My romanticized nostalgic childhood summer replay: kimberlyhirsh.com
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\nFinished reading: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton 📚
\nA great time and at its most interesting in the places where the movie departed from it.
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I’m doing a couple of qualitative action research projects at work and, as one does in qual research, have collected a huge amount of data (mostly student work samples) and now have to figure out how to analyze it. 📓
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\nA great interview with Sara Nović about her book Mother Tongue, parenting, and writing.
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\nFinished reading: The Long Game by Rachel Reid 📚
\nLike literally everyone, I adore Ilya Rozanov. Depression rep here really resonated with me.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/KimberlyHirsh/89875115","date_published":"2026-05-10T07:20:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Kimberly Hirsh","url":"https://kimberlyhirsh.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F8984.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"KimberlyHirsh"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-10 07:20","date_timestamp":1778397631,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89865252","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9781488076985/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Role Model by Rachel Reid 📚
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\nFinished reading: Common Goal by Rachel Reid 📚
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\nWant to read: Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better by David Epstein 📚
\nLong ago, Kim Werker and Kate Bingaman-Burt convinced me of the value of creative constraints. I love that there’s now a book all about it.
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\nFinished reading: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Four: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan 📚
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\nFinished reading: Sundust by Zeke Peña 📚
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\nFinished reading: Tough Guy by Rachel Reid 📚
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\nFinished reading: The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 📚
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\nFinished reading: Sweet Starfire by Jayne Ann Krentz 📚
\nSci-fi romance. 😍
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