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This tracks the trends of globalization in medieval times across a multitude of countries. And it doesn’t only focus on Europe, which was great. I did find I had to push myself through this book a bit. I’m still not used to reading history books.

A mixed bag of short stories on love and grief. I’ll have to double-check the table of contents to jog my memory on my favourite stories.

A delight to read a sacred text unfamiliar to me

Wow! I read this in one day--my day off. What a stunning read.

Update, 2021: What a delight. If you wanna read about platonic-friends! trans elders going on a fantastical adventure to accidentally-on-purpose fight against tyranny, read this. (I got an impulsive tattoo featuring the number 4 for this book!)

A short but excellent read on the history of prisons and how they operate. The title question gets answered in multiple ways and I am totally here for it.

A surreal adventure into the world of ancient animal bestiaries. I found it a bit slow at times, as the main character info-dumps a lot. He’s often on his own doing research, which frankly, did not make the book more exciting for me, no matter how excited the main character is about his research. Still, I am glad I finished this.

I finally started reading it! This is a hard-hitting book. I was reading it at bedtime but honestly this book needs lots of time to digest and ponder over. I’ll be taking a break for now and coming back to it later.

This was a great read! If you wanna read an engaging autobiography, pick this up! Braverman talks about her first few years of experience dogsledding. (!!!) Content warning: sexual violence, dudes being assholes.

I was so glad to be exposed to so many short stories by such a beloved author of mine. I’ll admit, having read it, I need a break from reading LeGuin. It’ll be awhile before I pick up another one by her! Still, I was very thrilled to read her scifi stories, and realize more stories in the world of the Ekumen. This made me happy.

I got my own copy so I could scribble in it to my heart’s content. This is my second stab at reading this book. I feel more ready for it this time. For a year or more now, I’ve been feeling a profound urge to transform my teaching practice and I think critical pedagogy is going to point me in the right direction. So I am pretty excited. I am even managed to read this on my breaks at work! Actually reading the book was tough. I am not used to reading philosophy. I wish there were more examples, comments from peasants (his term, not mine), templates, or lesson plans. Friends have suggested reading works by Freirean scholars to get what I am looking for.

This was great! Such wonderful histories to peer into.

I’m learned a lot but I gotta admit, reading this is a slog. I really had to push myself. Still, this gets into the nitty gritty of settler colonial thinking which is super useful to know. Definitely worth a reread, although I wish I had a physical copy I could scribble in.

I read this for the August Japanese Book Club at the Argo Bookshop. This was an interesting story about a doctor sent abroad after Japan opened itself up to the world. It was an odd tale about aging, folklore, and death. It’ll be worth a reread in the future to look for all the little nuggets left by the multiple unreliable narrators.