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In Review: The Week of July 23rd

From do-lit-yourself tote bags to follow-up reads to the Great Gif vs. Jif Debate, our weekly roundup has it all and more!

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~ Behold our easy to do-lit-yourself tote bag for carrying around your summer reading!~ Best Kind with questions like “You have to choose a line from literature and get it tattooed on yourself. What line and where on your body?” and “How is an essay like a potato patch?”~ Zolitude because we couldn’t say goodbye to our July #ALUbookclub just yet. ~ For a refreshing treat Smaller Hours, inspired by the poem “To One a Century Hence.”~ Our list of travel-inspiring books will take you on hiking adventures to underground cities exploration and more.

Around the Web

~ From incisive critiques to love notes, Atlas Obscura.~ After Forbes published a piece on why Amazon should replace libraries in the US, Forbes~ Because the controversy still rages on, Mental Floss

What Else We’re Reading

Our pick this week is Kagiso Lesego Molope’s YA novel This Book Betrays My Brother (Mawenzi House).

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