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<div class="bottom-bg"> <div class="excerpt"> <p>It was nearly midnight in the little village on the north shore of Loch Ness, but the sun still hung stubbornly in the sky. The loch’s placid surface was a blue-grey mirror. Seagulls cawed noisily overhead, interrupting the otherwise silent night. I checked into my tiny roadside cottage, decorated in kitschy Loch Ness Monster décor, […]</p> <div class="textright"> <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/02/05/fake-news-and-the-loch-ness-monster-by-rebecca-siegel/" class="readmore"><span>»</span>»</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-26569" class="entry small post-26569 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-author-posts tag-kaitlyn-sage-patterson"> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/on-being-a-horse-girl-by-kaitlyn-sage-patterson/"> <img width="222" height="180" src="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_0224-1.jpg?w=222&h=180&crop=1" class="attachment-entry-small-thumb size-entry-small-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_0224-1.jpg?w=222&h=180&crop=1 222w, https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_0224-1.jpg?w=444&h=360&crop=1 444w, https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_0224-1.jpg?w=150&h=122&crop=1 150w, https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_0224-1.jpg?w=300&h=243&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px" data-attachment-id="26564" data-permalink="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/img_0224-1/" data-orig-file="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_0224-1.jpg" data-orig-size="1650,2550" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_0224-1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_0224-1.jpg?w=194" data-large-file="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_0224-1.jpg?w=650" /> <span class="overlay"></span> </a> <span class="box">February</span> <span class="et_date">04</span> </div>  <h2 class="title"><a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/on-being-a-horse-girl-by-kaitlyn-sage-patterson/">On Being A Horse Girl by Kaitlyn Sage Patterson</a></h2> <p class="postinfo">posted by <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/author/cbethm/" title="Posts by CBethM" rel="author">CBethM</a></p> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="bottom-bg"> <div class="excerpt"> <p>In my informal, lifelong study of horse girls, which is widely accepted to be a gender neutral term within the community, I have found that we horse girls are usually born, not made. I wrote Presley and the Impossible Dream for all the horse girls who, like me, weren’t born into horsey families and had […]</p> <div class="textright"> <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/on-being-a-horse-girl-by-kaitlyn-sage-patterson/" class="readmore"><span>»</span>»</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-26563" class="entry small post-26563 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-author-posts tag-marcelo-tolentino"> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/01/22/boredom-and-idleness-essential-elements-for-creativity-by-marcelo-tolentino/"> <img width="222" height="180" src="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_0075-1.jpg?w=222&h=180&crop=1" class="attachment-entry-small-thumb size-entry-small-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_0075-1.jpg?w=222&h=180&crop=1 222w, https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_0075-1.jpg?w=444&h=360&crop=1 444w, https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_0075-1.jpg?w=150&h=122&crop=1 150w, https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_0075-1.jpg?w=300&h=243&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px" data-attachment-id="26562" data-permalink="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/img_0075-1/" data-orig-file="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_0075-1.jpg" data-orig-size="730,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_0075-1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_0075-1.jpg?w=219" data-large-file="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_0075-1.jpg?w=650" /> <span class="overlay"></span> </a> <span class="box">January</span> <span class="et_date">22</span> </div>  <h2 class="title"><a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/01/22/boredom-and-idleness-essential-elements-for-creativity-by-marcelo-tolentino/">Boredom and Idleness: Essential Elements for Creativity by Marcelo Tolentino</a></h2> <p class="postinfo">posted by <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/author/cbethm/" title="Posts by CBethM" rel="author">CBethM</a></p> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="bottom-bg"> <div class="excerpt"> <p>“Some time or another, we all experience that feeling that every day is the same, the same people and places, the same conversation, the same food – and wonder about what if it wasn’t?” I’ve spent nearly half my 38 years living in the house where my picture book Sunday takes place, in a small townhouse in […]</p> <div