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Perfect Victims

Visceral Honesty and Gorgeous Writing

Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd

January 1, 2026 by ASKReviews 2 Comments

Rating: 5 Stars In a nutshell: Palestinian poet and journalist El-Kurd shares his perspective on life in Palestine under colonial occupation. Best for: Anyone who cares about justice, freedom, and morality. Worth quoting: I underlined so much of this book, I’d basically be reproducing it here. But some passages that really stuck with me are: “The standard, across industries, is to dehumanize the Palestinian.” “We must not wait for Haaretz or the New York Times to arrive at the miraculous epiphanies we have long called […]

Filed Under: Featured, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Mohammed El-Kurd

ASKReviews's CBR18 Review No:1 · Genres: Featured, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Mohammed El-Kurd ·
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Why I need to read titles better or how I read Shafik rather than Scanlon

What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract for a Better Society Minouche Shafik by Minouche Shafik

January 1, 2026 by matt_thac 1 Comment

Starting this year as I probably mean to but won’t go on by posting my reviews just after I’ve read the book. This year, I’m going to try to get a little more balance between literary fiction and non-fiction and who knows, might even stray off my go-to genres of politics, philosophy, and development economics. Not today, mind you, but maybe tomorrow. I’ve been drawn to this book for a while, sitting on my shelf after accidentally thinking it was “What we owe to each […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Minouche Shafik

matt_thac's CBR18 Review No:1 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Minouche Shafik ·
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Part 9 Only Posting Already Done Review Now Let’s See How Many Are Left Over After That I Will Never Do This To Y’All Again

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

The Philadelphia Chromosome: A Genetic Mystery, a Lethal Cancer, and the Improbable Invention of a Lifesaving Treatment by Jessica Wapner

Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami

The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America by Matt Kracht

December 31, 2025 by dsbs42 2 Comments

Book 41: Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll Rough Review: 5 stars. This is an interesting book. I’ve tagged it both as True Crime and Historical Fiction. Its relationship to the idea of “based on a true story” is fascinating. I’m not sure I’ve read a book quite like this before, and I think I appreciated it more than I enjoyed it. That’s not a knock against it, the subject matter is quite brutal and the fact that it’s based on a (n infuriating) true […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: jessica knoll, Jessica Wapner, Laila Lalami, Matt Kracht, rufi thorpe

dsbs42's CBR17 Review No:45 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: jessica knoll, Jessica Wapner, Laila Lalami, Matt Kracht, rufi thorpe ·
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A House Divided Cannot Stand

107 Days by Kamala Harris

December 31, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

Oh God, what is going to happen to our country. ….yeah. I think that I just feel tired. I feel weird giving this 5 stars frankly because it depressed the crap out of me. And it’s because I saw this coming from July 2024. As soon as the Democrats (Senate, House, etc.) and then the mega donors and others came out against Biden. I knew we were going to end up here. I frankly just got exhausted reading behind the curtains so to speak. I […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 107 Days, Kamala Harris

Classic's CBR17 Review No:187 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: 107 Days, Kamala Harris ·
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Part 8

My Friends by Fredrik Backman, Neil Smith (Translator)

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

December 31, 2025 by dsbs42 Leave a Comment

Book 36: My Friends by Fredrik Backman, Neil Smith (Translator) Rough Review: 5 stars. I have so many thoughts and feelings about this book. AND SPOILERS NO TIME TO REDACT. The first 70 pages or so were perfect. Just quirky and heartfelt and true, and SO funny, these sensitive, awkward little weirdos with too many feelings, lucky enough to find their people, for however brief a time. I thought there was no way he could keep it up for 400+ pages, and if he did, I would […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Andy Weir, Colson Whitehead, Fredrik Backman, Neil Smith (Translator), John Vaillant, Ruth Ware

dsbs42's CBR17 Review No:40 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Andy Weir, Colson Whitehead, Fredrik Backman, Neil Smith (Translator), John Vaillant, Ruth Ware ·
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Review Part 7 I Don’t Think I’m Going to Make It

Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine by Uché Blackstock

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer

How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley

Here After by Amy Lin

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

December 31, 2025 by dsbs42 Leave a Comment

Book 31: Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine by Uché Blackstock Rough Review: 4 stars. I have so many thoughts about this one, but they’re all over the place and I’m afraid I won’t remember them all, but I’ll try to put them in some sort of order. This is the third book read for my genetic counselling book club in 2025, which is a book club I found through linked in when I was still researching and applying for GC master’s programs, […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Amy Lin, Clare Pooley, Jesse Q. Sutanto, Jon Krakauer, Uché Blackstock

dsbs42's CBR17 Review No:35 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, History, Mystery, Non-Fiction · Tags: Amy Lin, Clare Pooley, Jesse Q. Sutanto, Jon Krakauer, Uché Blackstock ·
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