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June 29, 2020July 5, 2020 Home For Wayward Books

Welcome to The Home for Wayward Books!

July 29, 2021July 23, 2021 Home For Wayward Books

Another Auntie Poldi Adventure

July 27, 2021July 23, 2021 Home For Wayward Books

Book Review: Death on the Riviera

July 25, 2021July 20, 2021 Home For Wayward Books

Book Review: Bruno, Chief of Police

July 22, 2021July 20, 2021 Home For Wayward Books

Aunty Lee’s Delights is Not So Delightful

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 Home For Wayward Books

Year of Mysteries

January 24, 2021 Home For Wayward Books

Book Review: Hope Never Dies

January 17, 2021January 17, 2021 Home For Wayward Books

Book Review: Wow, No Thank You

January 13, 2021January 8, 2021 Home For Wayward Books

I Feel Seen: Dr. Deborah Tannen’s Talking from 9 to 5

January 11, 2021January 3, 2021 Home For Wayward Books

Book Haul: A Miscellany

January 9, 2021January 3, 2021 Home For Wayward Books

First Book of 2021: All About Arsenic

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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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