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Bad Dog!: A Memoir of Love, Beauty, and Redemption in Dark Places by Lin Jensen

Bad Dog!: A Memoir of Love, Beauty, and Redemption in Dark Places

Lin Jensen

288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0violetfox's review
nonfiction biography memoir reflective medium-paced
The Pretty Good Jim's Journal Treasury: The Definitive Collection of Every Published Cartoon by Scott Dikkers

The Pretty Good Jim's Journal Treasury: The Definitive Collection of Every Published Cartoon

Scott Dikkers

320 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0violetfox's review
fiction comics funny lighthearted medium-paced
Radical Cataloging: Essays at the Front by K.R. Roberto, Sanford Berman

Radical Cataloging: Essays at the Front

K.R. Roberto, Sanford Berman

311 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0violetfox's review
nonfiction challenging informative slow-paced
The Library Was by Heiba Lamara, Hudda Khaireh, OOMK, Sofia Niazi, Leila Kassir, Rianna Jade Parker, Fehras Publishing Practices, Rose Nordin

The Library Was

Heiba Lamara, Hudda Khaireh, OOMK, Sofia Niazi, Leila Kassir, Rianna Jade Parker, Fehras Publishing Practices, Rose Nordin

44 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0violetfox's review
informative medium-paced
Land of 10,000 Loves: A History of Queer Minnesota by Stewart Van Cleve

Land of 10,000 Loves: A History of Queer Minnesota

Stewart Van Cleve

328 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0violetfox's review
nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative slow-paced
Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science by Carol Kaesuk Yoon

Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science

Carol Kaesuk Yoon

352 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0violetfox's review
nonfiction nature science informative reflective slow-paced
Cruising the Library: Perversities in the Organization of Knowledge by Melissa Adler

Cruising the Library: Perversities in the Organization of Knowledge

Melissa Adler

223 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0violetfox's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry by Gary Greenberg

The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry

Gary Greenberg

405 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0violetfox's review
nonfiction psychology science informative slow-paced
The Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song by David Lasky, Frank M. Young

The Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song

David Lasky, Frank M. Young

192 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

5.0violetfox's review
nonfiction comics music emotional reflective fast-paced
Librarians with Spines: Information Agitators in an Age of Stagnation, Vol. 1 by Yago S. Cura, Max Macias, Autumn Anglin

Librarians with Spines: Information Agitators in an Age of Stagnation, Vol. 1

Yago S. Cura, Max Macias, Autumn Anglin

174 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0violetfox's review
nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced