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wrong body perhaps in the wrong life it encapsulates an engrossing and urgent message in our age of migration and dislocation can we talk about this cover what books are you looking forward to this december labels list monthly tbr 11 books to look for this november monday november 6 2017 well folks the worst season ever is upon us or at least it is in minnesota fall was a solid one month long and so begins our seven months of winter i m not ready we re also about to hit the seasonal book drought where almost all book production specifically by major publishers screeches to a halt after november 14 so you might not see another one of these posts until 2018 if december looks particularly grim for new releases i don t know about you but i ll try to spend december catching up on the past few month s new releases houses of ravicka by renee gladman nov 1 add to goodreads ravicka s comptroller author of regulating the book of regulations seems to have lost a house it is not where it s supposed to be though an invisible house on the far side of town which corresponds to the missing house remains appropriately invisible inside the invisible house a nameless ravickian considers how she came to the life she is living and investigates the deep history of ravicka that mysterious city country born of renee gladman s philosophical funny audacious extraordinary imagination the first book in the series is called event factory and i am intrigued everything dorothy a publishing project does is intriguing to me tbh spineless the science of jellyfish and the art of growing a backbone by juli berwald nov 7 add to goodreads jellyfish are an enigma they have no centralized brain but they see and feel and react to their environment in complex ways they look simple yet their propulsion systems are so advanced that engineers are just learning how to mimic them they produce some of the deadliest toxins on the planet and still remain undeniably alluring long ignored by science they may be a key to ecosystem stability juli berwald s journey into the world of jellyfish is a personal one more than a decade ago she left the sea and her scientific career behind to raise a family in landlocked austin texas increasingly dire headlines drew her back to jellies as unprecedented jellyfish blooms toppled ecosystems and collapsed the world s most productive fisheries what was unclear was whether these incidents were symptoms of a changing planet or part of a natural cycle berwald s desire to understand jellyfish takes her on a scientific odyssey she travels the globe to meet the scientists who devote their careers to jellies hitches rides on japanese fishing boats to see giant jellyfish in the wild raises jellyfish in her dining room and throughout it all marvels at the complexity of these fascinating and ominous biological wonders gracefully blending personal memoir with crystal clear distillations of science spineless reveals that jellyfish are a bellwether for the damage we re inflicting on the climate and the oceans and a call to realize our collective responsibility for the planet we share love em the overneath by peter s beagle nov 7 add to goodreads an odd couple patrols a county full of mythological beasts and ornery locals a familiar youngster from the world of the last unicorn is gifted in magic but terrible at spell casting a seemingly incorruptible judge meets his match in a mysterious thief who steals his heart two old friends discover that the overneath goes anywhere including locations better left unvisited lyrical witty and insightful the overneath is peter s beagle s much anticipated return to the short form in these uniquely beautiful and wholly original tales with new and uncollected work beagle once again proves himself a master of the imagination happy baby by stephen elliott nov 7 add to goodreads on a flight from oakland to chicago theo thinks about two women he left behind maria the girlfriend who shared his troubled youth and ambellina the woman who has been satisfying the masochistic desires that emerged from it his return to chicago and maria spurs the backward movement of this innovative novel that chases him ever deeper into the darkness and violence of his past as a boy theo was shuffled from juvenile delinquent centers to foster homes picking up odd jobs addictions and ill fitting relationships along the way scenes of abuse and heartache are revealed chapter by chapter but our discovery of his dignity and humanity continues even when we are finally confronted with the eleven year old child who barely remembers what it feels like to be safe mean by myriam gurba nov 14 add to goodreads myriam gurba s debut is the bold and hilarious tale of her coming of age as a queer mixed race chicana blending radical formal fluidity and caustic humor mean turns what might be tragic into piercing revealing comedy this is a confident funny brassy book that takes the cost of sexual assault racism misogyny and homophobia deadly seriously we act mean to defend ourselves from boredom and from those who would cut off our breasts we act mean to defend our clubs and institutions we act mean because we like to laugh being mean to boys is fun and a second wave feminist duty being mean to men who deserve it is a holy mission sisterhood is powerful but being mean is more exhilarating being mean isn t for everybody being mean is best practiced by those who understand it as an art form these virtuosos live closer to the divine than the rest of humanity they re queers for the record this is the one that i m most excited about perhaps the most me book on this list the end we start from by megan hunter nov 14 add to goodreads as london is submerged below flood waters a woman gives birth to her first child z days later she and her baby are forced to leave their home in search of safety they head north through a newly dangerous country seeking refuge from place to place shelter to shelter to a desolate island and back again the story traces fear and wonder as the baby s small fists grasp at the first colors he sees as he grows and stretches thriving and content against all the odds i ve seen some mixed reviews but luckily this book is short enough that it ll be worth the risk it sounds really good to me though they can t kill us until they kill us by hanif willis abdurraqib nov 14 add to goodreads in an age of confusion fear and loss hanif abdurraqib s is a voice that matters whether he s attending a bruce springsteen concert the day after visiting michael brown s grave or discussing public displays of affection at a carly rae jepsen show he writes with a poignancy and magnetism that resonates profoundly in the wake of the nightclub attacks in paris he recalls how he sought refuge as a teenager in music at shows and wonders whether the next generation of young muslims will not be afforded that opportunity now while discussing the everyday threat to the lives of black americans abdurraqib recounts the first time he was ordered to the ground by police officers for attempting to enter his own car need this future home of the living god by louise erdrich nov 14 add to goodreads the world as we know it is ending evolution has reversed itself affecting every living creature on earth science cannot stop the world from running backwards as woman after woman gives birth to infants that appear to be primitive species of humans thirty two year old cedar hawk songmaker adopted daughter of a pair of big hearted open minded minneapolis liberals is as disturbed and uncertain as the rest of america around her but for cedar this change is profound and deeply personal she is four months pregnant though she wants to tell the adoptive parents who raised her from infancy cedar first feels compelled to find her birth mother mary potts an ojibwe living on the reservation to understand both her and her baby s origins as cedar goes back to her own biological beginnings society around her begins to disintegrate fueled by a swelling panic about the end of humanity there are rumors of martial law of congress confining pregnant women of a registry and rewards for those who turn these wanted women in flickering through the chaos are signs of increasing repression a shaken cedar witnesses a family wrenched apart when police violently drag a mother from her husband and child in a parking lot the streets of her neighborhood have been renamed with bible verses a stranger answers the phone when she calls her adoptive parents who have vanished without a trace it will take all cedar has to avoid the prying eyes of potential informants and keep her baby safe lessons for a child who arrives late by carlos yushimito nov 14 add to goodreads a mascot for an electronics store dreams of making it in the drug world of rio de janeiro a tin man ponders the mysteries of death as a heart starts to take charge of his limbs while in a place not so far away a boy tries to play the piano like margarita the teacher s cruel and beautiful niece in stories filled with violence and tenderness love and disconnection carlos yushimito s long anticipated debut explores the subtle space of estrangement bunk the true story of hoaxes hucksters humbug plagiarists forgeries and phonies by kevin young nov 14 add to goodreads award winning poet and critic kevin young tours us through a rogue s gallery of hoaxers plagiarists forgers and fakers from the humbug of p t barnum and edgar allan poe to the unrepentant bunk of jt leroy and donald j trump bunk traces the history of the hoax as a peculiarly american phenomenon examining what motivates hucksters and makes the rest of us so gullible disturbingly young finds that fakery is woven from stereotype and suspicion race being the most insidious american hoax of all he chronicles how barnum came to fame by displaying figures like joice heth a black woman whom he pretended was the 161 year old nursemaid to george washington and what is it an african american man