I shelved this as ‘autism’ even though the author doesn’t address it because I suspect a lot of my fellow autistic people would enjoy learning explicitly about how social motivations and financial motivations can interfere with each other. The protagonist starts off with a kind of ineffective hyper-rationality that I recognized.

Lots of gems, with some repetitive or rambling bits that didn't keep me from enjoying the rest.

I can scarcely believe I spent 45 years of my life knowing nothing of Matilda, but what a joy it is to have finally read it. American kids will find a few words to look up (and it's easier to do so now; I doubt whether any dictionaries in my first public library contained the word "borstal"). I didn't think I'd learn new words from a children's book!

An adorable holiday mystery that had me going back to read the clues (and wishing there had been enough room for all those latke recipes)! Some of my colleagues hadn’t had kugel before, but one said she might just make some to try it!

Sotomayor (a type 1 diabetic better known for her work on the Supreme Court) gives a broad sampling of people who have various disabilities and salient differences. I recognized the OpenDyslexic font right away; I’m not dyslexic but I’ve heard that typeface can really help, and I appreciate that the book uses it.

Freaking ADORABLE! I wish it were twice as long just so I could see twice as many names for Fudgie the White Whale.

A provocative what-if plays out across starkly inked pages. Religious movements, corporations, and governments struggle against each other after a birth supposedly from Shroud of Turin DNA; some of the backstory is set in Ireland during the Troubles.

With the help of Google Translate, I can also tell you that the dialogue in Arabic is approximately "Drop your gun." "Go to hell."