We are back, my friends, and we have brought you a terrific recommendation for this time of quarantine: Read Thorn, by Intisar Khanani! It’s a glorious YA retelling of “The Goose Girl,” and we can’t recommend it highly enough. In case you need more convincing, we’ve done an interview with its brilliant, funny, and eloquent author, Intisar Khanani. You can listen to the podcast using the embedded player below, or download the file directly to take with you on the go! Episode 128 You can find Intisar at her website, as well as on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. The book…
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2017 Reading in Review
Published 1 Jan 2018
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Gin Jenny
Well, 2017 was awful. And Trump’s still going to be president in 2018, so my hopes for the upcoming year are not that high. On the other hand, I’ve reached a sort of equilibrium with the family members who dumped me, so I won’t have to relitigate that whole mess in the upcoming year (said Jenny optimistically). And I’ve seen so much bravery and ferocity from people I know: Y’all stay inspiring me. With that said, I had a pretty terrific reading year in 2017. I encountered some new instant favorites, books I loved so much I shoved them at…
14 CommentsReview: Thorn, Intisar Khanani
Published 17 Jul 2017
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Gin Jenny
“I don’t know what justice is,” I tell him. “But I am trying to get what I can right.” The above paragraph is a perfect summation of why I loved Thorn, and of why I love Intisar Khanani so much as an author. In Thorn, as in all her books, she writes about characters who may be in bad situations but who are trying their best. Characters who are trying their best are balm to my frazzled soul in these difficult times, so I am pushing Intisar Khanani’s books on people like they are ebags dot com packing cubes. Consider…
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