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‘Tis the season to forage dandelions to make dandelion honey 🤍

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Thought Provoking Books & Books That Have Important Voices! Pt. 30

291. The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak (Banned Book/Literary Novel/Identity/Memory/Armenian Genocide/Patriarchy/Nationalism/Lyrical Style)

292. Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit by Lyanda Lynn Haupt (Connection to Nature/Nonfiction)

293. The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes (Banned Book/Historical Fiction/Curroption of Power/Mexican Revolution/Psychological Exploration/National Identity)

294. The Secret History by Donna Tartt (Fiction/Mystery/Classic/Contemporary/Literary Fiction/Adult)

295. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (Banned Book/Philosophical Fiction Novel/Individualism/Integrity/Individual v Society/Objectivism/Rationality v Emotion)

296. A Girl's Story by Annie Ernaux (Literary Fiction/Biography/Nonfiction/Desire/Shame/Transition from Girlhood/Collective Experience/Writing Life)

297. The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende (Banned Book/Magical Realism/Historical Fiction/Love/Family/Politics/Social Injustice/Class Conflict/Cycle of Violence)

298. A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum (Womanhood/Immigration/Impact of Violence & Oppression/Palestinian-American/Gender Inequality/Trauma/Identity)

299. The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore (Banned Book/Memoir/Biography/Identity/Family/Impact of Poverty/Violence/Race/Education/Fragility of Opportunity/Etc.)

300. Becoming Baba Yaga: Trickster, Feminist, and Witch of the Woods by Kris Spisak (Folklore/History/Thought Provoking/Anthropology/Etymology)

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Thought Provoking Books & Books That Have Important Voices! Pt. 29

281. Beloved by Toni Morrison (Historical Fiction/Magical Realism/Slavery/Memory/Trauma/Motherhood/Ghost Story/Challenged Book)

282. Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy by Judith C. Brown (Gender Studies/Religious History/Sexuality & Religion/Women's Power & Agency/Social & Cultural Context/Historical Investigation)

283. Diana: In Pursuit of Love by Andrew Morton (Challenged Book/Nonfiction/Biography/Memoir)

284. The Warrior Queens by Antonia Fraser (Nonfiction/History/Biography/Feminism/European History/War/Medieval)

285. Fool's Crow by James Welch (Banned Book/Historical Fiction/Cultural Loss/Colonialism/Spirituality/Connection to the Natural World/Coming of Age/Impact of Westward Expansion on Native American Tribes/Blackfeet Nation/Individual v Community)

286. When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain (Suspense/Psychological Thriller/Crime Fiction/Trauma)

287. Go the F* to Sleep by Adam Mansbach (Bedtime Book for Parents/Challenged Book/Humor)

288. The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister (Appalachian/Folk/Gothic/Horror/Fantasy/Magical Realism/Adult)

289. How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran (Challenged Book/Nonfiction Memoir/British Writer/Views on Feminism/Humor)

290. Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver (Poems/Nature/Spirituality/The Human Experience/Queer/Adult)

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Thought Provoking Books & Books That Have Important Voices! Pt. 28

271. Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon (Challenged Book/YA/Romance/Contemporary/Fiction/Realistic Fiction/Teen/Coming of Age/Isolation & Illness)

272. Normal People by Sally Rooney (Contemporary Romance Novel/Identity/Social Class/Ireland/Teens/Coming of Age/Trauma/Mental Health/Sexuality)

273. Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins (Challenged Book/Speculative Fiction/Drought/Climate Change/Human Apocolypse/Relationships/Hope/Survival)

274. Freckleface Strawberry series by Julianne Moore (Banned Books per Trump Admin/Picture Book/Embracing Differences/Comedy/Fiction/Self-esteem/Cooperation & Compromise/Friendship)

275. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell (Challenged Book/Children's to YA Fiction/Middle Grade/Realistic Fiction//Chapter Book/Humor)

276. Cece Loves Science by Vashti Harrison (Banned Book/STEM Picture Book/Fiction/Science/Friendship/Teamwork/Experimentation/Curiosity)

277. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl (Challenged Book/Children's Fantasy/Friendship/Bravery/Imagination/Childhood Empowerment/Escape & Liberation/Magic/Assumption vs Curiosity)

278. Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia Higginbotham (Picture Book/Racism/Racial Justice)

279. All You Have to Do by Autumn Allen (YA/Challenged Book/Historical Fiction/Contemporary/Social Justice)

280. Dream Big Little One by Vashti Harrison (Black Women in American History/Children's/Banned Book per Trump Admin)

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Thought Provoking Books & Books That Have Important Voices! Pt. 27

261. Banned Works of Liu Xiaobo (Politics in China/Reform/Democracy/Social Activism/Manifesto/Etc.)

262. The Book of Witching by C.J. Cooke (Dark Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Gothic/Horror/Mystery/Folklore/Witchcraft/Ghosts/Etc.)

263. Abortion: A Documentary and Reference Guide by Mary Anne Warren (Banned Book/Academic Writer/Abortion/Etc.)

264. Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca (Horror/Cosmic Horror/Fiction/LGBT/Adult/Etc.)

265. At the Broken Places: A Mother and Trans Son Pick Up the Pieces by Mary Collins and Donald Collins (Challenged Book/Memoir & Resource/Family Dynamics/Trans/Nonfiction/LGBT/Gender & Sexuality/Biography)

266. The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji (Satirical & Philosophical/1940s Iran to 2000s Span/Fiction/Historical Fiction/Politics/Contemporary)

267. Black Power: The Politics of Liberation by Stokely Carmichael and Charles V. Hamilton (Challenged Book/Philosophy/Nonfiction/Politics/Race/African American/History/Social Justice/Theory)

268. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristen Kobes Du Mez (Religous Studies/Social Commentary/White Evangelicalism/"John Wayne" Archetype/Historical Analysis/Christian Nationalism/Masculinity/Etc.)

269. Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory by Peter Hessler (Banned Book/Nonfiction/Economic & Cultural Change/3rd Book of Hessler's China Trilogy/Development/Transporatation/Human Stories/Etc.)

270. Of Cattle and Men by Ana Paula Maia (Dark/Visceral/Thought-Provoking/Violence/Man's Relationship to Meat/Repression of Darker Impulses/Translated)

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Thought Provoking Books & Books That Have Important Voices! Pt. 26

251. Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff (Banned Book/Middle-grade/Ghosts/Gender Identity/Grief/Coming Out/Mystery)

252. Read People Like A Book by Patrick King (Self Help/Human Behavior/Verbal & Nonverbal Signals/Scholarly/Tales/Psychology)

253. Wandering Son series by Takako Shimura (Realistic Manga Series/Banned Books/Trans Characters/Gender Identity/Bullying/Puberty/Slice-of-Life/Middle School Characters)

254. Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine (Historical Fiction/Magical Realism/Historical/Civil War/Coming of Age/Adult/Historical Fantasy)

255. Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker (Middle Grade/Challenged Book/LGBT/Realistic Fiction/YA/Contemporary)

256. Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (Memoir/Science Fiction/Mythicism/Thriller/Madness/Trauma/Identity/Self Harm/Mix of Genres)

257. When Dad Killed Mom by Julius Lester (YA/Challenged Book/Fiction/Domestic Violence/Trauma/Family/Social Themes/Family Dynamics)

258. Watchmen comics by Alan Moore (Graphic Novel/Comic/Fiction/Superheroes/Dystopian/Historical Fiction/Cold War)

259. Top 250 LGBTQ Books for Teens: Coming Out, Being Out, and the Search for Community by Michael Cart (Challenged Book/LGBT/Nonfiction)

260. Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura (Magical Realism/Japanese Fantasy/Friendship/Emotions/Mental Health/Bullying/YA/Contemporary)

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Thought Provoking Books & Books That Have Important Voices! Pt. 25

241. The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski (Challenged Book/Romantasy Novel/Self-Liberation/Consequence of Following Rules/Part of Forgotten Gods series/LGBTQ/Mythology/Battle)

242. Bored Gay Werewolf by Tony Santorella (Fantasy/Horror/LGBT/Fiction/Contemporary/Adult/Supernatural)

243. The Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare (Challenged Book/YA/Fantasy Novel/Forbidden Love/Urban/Fascism/Racism/War/Propaganda & Politics)

