Wants to read Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race
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Wants to read Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Wants to read The Senator Next Door: A Memoir from the Heartland
Wants to read How to Save a Constitutional Democracy
Wants to read The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Wants to read Randomistas: How Radical Researchers Changed Our World
Wants to read The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
Rated The Shutouts 8/10
<div>I got this book from Netgalley, not realizing it is set in the same world as an already existing book that I have not read (<em>Yours For The Taking</em>). Luckily, I don't think it is vital to have already read it to enjoy <em>The Shutouts</em>.<br><br>All of the characters here are interesting, even when they are making decisions that literally had me saying YIKES aloud. Set in the near-ish future, when all our climate change problems have somewhat passed the point of no return, each of these people are just trying to survive the best way that they can. The environmental concerns are very realistic, and I hope it makes readers give our potential impending disasters some thought. Even if we can mitigate damage, even if our future doesn't shake out exactly like this, it's going to be difficult nonetheless.</div><div><br></div>
Rated God Hates Astronauts, Vol. 1: The Head That Wouldn't Die! 4/10
This was not really for me, and is probably more for a person who gets more of the in-jokes of the comics, but there were still some funny parts. The sound effects were hilarious, and the art was certainly interesting... albeit definitely gross at times! (that's kind of the point though... Again, wasn't for me, but I see what they were doing.) Also, a fighting bear army? That's also funny. It's every plot that's gone off the rails, questionable decisions galore, and a feeling of "WTF did I just read?" at the end. You may like it better than I did.
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Rated The Suburban Swindle 6/10
It’s a slim volume, eight stories alone, but all are drenched in the smallest details — the way a bitter drink slides down throats, the texture of scars from old wounds, and the way the one’s environment turns otherworldly while under the influence.<br><br>I didn’t love every story — some seemed too lost in the details at the expense of plot — but I did appreciate the realness of each character. None are all that likeable, but I’ve certainly met people like them. They’re the screwed up men and women you see out in dive bars, scruffy and intense with one another, knowing the bartender by name. They smoke cheap cigarettes outside and talk blithely about their buddy’s most recent criminal troubles.<br><br><i>(Full review can be found at <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2010/09/suburban-swindle-by-jackie-corley.html">Glorified Love Letters</a>.)</i>