Henrietta , by Charlotte Lennox. This 1758 novel starts with a familiar trope: a young orphaned woman flees her aunt's home to avoid an unwanted marriage, and must fend for herself in London. The...

Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity , by Valena Beety. This book opens with an inaccurate claim. Most of us have heard of the no-win "test"...

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The Long Game , by Rachel Reid. This is book 6 in Rachel Reid's Game Changer series, and we get back to the most entertaining couple, Shane and Ilya from Heated Rivalry . Ilya is in every book in the....

Lord of the Butterflies , by Andrea Gibson. Andrea Gibson's love poems are awkward in a relatable way, and sometimes funny. Her political poems are devastating. Lord of the Butterflies has two tour...

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Poverty, by America , by Matthew  Desmond . This is a brief, passionately argued book. Discussions of poverty often fall back on how to "fix" impoverished people, or how to help them individually....

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Role Model , by Rachel Reid. The first scene has Ilya Rozanov and a puppy. How much better can a book get? This is book 5 in Rachel Reid's Game Changer series, and the books have ranged from okay to.....

Orient Express , by Graham Greene. This book takes place on the famous train, and it includes a murder, but it's definitely not a whodunit. (Fun useless fact: the original US title of Agatha...

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