barnum professed was a newly discovered missing link in evolution bunk then turns to the hoaxing of history and the ways that forgers plagiarists and journalistic fakers invent backstories and falsehoods to sell us lies about themselves and about the world in our own time from pretend native americans grey owl and nasdijj to the deadly imposture of clark rockefeller from the made up memoirs of james frey to the identity theft of rachel dolezal in this brilliant and timely work young asks what it means to live in a post factual world of truthiness where everything is up for interpretation and everyone is subject to a pervasive cynicism that damages our ideas of reality fact and art sweet bean paste by durian sukegawa nov 14 add to goodreads sentaro has failed he has a criminal record drinks too much and hasn t managed to fulfil his dream of becoming a writer instead he works in a confectionery shop selling dorayaki a type of pancake filled with a sweet paste made of red beans with only the blossoming of the cherry trees to mark the passing of time he spends his days listlessly filling the pastries until one day an elderly handicapped woman enters the shop tokue makes the best bean paste imaginable and begins to teach sentaro her art but as their friendship flourishes societal prejudices become impossible to escape in this quietly devastating novel about the burden of the past and the redemptive power of friendship seems as though everybody who has read this book just loves it it sounds so sweet and important note it s not overly sentimental music to my ears what books are you looking forward to this november labels feature list monthly tbr a readathon mini challenge coverfrommemory halloween edition saturday october 21 2017 happy readathon everybody i have a mini challenge here for you one that i absolutely adored doing last year but this time there is a minor halloween y twist it s the classic very funny coverfrommemory here s more on the challenge i don t know about you all but even before i was a bookseller i prided myself on how i would remember the covers of books i m not completely helpless when a customer comes up to me and says that they don t know the name of the book but it s blue but how good would i actually be at reproducing these book covers it s time to find out what i want you to do is think of a book a creepy scary and or vaguely spooky book bc halloween now with no googling or shelf searching you need to draw it you don t need to be an artist let s be real the uglier it is the better imaginary bonus points if you use ms paint here s my example where i drew a head full of ghosts by paul tremblay one of my all time favorite horror novels drawing probably scarier than the book god i was close though accuracy won t get you the win just participation either post your creation in the comments or share it on social media with the hashtags readathon and coverfrommemory the winner will be randomly chosen and will get a 5 amazon gift card and my outlandish lit weird ebook bundle good luck and i hope you enjoy this spooky break from reading the challenge ends at the end of hour 10 labels challenge readathon dewey s 24 hour readathon october 2017 hi book babes this is my sixth time participating in dewey s 24 hour readathon and i m as excited as ever if you don t know what i m talking about check out that link to sign up it s exactly what it sounds like you try to read for 24 hours and there are prizes for the first readathon ever i don t have to work i m co hosting the readathon so be sure to say hi on the readathon twitter between 9 pm and 12 am central time also look out for my posts on the readathon blog oh and i m hosting a mini challenge here on the blog at 2 pm central time get in on it it ll be fun i promise most of my real time v exciting updates will be posted on twitter instagram and you can find me on litsy as outlandishlit but i ll be using this post every few hours to update as well let me know if you re participating updates hour 0 1 what fine part of the world are you reading from today minneapolis minnesota 2 which book in your stack are you most looking forward to probably the doll s alphabet 3 which snack are you most looking forward to i have some homemade zucchini bread that i remembered to thaw 4 tell us a little something about yourself i m a spooky gal who likes to read weird books i m a bookseller and i m now training to be a used book buyer at magers quinn in minneapolis i like forests intersectional feminism horror movies reality tv propagating succulents crafting pretty things and traveling 5 if you participated in the last read a thon what s one thing you ll do different today if this is your first read a thon what are you most looking forward to i m going to take some time to read some books in japanese hour 7 i ve been trying to be a little more chillaxed about the readathon than i normally am and so far so good since 7 30 i ve been listening to the audiobook of the the visionist which...