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Leanne Yanabu
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She/her. Originally from Hawaii. University of New Mexico website designer. I love reading, board games, skating, photography, cooking and hiking. First 25 posts are books that changed my outlook. Ongoing posts are current reads. See me at olopua.com
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"Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline. Title in white block letters outlined in orange; background depicts the title character on a scaffold of many RVs and trailers stacked in a ramshackle way.
February 6, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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"Food Person" by Adam Roberts. Title in black; checkered tablecloth background with a hank of cooked spaghetti tumbling into a white plate. A pink comb is inserted in the spaghetti above the plate
February 6, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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"This American Woman" by Zarna Garg. Cover image is Zarna, holding a torch, wearing a hot pink outfit and pink athletic shoes, being carried by the Statue of Liberty, in front of a bright blue sky and several skyscrapers
February 2, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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"A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson. Cover image, a forest with dark tree trunks and bright greenery undergrowth. In the foreground is the top half of a large bear, facing the viewer.
February 2, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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"Run" by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, L. Fury, and Nate Powell. Title in large yellow uppercase font, taking up half the top of the cover, superimposed over a drawing of a crowd running about, with a young John Lewis in a jacket and tie, walking away from the crowd against a red background. A woman in sunglasses follows him holding a sign, "We Demand the RIGHT to VOTE EVERYWHERE". A young man holding a sign, "My vote was paid in BLOOD" is also visible in the background.
January 30, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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"Soonish" by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith. Title in white and author in black text over a light blue background. The top of the cover is a cartoon drawing of an astronaut standing on an extraterrestrial planet looking up to a space elevator connecting with the earth in outer space
January 29, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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"Shining City" by Tom Rosenstiel. Title text in yellow against a blue duotone photo of Washington DC pillars
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 AM
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"I shouldn't be telling you this (but I'm going to anyway)" by Chelsea Devantez. Handwritten title in black and subtitle in red on a light green tile background as if in a public bathroom with a cracked tile in the corner
January 21, 2026 at 4:48 AM
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"Jaws" by Peter Benchley. A woman, seen from the side, is swimming in the ocean above a large shark with an open mouth, looming from below
January 21, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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"March, Book Three" by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell. The title is part of the drawing of a road that a crowd of marchers are walking on
January 21, 2026 at 4:35 AM
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"March, Book Two" by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell. Top of cover: a burning bus. Bottom cover: John Lewis addressing the crowd at the August 28, 1963 March on Washington
January 21, 2026 at 4:30 AM
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"March, Book One" by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell. Top of the cover is a drawing of a crowd's legs walking; bottom third is a drawing of John Lewis and other protestors sitting at a counter with the sign "Counter Closed"
January 21, 2026 at 4:25 AM
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"Safe Enough" by Lee Child. Cover shows a man silhouetted at dusk digging with a shovel behind a car with an open trunk
January 21, 2026 at 4:23 AM
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"Ernie Pyle in the American Southwest" by Richard Melzer. Black and white photo of Ernie Pyle in profile wearing Stetson hat by Ferenz Fedor. Background depicts a pinon/juniper landscape
January 12, 2026 at 5:59 AM
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"Cross Country" by Robert Sullivan. Title and author text in ransom note effect font. Background depicts collage cutout images of trees, buildings, a boat, bird, trees and more text
January 12, 2026 at 5:55 AM
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"I'll look so hot in a coffin" by Carla Sosenko. Yellow text over a red background, with a drawing of two legs in high heeled shoes resting on a headstone with RIP and flowers
January 12, 2026 at 5:52 AM
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"Strip Tease" by Carl Hiaasen. Title in white against a teal background, author name in red against a black background, above two pasties with tassels on a fuschia background
January 12, 2026 at 5:49 AM
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"Christmas Shopaholic" by Sophie Kinsella. Cover drawing of a long haired brunette in tights and a blue overcoat, holding 6 multicolored wrapped presents in her arms, against a teal background with snow dots
January 1, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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"Ernie Pyle's Southwest", Red background on top 1/3, white background with a drawing of a tree with two owls by Bob Bales
December 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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"Rock me on the Water" by Ronald Brownstein. Cover is white with a light blue stripe behind the subtitle, "1974 The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television, and Politics". The title text has cutout images in green, blue, fuschia, purple, red, and chartreuse of various pop stars in concert.
December 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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"Notes to John" by Joan Didion. A photo of the author in a sweater, looking at the photographer, arms crossed, sitting at a desk in a high rise apartment
December 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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"The Have and Have-Yachts" by Evan Osnos. Cover depicts a drawing of an elongated boat on the ocean.
December 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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"The Trauma Cleaner" by Sarah Krasnostein. Kindle edition cover depicts a bright yellow latex right handed glove with a small drop of deep red blood at the index finger and wrist, against a white background
December 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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"Bad Law" by Elie Mystal. Title is black text on white rectangles with a blue tint overlay on legal text. The author's picture in partial profile in black and white is cut off at the bottom of the cover
December 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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"The End of Night" by Paul Bogard. The cover drawing shows a figure with a hat, long sleeves and pants, peering towards the horizon at a night sky with a Milky Way river of stars arcing overhead
December 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM