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Really Cross Stitch: For when you just want to stab something a lot

“Inspired by the banners and signs at recent marches around the world, Really Cross Stitch takes all that anger, outrage and protest and puts it inside a pretty, decorative border. Along with some snarky commentary and general annoyance.

Featuring more than 40 truly original cross stitch designs, the book also contains instructions on techniques for new stitchers.

Stitching for public protest is not new. First-wave feminists in the US and in Britain used needlework in their demonstrations and...

Kate’s Really Good at Hockey

“Best. Summer. Ever. At least it was supposed to be.

Kate can’t wait to attend the elite girls’ hockey camp in Denver and go up against some of the best players from around the world. But then Mom says Kate has to stay with her grandma in Denver, who doesn’t care about Kate’s hockey dreams at all. And two players at the camp have it in for Kate both on and off the ice. Toss in a tough-as-nails coach and a huge family secret, and Kate’s perfect summer isn’t turning out quite like she planned.

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The Frighteners: A Celebration of our Fascination with the Macabre

“The Frighteners is a bizarrely compelling, laugh-out-loud exploration of societies’ fascination with the dark, spooky, and downright terrifying side of life. The author–self proclaimed “sinister minister”–opens the book by reflecting on how he went from a horror-obsessed atheist to a God-fearing Christian and then reconciled his love of the macabre with his new faith. In the chapters that follow, Laws takes us on a worldwide romp to shine light on the dark corners of our own minds. An Americ...

Batman: The Court of Owls Saga (DC Essential Edition)

“Hidden for years, the mysterious Court of Owls surfaces in Gotham City–what must Batman do to defeat them, and what deadly connection do they have to his past? Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s masterpiece epic is collected in its entirey in trade paperback for the first time ever!

After a series of brutal murders rocks Gotham City, Batman begins to realize that perhaps these crimes go far deeper than appearances suggest. As the Caped Crusader begins to unravel this deadly mystery, he discover...

Trans Figured: My Journey from Boy to Girl to Woman to Man

“Imagine experiencing life not as the gender dictated by birth but as one of your own design.

In Trans Figured, Brian Belovitch shares his true story of life as a gender outlier and his dramatic journey through the jungle of gender identity.

Brian has the rare distinction of coming out three times: first as a queer teenager; second as a glamorous transgender woman named Tish, and later, Natalia Gervais; and finally as an HIV-positive gay man surviving the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. From growin...

Possible Hiatus For Intensive Study

Hello our dear readers!

I’m writing you from Oxford, England this morning. Most likely for this month, I will not be posting any reviews on this website because I am currently involved at Columbia’s Publishing course which is hosted annually at Columbia University in New York City and in Oxford, England at Exeter college. It’s the same course done twice a year in the summer. I applied to the Oxford one since I live near NYC normally and the idea of going to school there didn’t appeal to me mu...

Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist

“Derek Black grew up at the epicenter of white nationalism. His father founded Stormfront, the largest racist community on the Internet. His godfather, David Duke, was a KKK Grand Wizard. By the time Derek turned nineteen, he had become an elected politician with his own daily radio show – already regarded as the “the leading light” of the burgeoning white nationalist movement. “We can infiltrate,” Derek once told a crowd of white nationalists. “We can take the country back.”
Then he went to...

Ivy

By Sarah Oleksyk

“Ivy, a teenager from a small town, longs to leave and pursue her dream of becoming a painter. But life isn’t easy when you never know the right thing to say. After beginning a long-distance relationship with a kindred spirit, Ivy gets a glimpse of freedom too good to pass up. Only while trying to escape her troubles does she start to understand that while she can leave home, she can’t run away from herself.” –goodreads

Published: 2011

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Read and Reviewed: August 2018

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Zodiac P.I. Volume 1

By Natsumi Ando

“Lili is just like any other girl — except she can foretell the future! This ‘Zodiac PI’ relies on horoscopes and astrology to help her solve crimes and track down criminals. When there’s trouble a’brewing, she transforms herself into the magic Detective Spica and looks to the stars to guide her way. Before long, she is joined by her childhood friend, Hiromi, who dreams of becoming a detective as skilled as Lili. Soon, no astral investigation is too arduous for this dynamic du...

One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy

“In her New York Times bestseller White Rage, Carol Anderson laid bare an insidious history of policies that have systematically impeded black progress in America, from 1865 to our combustible present. With One Person, No Vote, she chronicles a related history: the rollbacks to African American participation in the vote since the 2013 Supreme Court decision that eviscerated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Known as the Shelby ruling, this decision effectively allowed districts with a demonstrat...