244. Sleep by Honor Jones (Fiction/Literary/Contemporary/Adult/Family Dynamics/Trauma/Motherhood)

245. The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois (Banned Book/Essay Collection/Nonfiction/Racial Prejudice/Slavery/Importance of Education/The Color Line/Religion/Economic Desparity)

246. The Very Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Women: An Inside Look at Women & Sex in Medieval Times by Rosalie Gilbert (Nonfiction/Adult/History/Feminism/Sexuality/Medieval/Reference)

247. Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy by Margaret Atwood (Challenged Books/Dystopian/Consumerism/Capitalism/Role of Humans/Enviornmental Destruction/Class Struggle/Ecofeminism)

248. Monsters in My Mind by Nick Oliveri (Psychological Novel/Mental Health/Trauma/Dark/Genre-Bending/Abuse & Scandal/Murder)

249. White Noise by Don DeLillo (Banned Book/Postmodern Novel/Fear of Death/Reality & Artifice/Technology/Consumerism/Media/American Life/Uncertainty)

250. Tilt by Emma Pattee (Novel in Prose/Motherhood/Pregnancy/Survival/Family/Trauma/Contemporary/Adult/Literary/Realistic Fiction)

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Arrows or Pomegranates

I often wonder if I am a woman of two personalities, for though I crave love & pomegranates, I also crave the solitude of trees; I fire arrows & write poetry - I am a woman’s woman yet I still believe in equality.

I want to be enraptured in hellfire for half the year & bathe in rivers six months after, but I feel as though I’d rather build a cottage in the woods & add lyrics to all the bird songs I hear.

I wish to bring life, protect, & to punish myself for all of the time I have wasted not doing what I loved, yet the only reason I have yet to decide is I fear who I may become.

A fruit & a weapon lie before me tempting me to choose; both Persephone & Artemis call upon me & so, I fear, does the noose.

For both the goddesses I bear inside are pulling me apart, for I have a tragic purpose & a constant pull of heart; I do not know that I could ever choose between the archer & the dark.

I wish to be both cold as winter & as warm as sun, & yet I also wish to be as wild as they come. I want the freedom, the mountain calls, but also to feel wanted, loved, & anchored to the ground.

I want the lover in the stars too soon taken away, yet I also want the one below doomed in the darkness to stay. Hades & Orion were both a pretty match, yet I could never have either, since decisiveness I lack.

Would I rather risk my soul for a love too powerful to bear, or would I rather, in the forest linger, stargazing all alone? Both a bow & a fruit can offer many meals, I need only plant the seeds or scrape the meat from bones.

Although I’m called, I found I shall never be a deity. For all my wants & needs are not bound within propriety.

~ Sarah Yeager (Sera Fable)

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Thought Provoking Books & Books That Have Important Voices! Pt. 24

231. Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola (Challenged Book/Children's Book/Folklore/Fairytale/Magic/Authority/Trust/Punishment/Community/Second Chances)

232. Small Ceremonies by Kyle Edwards (Coming of Age/Novel/Indigenous Characters/High School/Friendship/Hope/Struggles)

233. The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui (Graphic Memoir/Identity/Family Trauma/Challenged Book/Displacement/Represssion & Freedom)

234. I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb (Memoir/Activism/Education/Human Rights/One Person can Inspire Change/Social Change)

235. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Magical Realism/Identity/Love/Dominican American Experience/Challenged Book/Science Fiction/Fantasy/Displacement/Immigration)

236. Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammand (Literary Fiction/Identity/Displacement/Resistance/Political Fiiction/Drama/West Bank)

237. The Family Book by Todd Parr (Children's Picture Book/Banned Book/Diversity/Inclusivity/LGBT/Adoption/Family)

238. Wise Women: Myths and Stories for Midlife and Beyond by Sharon Blackie, Angharad Wynne (Short Stories/History/Nonfiction/Folklore/Mythology/Women)

239. The Judge and the General by Elizabeth Farnsworth (Banned Book/Chilean/Politics/Dictatorship/Human Rights)

240. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Memoir/Creative Nonfiction/Family/Poverty/Perseverance/Noncomformity/Responsibility/Symbolic Title/Forgiveness)

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Spotify Playlist that fuels my motivation for change and feeds my feminine rage.

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