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If you read large print or dyslexic font paperback books do you prefer this to be indicated on the cover (say on a banner at the top) to help you identify the accommodation?

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Doing a pinned thread of my reading for 2024. Goal is 40 books, which is for sure low, but I also believe in playing games on "easy" mode. Audiobooks count, sorry.
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Book 3/40
The Secret Life of Groceries by Benjamin Lorr (audio, RBTA)
Work, capitalism, food. 4*

My Dad worked in grocery all his adult life, so this had particular appeal. Learned a bunch about trucking scams and pay, berries, Trader Joe (the person), Trader Joe's (the Aldi company), the Whole Foods Bowery seafood counter, and enough about shrimp and slavery for a while. It is almost too much, as any of these could be its own book.

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Book 4/40
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Fiction, War On Vietnam, 5*

A great story about a communist spy during the War On Vietnam and immediately after. Compelling tale of war, how we see people, how we see ourselves, and the divisions inside us. The writing style is amazing and I bomb-ran through the last 50 pages. Looking forward to the series.

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Book 5 & 6
The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
Scifi, classic, libertarian 3.75*

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Africa, colonization, classic 5*

Two books that could be put under a colonization banner. Both about groups trying to be free.
Heinlein's libertarianism and casual 50s racism is really off-putting. Try to meet books where they are but yikes.
TFA I wish I read earlier, great book. Moving on to the second book.
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Book 7
Noor by Nnedi Okafor
Scifi, afrofutrism, Nigeria 3*

I really don't know what this book was supposed to be. I didn't get into the story and maybe just not for me.

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And so it begins -
PASSING by Nella Larsen (1929) via Oshun Publishing imbibed at Yanaka Coffee
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THE BABEL MESSAGE: A LOVE LETTER TO LANGUAGE by Keith Kahn-Harris via @iconbooks imbibed at Caffe Risata
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The photo is inside a cafe. The yellow paperback book with various block letters from various different alphabets spread around. To the left is a white porcelain mug of black coffee on a similar currogated saucer. A metal silver spoon is in front. On the other side of the table is a purple jacket. In the distance is the counter behind which is the coffee master whose face is blurred but is wearing a beret made from an old tan raw coffee bean bag
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    EXTERIORS by Annie Ernaux via @fitzcarraldoeds brewed with Bicycle Coffee

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    I WILL WRITE TO AVENGE MY PEOPLE by Annie Ernaux via @fitzcarraldoeds translated by Alison L Strayer & Sophie Lewis
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    The photo is of a brown couch divider, but the couch is gray. Nestled in the cup holder is a white coffee mug of black coffee with the red medieval-esque logo of Saito's Coffee. To the right is the small white paperback book with blue lettering. Beyond the mug is a plate of 2 toasted square bread.
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    HOW TO BE DANISH: A JOURNEY TO THE CULTURAL HEART OF DENMARK by Patrick Kingsley via Short Books brewed with Yanaka Coffee Jamaican Blue Mountain

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    The photo is of a couch divider. The couch is grey, the divider brown plastic. On the divider is a white coffee mug of black coffee & a graffiti-esque D is visible. To the left is the white paperback book with red & blue illustrations of trees, flowers, circle shapes, birds, cherries, & a barn Above the book is a red & pink strawberry donut in packaging
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    HOW LANGUAGES ARE LEARNED by Patsy M Lightbrown & Nina Spada via Oxford University Press imbibed at Seattle's Best Coffee/Cinnabon
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    The photo is inside a cafe. The purple paperback book is in front on the table. Behind it is a light brown tray on which is a chocolate cinnamon roll on a white plate with a perpendicular fork & knife in front on a napkin. To the right is a white paper coffee cup with a white plastic lid and a brown coffee sleeve at the bottom. The cup has the Seattle's Best Coffee logo. A barista in a black apron is to the left but you cannot see her face.
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    THE UNDERLYING REALITY OF LANGUAGE & ITS PHILOSOPHICAL IMPACT (1971) by Jerrold J Katz via Harper Torchbooks imbibed @Starbucksofficial
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    TO MAKE NEGRO LITERATURE: WRITING, LITERARY PRACTICE, & AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHORSHIP by Elizabeth McHenry via @dukepress brewed with Philz Coffee Philtered Soul Blend

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    THE RHINE: FOLLOWING EUROPE'S GREATEST RIVER FROM AMSTERDAM TO THE ALPS by Ben Coates via Nicolas Brealey Publishing imbibed at Yanaka Coffee
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    The photo is of a wooden table on which is the paperback book with a white space representing The Rhine river between colorful buildings & mountains representing the major cities along the river. To its left is a paper black plastic lidded brown sleeved coffee cup. A few blurry Japanese people can be seen in the distance of a mall
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    EDIBLE ECONOMICS: THE WORLD IN 17 DISHES by Ha-Joon Chang via @penguinukbooks imbibed @costacoffee
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    The photo is of the inside of the cafe. The white paperback book is on a round glass table. Above it is a tray on which is a red paper coffee cup with "Costa Coffee" vertical in white and "Costa" in a larger font To tye right is a green matcha cookie with white chocolate squares. In the distance we can see the red espresso machine on a slatted wood counter on the left. On the wall directly across is a red wall with 3 large coffee beans. Below it is a garbage can for plastic & paper separate. To the right are wooden stools against a red counter.
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    DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler via Vintage Classics imbibed at Macaron Cherie

