Event: Book Fair
Prompt: Free Range
Team: Veggie Vigilantes
Project Name: Starfleet Academy “Book” Bag
Project Link: Starfleet Academy "Book" Bag
Brief Description: I scanned my favorite Starfleet Academy book and printed it on printable fabric to use in the the ‘book’ quilt block, and made a bag. All from my stash!
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BOOKLIST: (This was such a cool idea; I’ve already added to my to-read list from everyone sharing!)
CHILDHOOD BOOKS:
- Poinsettia & Her Family by Felicia Bond - This was my favorite children’s book. It was supposed to be a message about appreciating your family, but the imagery and joy the main character experiences in the house when her family is gone… I guess I always knew I’d love living on my own.
- The Moon Bridge by Marcia Savin - I read this in 3rd or 4th grade and have never forgotten it. It’s about two friends, one who is Japanese-American and is sent to an internment camp with her family during WWII.
- Starfleet Academy books - These were a series of Star Trek books for middle-grade, and being a child trekkie before the days when we had internet in our homes (not until I was a teenager) they provided me joy and connection with my nerd-side that I was lacking since there were no other trekkie kids in my class.
ADULT BOOKS:
- Under the Dome by Stephen King - This was the first story by Stephen King I’d ever read. And I was surprised that his writing is not at all what pop culture paints it as. His work (to me) is more character study than anything else, and I was hooked.
- Metatropolis by John Scalzi - This was an intriguing anthology (series, actually) with stories by sci-fi authors imagining what cities of the future may look like, taking into account current climate, classist, etc. issues but also offering hopeful perspectives. Greenspace was my favorite, actually.
- Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez - Nonfiction and extremely interesting. Very factual, sometimes frustrating and terrifying (not because of the tone/language of the book; it tends to be quite neutral) how the world is not only more difficult to navigate but outright dangerous (ex: motor vehicle design) for women simply because so many things were designed without taking the existence of women into account.