizing daydream with a subtle edge of darkness, Where Shadows Bloom pits terrifying monsters, chilling secrets, capricious gods, immortal kings, and death itself against the unstoppable love between two girls.

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pins collected by dr. hilda a. hidalgo during her years of lesbian activism, c. 1970s.

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The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron

Character 4| Setting 3| Plot 3.5| Writing 4| Enjoyment 4

Rating: 3.7

I had never heard of this pirate, but I saw this was an actual person who existed! Our thought to be existed I saw that their is no evidence she was real, which feels like just someone trying to erase history of POC, but we are here to talk about Cameron's take on Delahaye.

Jacquotte is a character we are rooting for, we want her to win because she faces the challenges of being Biracial and being a woman in what is seen as a 'Male' field.

I really enjoyed her journey, and the fascinating nature of her not feeling like other woman and eventually falling for a woman. I was also interested in her relationship with Florian. It was obvious to me that he was into her, but he didn't see her as an equal. Which was the huge problem. I liked how Cameron shows that the kind of relationship he wants and what Jacquotte wants are vastly different. They are two polarizing people and I enjoyed that dynamic.

I want to talk about Jacquotte and her crew, they were such a found family. I loved how close they were, we got such good scenes between Alberto, Francisco, and Jacquotte. They were mentioned multiple times and when people Jacquotte was close to died, she didn't just pass it off. She talked about her crew and that was important. They were a family.

I loved this and just loved Cameron had to say about Jacquotte.

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😲😲Jesus is coming I should be at the library😲😲

And is this related to bipedal lions? I Have Questions.

Hi, everyone, and WELCOME BACK!

The Kingsbridge Library social media accounts have now returned from our much-too-long hiatus. Also, if you'd like to follow our Facebook account, you can do that right here!

In case you're wondering what we've been doing over the last several months, here are some highlights from our programs, displays, and outreach visits to our local and not-so-local schools!

Stay tuned for many more highlights, coming SOON!!!

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🌙 Ramadan Mubarak - Books ft. Muslims

🦇 Good morning, my beautiful bookish bats. To celebrate this Islamic holy month, here are a FEW books featuring Muslim characters. I hope you consider adding a few to your TBR.

❓What was the last book you read that taught you something new OR what's at the top of your TBR?

🌙 A Woman is No Man - Etaf Rum 🌙 Amal Unbound - Aisha Saeed 🌙 Love From A to Z - S.K. Ali 🌙 Hana Khan Carries On - Uzma Jalaluddin 🌙 Yes No Maybe So - Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed 🌙 Evil Eye - Etaf Rum 🌙 I Am Malala - Malala Yousafzai 🌙 Exit West - Mohsin Hamid 🌙 Written in the Stars - Aisha Saeed 🌙 The Night Diary - Veera Hiranandani 🌙 Much Ado About Nada - Uzma Jalaluddin 🌙 The Eid Gift - S.K. Ali 🌙 More Than Just a Pretty Face - Syed M. Masood 🌙 Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero - Saadia Faruqi 🌙 If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan 🌙 Snow - Orhan Pamuk 🌙 Sofia Khan Is Not Obliged - Ayisha Malik 🌙 The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad 🌙 And I Darken - Kiersten White 🌙 The Last White Man - Mohsin Hamid

🌙 Hijab Butch Blues - Lamya H 🌙 The Bad Muslim Discount - Syed M. Masood 🌙 Ms. Marvel - G. Willow Wilson 🌙 Love from Mecca to Medina - S.K. Ali 🌙 The City of Brass - S.A. Chakraborty 🌙 The Love Match by Priyanka Taslim 🌙 A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar 🌙 A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi 🌙 An Emotion of Great Delight by Tahereh Mafi 🌙 The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan 🌙 The Moor’s Account - Laila Lalami 🌙 Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian 🌙 Salt Houses by Hala Alyan 🌙 When a Brown Girl Flees by Aamna Quershi 🌙 Jasmine Falling by Shereen Malherbe 🌙 Between Two Moons by Aisha Abdel Gawad 🌙 Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini 🌙 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 🌙 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 🌙 Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal

