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Weekly Waitlist: January 18, 2026
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I was hooked on this book—until I wasn’t. For eleven chapters, Audition kept me gripped by a slow, growing sense of dread. It’s the kind of feeling where even…
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Annalee Newitz's book Automatic Noodle is the cozy sci-fi novella I didn't know I needed, but it was raining in Tucson after the new year, and I love ramen…
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Ladino Stories
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Karen Russell's The Antidote is supposedly about Nebraska farmers during the Dust Bowl, but here's what hit me sideways: this book is about us. About what…
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Palaver
Writing this from Tucson, where the Sonoran Desert teaches us daily that survival is a practice, not a destination, and where "home" is still a question…
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