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Hello, blogiverse!  This is Neri, Juv/YA book blogger from Postcards from La-La Land.  I've recently decided I need a place to occasionally talk about books and other topics that don't really fit on a Juv/YA blog.  I used to do so at LiveJournal, but then I found out they were bought by a Russian company and now require users to abide by Russian internet laws -- which is very bad news for LGBTQIA content and political views.  So I'm moving my favorite LJ posts here*, and deleting my LJ account.

Welcome!


* Ok, so you'll notice a bunch of them are actually about YA books that I for some reason didn't feel like talking about on Postcards.  But from now on, this blog will focus on non-Juv/YA stuff.

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