🌙 Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie 🌙 All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir 🌙 The Bohemians by Jasmin Darznik 🌙 Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin 🌙 A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif 🌙 Chronicle of a Last Summer by Yasmine El Rashidi 🌙 A Girl Like That by Tanaz Bhathena 🌙 Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga 🌙 The Mismatch by Sara Jafari 🌙 Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah 🌙 You Truly Assumed by Laila Sabreen 🌙 Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali 🌙 Once Upon an Eid - S.K. Ali and Aisha Saeed 🌙 Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan 🌙 Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson 🌙 The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar 🌙 A Show for Two by Tashie Bhuiyan 🌙 Nayra and the Djinn by Michael Berry 🌙 All-American Muslim Girl by Lucinda Dyer 🌙 It All Comes Back to You by Farah Naz Rishi

🌙 The Marvelous Mirza Girls by Sheba Karim 🌙 Salaam, with Love by Sara Sharaf Beg 🌙 Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf 🌙 How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi 🌙 Zara Hossain Is Here by Sabina Khan 🌙 Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi & Yusef Salaam 🌙 She Wore Red Trainers by Na'ima B. Robert 🌙 Hollow Fires by Lucinda Dyer 🌙 Internment by Samira Ahmed 🌙 Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa 🌙 Love in a Headscarf - Shelina Zahra Janmohamed 🌙 Courting Samira by Amal Awad 🌙 The Other Half of Happiness by Ayisha Malik 🌙 Huda F Are You? by Huda Fahmy 🌙 Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed 🌙 Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed 🌙 Muslim Girls Rise - Saira Mir and Aaliya Jaleel 🌙 Amira & Hamza - Samira Ahmed 🌙 The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf 🌙 Nura and the Immortal Palace by M.T. Khan

🌙 As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh 🌙 Counting Down with You by Tashie Bhuiyan 🌙 Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao 🌙 The Yard - Aliyyah Eniath 🌙 When We Were Sisters by Fatimah Asghar 🌙 The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty 🌙 Maya's Laws of Love by Alina Khawaja 🌙 The Chai Factor by Farah Heron 🌙 The Beauty of Your Face - Sahar Mustafah 🌙 Hope Ablaze by Sarah Mughal Rana

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February Wrap Up!

My favorite of the month was Adulthood Rites, and I covered two more countries for my Read the World Challenge: These Letters End in Tears and The Eternal Audience of One covered Cameroon and Namibia, respectively

Bluff by Danez Smith- 5⭐️

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor- 5⭐️

This Bridge Called My Back ed by Cherrie Moraga and Gloria E Anzaldúa- 4⭐️

The Blood Trials by NE Davenport- 3.5⭐️

Aya: Love in Yop City by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubreire trans by Helge Dascher- 3⭐️

Eve by Victor Lavalle and Jo Mi-Gyeong- 5⭐️

The City We Became by NK Jemisin- 5⭐️

Black AF: America's Sweetheart by Kwanza Osajyefo- 1⭐️

Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury- 2.5⭐️

The World We Make by NK Jemisin- 5⭐️

Mermaid and Pirate by Tracey Baptiste and Leisl Adams- 4⭐️

The Black God's Drums by P Djèlí Clark- 5⭐️

Adulthood Rites by Octavia Butler- 5⭐️

Clock Striker Volume 1 by Issaka Galadima and Frederick L Jones- 2.5⭐️

Inheritance: A Visual Poem by Elizabeth Acevedo and Andrea Pippins- 5⭐️

These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere- 5⭐️

Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia Butler, Damian Duffy, and John Jennings- 4⭐️

After the Rain by Nnedi Okorafor, David Brame, and John Jennings- 2.5⭐️

The Eternal Audience of One by Rémy Ngamije- 4⭐️

Brooms by Jasmine Walls and Teo DuVall- 5⭐️

Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P Newton by Bobby Seale- 4⭐️

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde- 5⭐️

Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prisons, Torture, and Empire by Angela Davis- 5⭐️

Mama's Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation by Edwidge Danticat and Leslie Staub- 4⭐️

The Sacrifice of Darkness by Roxane Gay and Tracy Lynne Oliver- 1⭐️

Home by Nnedi Okorafor- 5⭐️

Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel by Jason Reynolds and Danica Novgorodoff- 5⭐️

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2025 reads / storygraph

Hammajang Luck

NA sci-fi heist

Edie is unexpectedly released from prison, by their childhood friend/crush/heist partner who betrayed them, who is hoping they’ll join her on another job

despite not wanting to work with her again, they’re stuggling to support their pregnant sister & niece, and have no other choice but to work with her, and together they recruit a team and make a plan to rob a corrupt trillionaire

butch/nonbinary MC, queer cast, Hawaiian characters/culture