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Kitten Construction Company: Meet The House Kittens
by John Patrick Green
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I loved this book. It's about cats that are misunderstood. People think they are so, so cute and don't believe that the cats can do real human jobs, but the cats prove them wrong. I like that they added real cat pictures in with the drawings.

The City Of Ember
by Jeanne DuPrau
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Great book!

Sounds Like Love
by Ashley Poston
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4.5 stars. I’m a fan of Ashley Poston and have been looking forward to this book that combines magical realism, romance and song. I loved how each chapter is a lyric. The book has touching dementia representation. While I think the “magic” of the book was well executed, it’s hard not to have a critical lens of a mind reading situation in which both main characters can tap into each other’s thoughts. My other gripe was how the male main character went by two names throughout the book, which somehow messed with my perception of their bond. Still, I enjoyed this book and will read more from Ashley Poston in the future. I listened to the audiobook with its narration by Patti Murin.

The Weirn Books, Vol. 1
by SVETLANA CHMAKOVA
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This book has creepy details like a mad scientist who takes children's lives, but the art makes it a little playful as well. Has you wanting to read the second book!

Three Days in June
by Anne Tyler
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A great author can make complex characters come to life even in a short book. Over a long weekend in June, Gail is blindsided by an announcement from her boss, surprised to find her ex-husband on her doorstep with a rescue cat in tow, and confronted by events from her own past on the day of her only child’s wedding. Gail thought she had her life perfectly in control, but is it a happy life?

Black History For Beginners
by Denise Dennis
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Excellent! Easy to read, impressively researched.

Buffalo Before Breakfast
by Mary Pope Osborne
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3.75 rounded up. This was not my favorite Magic Treehouse adventure. It felt a bit hokey. My 4yo had a lot of questions about smoking (cultural Native American representation).

Green Eggs And Ham
by Dr. Seuss
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This was a silly book. I liked when they fell into the water ??

The Handover: How We Gave Control of Our Lives to Corporations, States, and Ais
by David Runciman
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Runciman tries to work a large amount of information into a tight book. He charts a unique comparison of the 'intelligence' function of states, corporations, and the implications of AI. Much of what he says is an argument against the ideas of centralized 'intelligence.' He discusses in some detail the implication on copyright and intellectual property from AI and mostly frames the deleterious effects of AI usage and development from a left-wing lens.

The Song Of Achilles
by Madeline Miller
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Loved this book, was so obsessed I had to read the rest of Miller’s collection!
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