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Reader, lawyer, crocheter, water fitness instructor. She/her. I review books and flag them for anti-fat bias and fat positivity at Readingwhilefat.com .

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It’s so good! Review coming tomorrow on readingwhilefat.com

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Why are there two black helicopters buzzing around downtown Indy for the last 30 minutes?

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West With Giraffes West With Giraffes (2021) by Lynda Rutledge was a book club pick, and I’m so glad that it was. It’s based on the true story of two giraffes that arrived in New York City in 1939 after a…

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A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke Don’t let the fact that A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke (publication date February 4, 2025) by Adrianna Herrera is the third in a trilogy stop you from reading it! Herrera has written a nearly…

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Phones are how kids organize. Ban phones, they are alone.

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I didn’t get a photo, but I’ve watched Canada geese munching dandelion seed heads also!

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We Could Be Rats We Could Be Rats (publication date January 28, 2025) by Emily R. Austin (Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead) is a uniquely-told literary novel about two sisters, Sigrid and Margit, who stil…

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I Think They Love You I Think They Love You (pub. date January 28, 2025) is Julian Winters’ adult rom-com debut, and it’s lovely. Winters has written many YA novels, including Right Where I Left You, which I…

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Call Her Freedom Call Her Freedom (publication day January 21, 2025) by Tara Dorabji is an intense and powerful multi-generational story of a family in the village of Poshkarbal in Kashmir, starting when Aisha is s…

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My Broken Language My Broken Language (2021) by Quiara AlegrΓ­a Hudes had been on my list for a while, and I’m so glad that I finally listened to this memoir. Hudes, a Pulitzer award-winning playwright, co-autho…

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The Last Bookstore on Earth In The Last Bookstore on Earth (pub. date January 7, 2024), by Lily Braun-Arnold, the immaturity and poor choices made by the narrator indicated that it was clearly for a young adult audience. Neve…

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All the Water in the World I absolutely loved All the Water in the World (pub. date January 7, 2024) by Eiren Caffall! This literary climate story is told from the perspective of Nonie, a 13-year old girl who has lived on th…

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A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them (2023) by Timothy Egan is described as a β€œhistorical thriller” and that is t…

Have you read A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan? Nonfiction that reads like a novelβ€”I reviewed it here. readingwhilefat.com/2024/05/26/a...

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The Great Transition The Great Transition (2023) by Nick Fuller Googins is a completely engaging, hopeful climate fiction novel told from the perspective of Emi, a 15-year old living in Nuuk, a city in Greenland, and h…

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Weight and Wisdom: Reflections on Decades of Working for Body Liberation Weight and Wisdom: Reflections on Decades of Working for Body Liberation (publication day January 1, 2025) edited by Nancy Ellis-Ordway and Tigress Osborn, foreword by Caleb Luna, is the essay coll…

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The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School (2022) by Sonora Reyes is a deserving award-winning (Lambda, National Book Award finalist, Goodreads Choice, among others) young adult book centering o…

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Forgot the alt text: A wall of bookshelves filled with books, some shelved to see the spine and some shelved to see the front; all in brownish earth tones.

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Everything I read in 2024 Here is what I read in 2024, so far, in order. If the title has a link, it’s to a review if I wrote one. This will be cross-posted on both Reading While Fat and bbwesquire. I will also do a m…

I read more in 2024 than I have since I’ve been keeping track!
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The Fox Wife The Fox Wife (2024) by Yangsze Choo (The Ghost Bride, The Night Tiger) completely charmed me from the second page with these lines: I exist as either a small canid with thick fur, pointed ears, nea…

I loved it too! It helped me figure out how much I love historical fantasy! readingwhilefat.com/2024/06/09/t...

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Death in the Spires Death in the Spires (2024) by K.J. Charles is the third book of hers that I’ve read, and the first mystery. I really enjoyed it! Set primarily at Oxford in 1895/ 1905, the lead character is J…

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β€œThis needs a sticker” said my wife in our house with a library room and stacks of books everywhere!

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The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store I was thrilled to finally get to read The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store (2023) by James McBride, as I’ve loved his writing since reading his memoir The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tr…

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The Jasper-Pulaski refuge in northwest Indiana is a good spot, too. The DNR publishes a count weekly during fall migration.

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How to Get a Life in 10 Dates In How to Get a Life in Ten Dates (publication date December 10, 2024), I loved meeting Jenny L. Howe’s newest characters–Haleigh and Jack–who live in the same world with some of …

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Thank you!! Your reply made my day!

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The Shutouts The Shutouts (publication date December 3, 2024) is Gabrielle Korn’s second novel and a sequel to Yours For the Taking. I loved it, possibly even more than Yours For the Taking! Give me all o…

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Apartment Women I requested Apartment Women (U.S. publication day December 3, 2024) by Gu Byeong-Mo, translated by Chi-Young Kim, from NetGalley because I really enjoyed her The Old Woman With the Knife, about an …

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Private Rites This is a big publication day–I have three books to review! I’ll spread them out through the day, this is the first one.

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The Fox Wife The Fox Wife (2024) by Yangsze Choo (The Ghost Bride, The Night Tiger) completely charmed me from the second page with these lines: I exist as either a small canid with thick fur, pointed ears, nea…

The Fox Wife by Yangsze Chooβ€”my review is here: readingwhilefat.com/2024/06/09/t...

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