Feb 20 2026
Welp, I suffered a bit of a health setback in the lead up to Ramadan, but at least I was able to make it out to rehearsal today, even if my body keeps screaming at me to rest more. Fortunately, I can rest and read at the same time! And yes, I know, the impulse …
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Feb 19 2026
Salam Ramadan to all who celebrate! One thing I love about this month is how it highlights how different Muslim experiences are all over the world, with this book being a particularly fine example. Based on Nadine Presley’s childhood in Damascus, Syria, this charming picture book explores the sensory experience of the fasting month, as …
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Feb 18 2026
This Spring two of my favorite space opera series will be getting new books: the next book in the Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells, and the next book set in the universe of the Imperial Radch, by Ann Leckie! For me personally, either of these is a major event, and while I’ve already read them …
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Feb 17 2026
Originally begun as a letter to his sons, Craig Yorke’s deeply thoughtful autobiography is a startlingly honest look at what it was like to grow up as a Black man of whom much was expected in the 20th century. Subtitled A Black Neurosurgeon’s Story, this is a book that advertises from the start that it’s …
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Feb 13 2026
Happy Friday the 13th, friends! I finally drove myself into the city for the first time since getting sick almost a month ago and it was Not Pleasant. But at least I have a bunch of more than pleasant books to look forward to reading soon, beginning with Fergus Craig’s delightfully titled I’m Not The …
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Feb 12 2026
As someone who enjoys but doesn’t follow much comedy (a lot of my favorites come from random clips passing through my Instagram,) I honestly don’t remember how I first became aware of groundbreaking comedian Maysoon Zayid. I do remember her inspirational TED Talk tho, which this book expands upon in a format more suitable for …
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Feb 11 2026
Hahahahaha, I’m in this book and I don’t know if I like it. Look, I know I do too much. The fact that I’m taking so long to recover from the flu rn has given me plenty of time to reflect on what I usually spend my days doing (a lot, tho it honestly doesn’t …
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Feb 10 2026
This seventh installment in the terrific City Spies series finds our family of young secret agents (and their adult handlers) getting used to their new living quarters in London. Now that Le Fantome, the head of the terrorist group known as UMBRA, is in an English prison, the kids are focusing on their academics, both …
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Feb 09 2026
It’s my birthday week so I’m going to treat myself by focusing on recently published Middle Grade books this week instead of going for a wide variety of genres, as I usually do. MG is one of my favorite categories because the authors uniformly care about being entertaining and emotionally engaging — and often educational …
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Feb 06 2026
I can’t believe it’s the first week of February already, dear readers, especially since I’ve been a shut-in with one illness or another for these past three weeks. I’ve managed to leave the house exactly once — for much-needed specialty groceries — but haven’t ventured any farther than my yard otherwise, as I’ve only felt …
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