Chinatown Pretty: Fashion and Wisdom from Chinatown's Most Stylish Seniors (Hardcover)

By Andria Lo, Valerie Luu

$24.95

Though Seattle’s Chinatown International District is not included in this book, which covers Chinatowns in San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Chicago, NYC, and Vancouver, BC., the elders portrayed here have a familiar fashion sense: eclectic, thrifty, layered, and often with an exuberant nod to fashion history. We have a lot to learn from this generation, especially during a pandemic. They’ve survived much worse in many cases, and their stories (and fashion) are celebrated in these pages.

All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries (Paperback)

By Martha Wells

$15.99

I've cried several times over how much I care about Murderbot. All Systems Red is more of a "start it before bed and then stay up until 5 in the morning finishing it" sci-fi thriller than a tear-jerker, but it's Murderbot's unique point of view that makes this book (and the rest of the series!) as wonderful as it is and had me hooked from the first sentence. A bot-human hybrid owned by a company and treated as a tool, Murderbot copes like the rest of us (through humor, deflection, and binge-watching) but its struggle with anxiety and with the alienation that comes with being seen as less than human is often made more difficult by being shot at. Highly recommend.