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September 13, 2021September 6, 2021 Home For Wayward Books

Book Review: Hola Papi!

September 10, 2021September 5, 2021 Home For Wayward Books

Book Review: Killers of the Flower Moon

September 7, 2021September 5, 2021 Home For Wayward Books

Book Review: Sexing the Cherry

September 5, 2021 Home For Wayward Books

Book Review: Ms. Adventure

September 3, 2021August 30, 2021 Home For Wayward Books

Book Review: The Fur Person

August 31, 2021August 30, 2021 Home For Wayward Books

Book Review: Beneath Our Feet

August 27, 2021 Home For Wayward Books

Book Review: Garlic, Mint, & Sweet Basil

August 4, 2021July 31, 2021 Home For Wayward Books

Book Review: To Have and to Hoax

August 2, 2021July 31, 2021 Home For Wayward Books

Book Review: #VeryFat #Very Brave

July 31, 2021July 23, 2021 Home For Wayward Books

A Sad DNF

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Currently reading The Colorado Plateau: A Geologic History by Donald Baars and Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson
For the second book of my feminism theme month, I read Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby. It feels a bit like cheating to read something so fun and count it toward a serious theme, but, hey, there is some real stuff about gender roles and expectations about women’s bodies.
I Feel Seen: Dr. Deborah Tannen's Talking From 9 to 5⁠⠀
Book Haul: A Miscellany⁠⠀
The title sums it up well: The Arsenic Century: How Victorian Britain was Poisoned at Home, Work, & Play by James C. Whorton. We all know about issues with lead poisoning, whether in water pipes, paint, or from industrial processes, and I had read about the problems with exposure to phosphorus in match production and other industries. But I didn't know much at all about arsenic, other than as a plot device in Arsenic and Old Lace. ⁠⠀
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