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Parker Goodreau
@parkergoodreau.bsky.social
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they/them. writer, artist, theatre person. youth librarian/bookseller. lives off kidlit, comics, and spec fic. rep: @desir.ee at Looking Glass Lit
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LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS is a favorite! And PET by Akwaeke Emezi is excellent.
December 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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other grown-up stuff!

LaRose: great characters, as always. a truly complex look at the difficult, beautiful possibilities of healing.
YLALOB: do the Hannigram girlies know about this? i think they would enjoy.
BL METAMORPHOSIS: love it. was so moved at one point that i had to put the book down.
[text: LaRose A New York Times Notable Book Louise Erdrich] [image: the book cover has an illustration of a stylized pile of roses on fire.] [text: YOU'VE LOST A LOT OF BLOOD Eric Larocca] [image: the book cover shows a painting of a young man in profile, but most of his face and half his neck are made up of blood-red smears and squiggles.] [text: BL METAMORPHOSIS story and art by Kaori Tsurutani] [image: the manga cover shows an illustration of an older woman and a teenage girl sitting on a porch together reading.]
December 1, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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romances!

SDIJ: i'd heard good things, and this really is fantastic. a second-chance couple to root for hard.
UPOMB: felt so very Austen, and so plausible, and so lovely! justice for Charlotte and Mary!
AOUM: delightfully gothic, love the way Charles does toxic families, relatable ADHD hero.
[text: SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE Tia Williams] [image: the book cover shows a Black couple, the woman with her head tilted back against the man's shoulder, his arms around her and his head bowed toward her. really cool style to the image, with the people in black and white--photos or hyper-realistic illustration--and the clothes and background color-blocked.] [text: THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET Lindz McLeod] [image: the book cover shows an illustration of two women in regency dress outside under a canopy of purple flowers. one woman holds a bouquet behind her back. they stand very close, their heads tilted together. the sky is a soft gradient of yellow, orange, and pink.] [text: ALL OF US MURDERERS KJ Charles Love. Hate. Secrets. It's in the blood.] [image: the book cover shows an illustration of two men running away from a huge Gothic mansion with glowing green windows.]
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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youngins part II: with pictures! 📚👍

Misfit Mansion: talked about this for my library comic club, very sweet, looking forward to the sequel!
TVBS: love when picture books teach me things! cool art, fascinating look at a Ugandan Jewish community.
HOGBERT: Smith's art is, once again, lethally cute.
[text: Misfit Mansion Kay Davault] [image: the graphic novel cover shows a house full of adorable monsters, including a blue girl with pointed ears in the foreground who smiles at the viewer, one little fang poking over her lip.] [text: THE VERY BEST SUKKAH: A STORY FROM UGANDA Shoshana Nambi illustrated by Moran Yogev] [image: the picture book cover shows a wood block-style illustration of a Black girl and a goat bordered by plants and hanging decorations] [text: HOGBERT Briony May Smith] [image: the picture book cover shows an illustration of an adorable baby boar in a forest, surround we wildflowers and berries.]
December 1, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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I liked that Kacen Callender novella SUNSET SPRINGS, but it is audible only.
November 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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I'm pining for the Nana anniversary edition, personally. My bookstore sold out of the Westwood cover before I could grab one but it's on my list.
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Ah, I hadn't seen that, thank you.
November 28, 2025 at 4:40 AM