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You're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day

You're Never Weird on the Internet

Felicia Day

260 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction memoir funny inspiring fast-paced
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries

Kory Stamper

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction memoir reference funny informative slow-paced
Jack: A Life of C. S. Lewis by George Sayer

Jack: A Life of C. S. Lewis

George Sayer

457 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction biography reflective relaxing slow-paced
Jim Henson: The Works: The Art, the Magic, the Imagination by Christopher Finch

Jim Henson: The Works: The Art, the Magic, the Imagination

Christopher Finch

268 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction art biography dark slow-paced
The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook by America's Test Kitchen

The America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook

America's Test Kitchen

726 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction cookbook informative slow-paced
Letters to Children by C.S. Lewis

Letters to Children

C.S. Lewis

128 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction childrens inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Burning (Young Readers Edition): Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 by Tim Madigan

The Burning (Young Readers Edition): Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

Tim Madigan

272 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction childrens history young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

Ibram X. Kendi

512 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction essays history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans

Wholehearted Faith

Rachel Held Evans

224 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction essays religion emotional reflective medium-paced
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Doug Abrams, Jane Goodall

The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times

Doug Abrams, Jane Goodall

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0purplepenning's review
nonfiction nature emotional informative reflective medium-paced