class="textright"> <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/01/22/boredom-and-idleness-essential-elements-for-creativity-by-marcelo-tolentino/" class="readmore"><span>»</span>»</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-26552" class="entry small et_no_thumbnail post-26552 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-author-posts"> <h2 class="title"><a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/01/21/creating-a-safe-harbor-for-books-on-climate-change-by/">Creating a Safe Harbor For Books on Climate Change by</a></h2> <p class="postinfo">posted by <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/author/cbethm/" title="Posts by CBethM" rel="author">CBethM</a></p> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="bottom-bg"> <div class="excerpt"> <p>The seed for Safe Harbor was planted one cold, blustery winter day when I spotted a lone seal on a beach in Rhode Island. By the time “my” seal (which was quite well as it turned out) returned to the water, my sixth novel for young people was starting to take shape. I could see […]</p> <div class="textright"> <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/01/21/creating-a-safe-harbor-for-books-on-climate-change-by/" class="readmore"><span>»</span>»</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-26549" class="entry small post-26549 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-author-posts tag-kami-garcia"> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/01/20/honoring-and-spotlighting-neurodivergence-in-middle-grade-lit-by-kami-garcia/"> <img width="222" height="180" src="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_9999-1.jpg?w=222&h=180&crop=1" class="attachment-entry-small-thumb size-entry-small-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_9999-1.jpg?w=222&h=180&crop=1 222w, https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_9999-1.jpg?w=444&h=360&crop=1 444w, https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_9999-1.jpg?w=150&h=122&crop=1 150w, https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_9999-1.jpg?w=300&h=243&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px" data-attachment-id="26548" data-permalink="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/img_9999-1/" data-orig-file="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_9999-1.jpg" data-orig-size="1650,2400" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9999-1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_9999-1.jpg?w=206" data-large-file="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_9999-1.jpg?w=650" /> <span class="overlay"></span> </a> <span class="box">January</span> <span class="et_date">20</span> </div>  <h2 class="title"><a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/01/20/honoring-and-spotlighting-neurodivergence-in-middle-grade-lit-by-kami-garcia/">Honoring and Spotlighting Neurodivergence in Middle Grade Lit by Kami Garcia</a></h2> <p class="postinfo">posted by <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/author/cbethm/" title="Posts by CBethM" rel="author">CBethM</a></p> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="bottom-bg"> <div class="excerpt"> <p>I became a writer by accident, and I owe my writing career to my students. Before I fell into writing, I spent seventeen years as an elementary school teacher and reading specialist. When I wasn’t teaching in the classroom, I led book clubs for middle school and high school students. I cowrote my first novel […]</p> <div class="textright"> <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/01/20/honoring-and-spotlighting-neurodivergence-in-middle-grade-lit-by-kami-garcia/" class="readmore"><span>»</span>»</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-26541" class="entry small post-26541 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-book-lists category-nerdies tag-2024-nerdies tag-book-lists tag-donalyn-miller tag-nerdies tag-reading"> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/01/05/nominate-your-2024-favorites-for-the-14th-annual-nerdies-awards-by-donalyn-miller/"> <img width="222" height="180" src="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nerdy-book-club-monster-large-jpg.jpg?w=222&h=180&crop=1" class="attachment-entry-small-thumb size-entry-small-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nerdy-book-club-monster-large-jpg.jpg?w=222&h=180&crop=1 222w, https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nerdy-book-club-monster-large-jpg.jpg?w=444&h=360&crop=1 444w, https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nerdy-book-club-monster-large-jpg.jpg?w=150&h=122&crop=1 150w, https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nerdy-book-club-monster-large-jpg.jpg?w=300&h=243&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px" data-attachment-id="15475" data-permalink="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2017/12/01/our-6th-nerdversary-by-donalyn-miller/nerdy-book-club-monster-large-jpg/" data-orig-file="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nerdy-book-club-monster-large-jpg.jpg" data-orig-size="1278,719" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="nerdy book club monster large. jpg" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nerdy-book-club-monster-large-jpg.