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Just finished reading "The Language of Spells" by Garrett Weyr with illustrations by Katie Harnett. An *excellent* book, not high fantasy but instead a tale of an ordinary kid who happens to get caught up in some extraordinary business when she makes a friend.
I absolutely love the parenting example that the book sets, the ways it deals with grief, its unique conception of magic (and of dragons), and its steadfast commitment to the personal over the epic perspective.
Meets and exceeds the "will I recommend it to my kids" bar that quite a few things I've read recently have failed to clear.
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Reading 'The Compatriots' by Soldatov & Borogan. I'm near the beginning, around the 1920s and 30s:
Why do all the Soviet spies have so many wives? Was it usual to re-marry & re-partner in that time period, or is it just a spy thing??
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Just finished "Soviet Land" by Pierre-Henry Gomont. It's an epic graphic novel that has
some interesting stuff to say about art, even if I feel less sure of the wisdom of its observations on the human condition. Overall I enjoyed it.
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Just finished "Across the Widest Sea" by Jean Cremers. An excellent graphic novel about found family, the open ocean, and the unfairness of life. I really like how there's a lot that the book just refuses to explain and you just have to accept how things are as a reader, which mirrors the dietetic situation pretty closely.
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Have finished 'Balcony Over Jerusalem' by John Lyons. It's showing its age (published 2017), but was on this list: #AmReading #Bookstodon

Just finished "Furia" by Yamile Saied Méndez. An excellent book about a young Argentinean woman who wants to play fútbol, and all of the barriers she faces, including from even the most well-meaning men in her life.
I particularly liked the handling of the romantic subplot.
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