    The photo is of a white counter against a second floor window where you can see a bit of the alley below & the torso reflection of the photographer. On the counter is the paperback book to the left. On the right is a white tray with a blue macaron on a white plate. There is a mug of coffee to the left, white top, black and white flower design on the bottom. Both are on a white tray with plastic creamer container, black plastic tiny spoon stirrer, and blue striped sugar stick on white napkin. The window has a black and white border design as well to look sort of like ornate architecture
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    LION CITY: SINGAPORE & THE INVENTION OF MODERN ASIA by Jeevan Vasagar via @littlebrown imbibed at Hirai Coffee

    The photo is of a table inside of a cafe. On the table is the paperback book with an illustration of old Singapore underneath modern Singapore. To the left is a plate of french toast. Above the book is a cup & saucer of black coffee with a flower design. A dark & light blue & purple inside of a purple jacket can be seen on the chair across. You can see a wooden door further in the distance.
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    TROOPER PETER HALKET OF MASHONALAND by Olive Schreiner (1897) via Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1431
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    CIVIL SOCIETY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA Edited by LEE Hock Guan via Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Press imbibed at Tallskogen

    The photo is of a small metal table above a wooden bench. The paperback book mentioned in the toot is mint green with some white, grey, & lighter green circles of various sizes. To the left is an espresso cup with the crema visible. The copy has many white eyeballs among a blue background. the saucer is a white ring around a blue ring. A woman's blue jeaned legs in a light grey jacket with standing sheep, but not her face, can be seen behind the table.
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    NEW MEDIA & THE NEW MIDDLE EAST Edited by Philip Seib via Palgrave Macmillan imbibed at Allpress Espresso Tokyo Roastery & Cafe

    The image is a photo of a narrow wooden bench on a concrete block. The bench is against a dark wooden fence. The book is green with the title listed in the toot. It is on the left edge. To the right is a wooden tray with a white mug of black coffee and a white mug of a flat white with tan foam & white rosette. Between them is a mostly pink card with white words Myanmar Genius and a smaller white section with pink ALLPRESS.
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    HIPSTERISM: A PARADIGM FOR MODERNITY by Tara Semple via Springer Publishing brewed with Maruca Coffee

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    IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MR KURTZ: LIVING ON THE BRINK OF DISASTER IN MOBUTU'S CONGO by Michela Wrong via Perennial imbibed at Cafe Po-te-ma-ru Shokudo

    The photo is of a table on which is the paperback book mentioned in the toot. It is white with an image of an old banknote with the late Black dictator of Zaire & the Congo, Mobutu Sese Seko in a general 's hat & Buddy Holly black glasses. To the right is a white cup & saucer of black coffee, with a few colorful flowers designed on the cup & saucer. On the saucer in front is a silver spoon & a plastic wrapped nut square bar.
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    PARADISE by Toni Morrison via Vintage Books imbibed at Moshi Moshi Coffee

    The photo is of a brown faux wood table on which is the worn white paperback book with a bright green yellow black & long skinny orange beak bird of paradise. To the right is a paper cup of black coffee. The cup is white interior with brown exterior with the coffee shop's logo of a 'phone' made from 2 paper cups & string
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    BEGIN AGAIN: JAMES BALDWIN'S AMERICA & ITS URGENT LESSONS FOR TODAY by Eddie S Glaude Jr via Vintage Books imbibed at Roar Coffee

    The photo is of seating outside a cafe against a large window. At the top you can see the ice cream area and shelving of coffee bean bags above paper cups & other cafe produced detritus. There is so much white. Outside on a tiny round table is a white coffee cup with a white lid. The white paperback book mentioned in the post has BEGIN AGAIN & the author's name in red. There is a black& white photo of the Black writer James Baldwin looking at the camera
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    NONE OF THIS IS SERIOUS by Catherine Prasifka via Canongate imbibed Tully's Coffee

    The photo is of a round reddish brown table. On the table is the paperback book mentioned in the toot. It has a purple frame of a shattered illustration of a faceless woman with black hair and a red top, the cracks being in purple too. To the right is a paper latte cup with strawberry chocolate flakes on top of whipped cream. The white paper cup says BE HAPPY above a circular illustration of TOM AND JERRY characters, a light grey dog, dark grey cat, & red mouse. Behind is a pink paper bag with the same illustration. The characters are looking at the word COFFEE below them. The bag has pink flowers all over it and the orange/green vertical striped TULLY'S logo is in the left hand corner. You can see the back of a display case beyond the table and blurry patrons sitting to the left.
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    SO YOU'VE BEEN PUBLICLY SHAMED by @jonronson via Picador imbibed at Coffee Base Meguro

    The photo is outside the coffee shop. The metal table is round. The paperback book is on it with an illustration of the eyes & forehead of the author, a white man with short hair and aquamarine glasses. Above his head are a round of hands pointing at him. To the right is a black mug of black coffee. In the distance are 2 Japanese people walking further by. There is a black sandwich board between the people and the table. The sidewalk is red brick
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