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/nerdy-book-club-monster-large-jpg.jpg?w=650" /> <span class="overlay"></span> </a> <span class="box">January</span> <span class="et_date">05</span> </div>  <h2 class="title"><a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/01/05/nominate-your-2024-favorites-for-the-14th-annual-nerdies-awards-by-donalyn-miller/">Nominate Your 2024 Favorites for the 14th Annual Nerdies Awards by Donalyn Miller</a></h2> <p class="postinfo">posted by <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/author/donalynm/" title="Posts by donalynm" rel="author">donalynm</a></p> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="bottom-bg"> <div class="excerpt"> <p>This year has been a challenging one for readers of all ages. Increasingly, an onslaught of book bans, scripted reading programs, budget cuts, and other restrictions seem to limit young people’s access to books and deny them opportunities to connect with reading. In many schools and libraries, educators and librarians fear legislative mandates that seek […]</p> <div class="textright"> <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/01/05/nominate-your-2024-favorites-for-the-14th-annual-nerdies-awards-by-donalyn-miller/" class="readmore"><span>»</span>»</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-26522" class="entry small post-26522 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-top-ten-lists tag-glenda-funk"> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2024/12/06/books-to-tickle-your-funny-bone-by-glenda-funk/"> <img width="222" height="180" src="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/how-to-tantrum-like-a-champion.png?w=222&h=180&crop=1" class="attachment-entry-small-thumb size-entry-small-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/how-to-tantrum-like-a-champion.png?w=222&h=180&crop=1 222w, https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/how-to-tantrum-like-a-champion.png?w=150&h=122&crop=1 150w, https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/how-to-tantrum-like-a-champion.png?w=300&h=243&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px" data-attachment-id="26528" data-permalink="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2024/12/06/books-to-tickle-your-funny-bone-by-glenda-funk/how-to-tantrum-like-a-champion/" data-orig-file="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/how-to-tantrum-like-a-champion.png" data-orig-size="364,312" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="how to tantrum like a champion" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/how-to-tantrum-like-a-champion.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/how-to-tantrum-like-a-champion.png?w=364" /> <span class="overlay"></span> </a> <span class="box">December</span> <span class="et_date">06</span> </div>  <h2 class="title"><a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2024/12/06/books-to-tickle-your-funny-bone-by-glenda-funk/">Books to Tickle Your Funny Bone by Glenda Funk</a></h2> <p class="postinfo">posted by <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/author/cbethm/" title="Posts by CBethM" rel="author">CBethM</a></p> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="bottom-bg"> <div class="excerpt"> <p>My two-year-old grandson Ezra loves to laugh. His irresistible giggling brings joy to my heart and a wide grin to my face. Together we read and laugh and share the joy books bring. Few things please me more than humor, whether through children’s books, via smart sitcoms and movies, or through laughter that brings catharsis […]</p> <div class="textright"> <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2024/12/06/books-to-tickle-your-funny-bone-by-glenda-funk/" class="readmore"><span>»</span>»</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-26520" class="entry small post-26520 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-author-posts tag-suma-subramaniam"> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2024/12/05/a-journey-of-words-how-reading-made-me-a-writer-by-suma-subramaniam/"> <img width="222" height="180" src="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_9556-2-1.jpg?w=222&h=180&crop=1" class="attachment-entry-small-thumb size-entry-small-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_9556-2-1.jpg?w=222&h=180&crop=1 222w, https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_9556-2-1.jpg?w=444&h=360&crop=1 444w, https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_9556-2-1.jpg?w=150&h=122&crop=1 150w, https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_9556-2-1.jpg?w=300&h=243&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px" data-attachment-id="26519" data-permalink="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/img_9556-2-1/" data-orig-file="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_9556-2-1.jpg" data-orig-size="6912,3456" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9556-2-1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_9556-2-1.