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These are hard times. Give your mind and spirit a break with this bouquet of bookish delights.

• From R. O. Kwon at electricliterature.com, 34 books by women of color to read this year. Although this list includes some of my favorite writers, I have read none of these – yet.
• I’ve done a little better with this list from Danika Ellis at Bookriot of  10 mind-blowing bi-lesbian-books.
• Also from Bookriot, this intriguing article about cool subscription services from indie bookstores, by Tirzah Price.
• Finally, here are the three books Stanford is asking incoming freshman to read over the summer, courtesy of Abby Jackson at Business Insider. (Hmm, I’ve only read two…) Stanford summer reading list 2017

Have you read any of these books? Want to recommend them? Are you finding new titles for your To Be Read list?

Plunge into a good book. What else is summer for?