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Rated Artificial Condition 7/10

Rated Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency 7/10

Rated Exhalation 9/10

Wants to read Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began

Rated Doctor Who: Wirrn Dawn 6/10

Rated Fugitive Telemetry 8/10

Rated The Iliad 10/10

remarkable - and it’s trite to say that the mark of great literature is that it always tells you something about the time you’re living in no matter when it’s from, but…reading about a culture where masculinity is the central value and it’s defined by whiny, belligerent men, fixated on pride, recognition, deference and control of women’s bodies, who don’t give a moment’s thought to whether these things are worth imposing suffering on others to secure? It hits, folks

Added White Teeth to Want to Read

Rated I, Jacobi - In Conversation with Derek Jacobi 8/10

<div>If you're a fan of the actor, this is a nice conversation about his life and career.</div>

Finished reading Good Omens The Graphic Novel

Rated Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory 4/10

Rated Earthlings 7/10

<div>Interesting, but wtfffffffff</div>

Rated The Curse of Chalion 10/10

Rated When the World Didn't End 8/10

<div>Guinevere Turner's memoir about her childhood split between growing up in the Lyman Family cult and later an abusive household with her mother, step-father, and siblings was a harrowing read, but an interesting one. Using her diaries as scaffolding, she writes from the perspective of her child-self and how she felt about what was happening to her at the time. Though I maybe would have liked a little more adult-self perspective near the end, I also understand that writing it this way makes it all the more clear what it's like to be in these situations, how your perspective gets warped by what the adults in your life are telling you. It's also wild how she was actually somewhat safer within a cult than she was living with her mother/step-father, though of course, living with the Family had its own share of problems. I'd be interested to read another memoir from Turner about how she navigated life after getting free from these terrible situations.</div>

Rated Wade in the Water: Poems 10/10

Beautiful and heartbreaking and innovative. I wish everyone would read Tracy K. Smith.

Rated The Golden State 10/10

<div>Loved this. I was reminded that I wanted to read the book when it was recently included on a list of books that take place all over the US, ones that have a strong sense of place, and this one certainly does. I also found the tone of the writing very honest and relatable, particularly the harried mental-checklists-of-parenting-babies portions. I listened to the audiobook, and the narrator also does a great job with the different characters' voices. Definitely recommend.</div>

Finished reading You Can't Go Home Again

Finished reading Foundation and Empire

Finished reading Xenocide

Finished reading The Turmoil: A Novel

Wants to read Malice

Rated Morning Star 7/10

Rated Night Watch 10/10

Finished reading Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

Rated Doctor Who: I Am The Master 10/10

Oh I loved this. A bit meta, well-suited for headphones, the Master being devious. It's great.