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Author: Kaitlyn Casimo
Books, September 2020
Look, October 2020 is an entire Molotov cocktail thrown onto the already blazing dumpster fire that is this year, and it's only the 4th of the month. Allow me to offer a completely bonkers balm for your tired soul: experimental online science fiction piece 17776, released in 2017, and its sequel 20020, releasing M-W-F through …
Books, August 2020
Blackout! A lot of my books this month were ones I would have read anyway but got bumped up the queue to fit a square. The bingo deadline was officially September 8, so come back next month to read about the last few that made the count. Book of the month: This is How You …
Books, July 2020
I use a somewhat idiosyncratic system for sorting the genres of the books that I read, which also has shifted over time. I am also currently working on going back through old posts to fix those inconsistencies, starting from the beginning. (Early 2016 me is so much less cynical and less verbose than mid-2020 me.) …
Books, June 2020 and halfway through the year
The first half of 2020 has lasted six months and also FIVE MILLION YEARS. In that five million years since January, for the first time since 2015 (the era of me keeping track of the books I read) I am on track to - dare I jinx it - crack 100 books in a year. …
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Books, May 2020
As you very well know, 2020 sucks. For so many black Americans, things have always sucked, and many white Americans have historically been really good at denying or ignoring that, not to mention causing it. I struggled over whether I even wanted to write this month, since we should all be reading black writers right …
Books, April 2020
Seattle Public Library book bingo is here! I already picked books off my shelf (and ebook... shelf?) for 18 of the 24 squares. Dilemma: support local bookstores or finally make a dent in the book pile at home? Solution: BOTH. READ EXTRA BOOKS. Book of the month: The Library Book, Susan Orlean The central branch …
Books, March 2020
I have to be honest that I really struggled to find writing inspiration to be here this month. I would say that this is a great time to hunker down and read, but really, it's just a great time to hunker down and do whatever entertains you from the safety of your couch. If it …
Science outreach at home
About 1/3 of the world's population, including me, are under various levels of stay at home orders. This is a difficult time for everyone, and I know there's a special challenge for teachers and parents looking for some level of continuity in their children's educations. A couple of things from me that are available right …
Books, February 2020
Spring forward. Land on a pile of books. Read them all. Book of the month: Beloved, Toni Morrison * One of the great benefits of book club is that it pushes me to read books I wouldn't have chosen for myself (or, in this case, pushes a book to the top of my absurdly long …