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_9556-2-1.jpg?w=650" /> <span class="overlay"></span> </a> <span class="box">December</span> <span class="et_date">05</span> </div>  <h2 class="title"><a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2024/12/05/a-journey-of-words-how-reading-made-me-a-writer-by-suma-subramaniam/">A Journey Of Words: How Reading Made Me A Writer by Suma Subramaniam</a></h2> <p class="postinfo">posted by <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/author/cbethm/" title="Posts by CBethM" rel="author">CBethM</a></p> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="bottom-bg"> <div class="excerpt"> <p>When I was little, my family did not travel far and wide for vacations. But my parents made every extra coin count when it came to buying books and affording the library membership. The long established British and Rotary club libraries in Bengaluru—my hometown in India—were too expensive. So my dad took me on his bicycle […]</p> <div class="textright"> <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2024/12/05/a-journey-of-words-how-reading-made-me-a-writer-by-suma-subramaniam/" class="readmore"><span>»</span>»</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-26514" class="entry small post-26514 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-author-posts tag-rainie-oet"> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2024/12/04/happy-birthday-from-everyone-who-loves-you-and-will-love-you-by-rainie-oet/"> <img width="222" height="180" src="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_9549-1.jpg?w=222&h=180&crop=1" class="attachment-entry-small-thumb size-entry-small-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_9549-1.jpg?w=222&h=180&crop=1 222w, https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_9549-1.jpg?w=150&h=122&crop=1 150w, https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_9549-1.jpg?w=300&h=243&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px" data-attachment-id="26512" data-permalink="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/img_9549-1/" data-orig-file="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_9549-1.jpg" data-orig-size="348,450" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9549-1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_9549-1.jpg?w=232" data-large-file="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_9549-1.jpg?w=348" /> <span class="overlay"></span> </a> <span class="box">December</span> <span class="et_date">04</span> </div>  <h2 class="title"><a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2024/12/04/happy-birthday-from-everyone-who-loves-you-and-will-love-you-by-rainie-oet/">Happy Birthday, From Everyone Who Loves You and Will Love You by Rainie Oet</a></h2> <p class="postinfo">posted by <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/author/cbethm/" title="Posts by CBethM" rel="author">CBethM</a></p> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="bottom-bg"> <div class="excerpt"> <p>Trans and queer and nonbinary kids, little or big:   this book is for you. You are never alone.   Every birthday can be a celebration.   Because the world wants you.   Because   everyone who loves you and everyone who will love you   wants you   to be you,   to grow, […]</p> <div class="textright"> <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2024/12/04/happy-birthday-from-everyone-who-loves-you-and-will-love-you-by-rainie-oet/" class="readmore"><span>»</span>»</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-26499" class="entry small post-26499 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-author-posts tag-peter-cheong"> <div class="thumbnail"> <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2024/11/21/on-doing-whatever-you-want-by-peter-cheong/"> <img width="222" height="180" src="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_9226-2-1.jpg?w=222&h=180&crop=1" class="attachment-entry-small-thumb size-entry-small-thumb wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_9226-2-1.jpg?w=222&h=180&crop=1 222w, https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_9226-2-1.jpg?w=444&h=360&crop=1 444w, https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_9226-2-1.jpg?w=150&h=122&crop=1 150w, https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_9226-2-1.jpg?w=300&h=243&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px" data-attachment-id="26502" data-permalink="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/img_9226-2-1/" data-orig-file="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_9226-2-1.jpg" data-orig-size="2624,3376" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9226-2-1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_9226-2-1.jpg?w=233" data-large-file="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_9226-2-1.jpg?w=650" /> <span class="overlay"></span> </a> <span class="box">November</span> <span class="et_date">21</span> </div>  <h2 class="title"><a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2024/11/21/on-doing-whatever-you-want-by-peter-cheong/">On doing whatever you want by Peter Cheong</a></h2> <p class="postinfo">posted by <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/author/cbethm/" title="Posts by CBethM" rel="author">CBethM</a></p> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="bottom-bg"> <div class="excerpt"> <p>It’s ironic that I pursued a career in children’s books to get away from essay writing and public speaking, as nowadays I’m getting asked to do more and more of both. 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