weekend open thread – September 12-13, 2026

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Book recommendation of the week: Chosen Family, by Madeleine Gray. It follows two close friends from childhood through adulthood, when they decide to have a child together before a falling-out ruins everything. I’m torn about recommending this because I found the main character insufferable by the end, but by the time that happened I’d already been sucked in and stayed glued to it the whole way through. (Amazon, Bookshop)

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