July Reading Recap - Reviews of Moonbound; Dixon, Descending; and People Collide: lisaeckstein.com/2024/08/july-r…

Dirt roads are the path to keeping the Senate and flipping the House blue this year. We were founded to turn rural Democrats out across the country because if we did 5% better in these areas, Democrats would win up and down the ballot–spread the word.

#FridayReads I finished Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell. A sweet story about two high school friends finding their way back to each other despite the challenges of their personal histories and current circumstances.

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#FridayReads So appreciating the smart advice and delightful illustrations in Special Topics in Being a Parent by S. Bear Bergman and Saul Freedman-Lawson. Enjoy these samples of the goodness within!

I want to talk about Tim Walz and GSAs, as one of the founders of the first-ever Gay/Straight Alliance in a high school, in 1990 at Concord Academy. A thread: The GSA movement was a student movement, which took hold for complex reasons - a collision of increased awareness about

#FridayReads The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley is thrilling and fun and funny and serious and sexy. It's got a lot going on, and it works!

August Reading Recap - My reviews of The Ministry of Time, Special Topics in Being a Parent, Demon Copperhead, Slow Dance, and The Berry Pickers lisaeckstein.com/2024/09/august…

#FridayReads Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana K.. Really impressed by how this intense story is developing as more POVs are introduced, and the writing sure is great!

In honor of National Voter Registration Day tomorrow, the Broadway company of Hamilton headed into the booth to record “The Election of 2024”. We’re proud to partner with When We All Vote and VoteRiders to make sure everyone’s voice is heard at the polls. Register to vote now!

I turned 50 this week, and I’ve been thinking about what I’ve learned: 1. Look out for each other. This is a group project. 2. Identify your core values, and follow them. 3. Stay curious and open to change 4. Make the time to visit. 5. You can be afraid and do it anyway.

Slow and Steady - Still doing this writing thing! lisaeckstein.com/2024/09/slow-a…

#FridayReads Enjoying getting to know the characters in the fascinating SHANGHAILANDERS by Juli Min!

September Reading Recap - My reviews of Chain-Gang All-Stars, Fight Night, Loka, and Entitlement: lisaeckstein.com/2024/10/septem…

#FridayReads God of the Woods by Liz Moore has been keeping me up too late reading. I simultaneously want to find out what happens and don't want it to be over!

October Reading Recap - My reviews of The God of the Woods, The Singer's Gun, Gender Queer, Shanghailanders, and The Far Reaches: lisaeckstein.com/2024/11/octobe…

#FridayReads I'm loving Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford. It's a complicated mystery set in an alternate history US, and it also happens to be about fighting back against white supremacy!

Not sure if I'm ready to entirely give up on this place, but I've set up camp under bluer skies. Account is under my personal domain name.