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Finished reading The Dawnhounds

Finished reading My Cat Yugoslavia

Wants to read Life Is Strange Vol. 1: Dust

Wants to read Lock In

Rated Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire 9/10

<div>Since the publication of this book in 2022, contributor Refaat Alareer was killed by an Israeli airstrike in December 2023. He wrote the poem you may have seen, "If I Must Die."&nbsp;<br><br>Contributor Mosab Aubu Toha was arrested in November 2023 while trying to cross into Egypt with his family. He was released three days later after international pressure.<br><br>Contributor Israa Jamal was still trying to leave Gaza with her family as of May 10, 2024, when yet another Israeli strike in Rafa required them to evacuate to a different area. I am unsure if they made it.<br><br>Other writers from this collection are still alive and writing about Gaza, but I couldn't find current information for all of them. I hope they are safe.<br><br>If you would like to know more about Gaza, to read Palestinian voices discussing the struggles and hopes they have for their homeland, this book is worth the read. (As of right now, Haymarket Books has the ebook version for free on their site.) It's a mix of academic writing, personal essay, poetry, and photographs that cover a wide range of subjects while still making it clear that the occupation needs to end. I admit to glazing over a bit in the AI chapter, and sometimes the academic portions were not exactly clicking with me, but that's a Me problem. Overall, very glad to have read this, and I learned a lot.<br><br>Ceasefire now. Free Palestine.</div>

Finished reading Let the Mountains Be My Grave

Wants to read [Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son] [Author: Chabon, Michael] [October, 2009]

Wants to read Doctor Who: Lights Out

Finished reading Womb City

Finished reading The Trans Space Octopus Congregation: Stories

Finished reading Welcome to Forever

Finished reading Children of Time

Finished reading Children of Ruin

Finished reading Shards of Earth

Finished reading Lords of Uncreation

Wants to read Love and Fatigue in America

Wants to read Magpie Murders

Finished reading City of Last Chances

Finished reading House of Open Wounds

Finished reading Alien Clay

Finished reading Elder Race

Rated Marine Park: Stories by Chiusano Mark (2014-07-29) Paperback 8/10

This collection of short stories about a less popular section of Brooklyn came my way through a Penguin marketing email looking for book reviewers who might be interested. I neglected to do a proper review (my “being behind on reviews” tales of woe are best saved for another time), but I still enjoyed this book. Let it be known to the marketing people within publishing houses that those emails do their job because I’d never heard of Chiusano before that day, and I’m not sure if I would have noticed the book otherwise.<br><br>(This mini-review appears at <a href="http://persephonemagazine.com/2015/05/the-delight-in-reading-lists-and-challenges-20-suggestions/%22">Persephone Magazine</a>.)

Rated McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales 4/10

Major highlights for me were Michael Chabon and Adam Levin's contributions, as well as the play from Wajahat Ali. Colm Tóibín's short story "The Street" was absolutely fantastic, and the fortune cookie scroll was amusing. However, I hated <i>Jungle Geronimo</i> and <i>Bicycle Built For Two</i> wasn't much better. An imperfect, but still good collection in a great package.<br><br>My full and more detailed review can be found on <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2011/06/mcsweeneys-36-including-work-by-michael.html">Glorified Love Letters</a>.

Rated Drowned Country 10/10

Rated Silver in the Wood 10/10