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The Wallcreeper by Nell Zink

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Girl meets boy. Well, woman potentially committing corporate espionage is spotted by a company man. Company man whisks her away to a life of luxury. Well, they get hastily married after knowing each other for three months. His parents suggest a suicide pact. I felt sad. His awkward hands reminded me of the flames around Joan of Arc at the stake. Honeymooners leave America for Europe. Well, man takes a shady position at the shady company and wife is along for the ride. Man hits a […]

Buggies are cool

Bugs in Danger: Our Vanishing Bees, Butterflies, and Beetles by Mark Kurlansky

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Bugs in Danger: Our Vanishing Bees, Butterflies, and Beetles by Mark Kurlansky is this years Something Rotten: A Fresh Look at Roadkill by Heather L. Montgomery for me. This is not because it has a similar theme nor is nearly as humorous as Montgomery’s book. But it does take a subject (bugs) that I have no interest in and made it interesting. I think buggies are cool, but I had no real interests in learning about them. But I liked the book cover. I figured I […]

Let Your Life Be a Counter Friction to Stop the Machine

This is Not a Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook by Extinction Rebellion

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Welcome to the Anthropocene era, the fossil fuel-powered nightmare of our own making. Our hot and crowded planet has hit Defcon 3. Right now, a record number of fires is burning down the Brazilian rainforest, threatening three million endemic plant and animal species. Mass bleaching in the heat-stressed Great Barrier Reef has reduced baby coral by 89% since 2016. Okjökull is the first (but not the last) glacier to disappear from Iceland. Last month Paris hit 109º, the hottest temperature ever recorded in the city, […]

“Why do you always quote poetry at me when all I want is a straight answer?”

Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis

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The first time Lynn killed a man, she was 9 years old. Her mother taught her the ways of shooting and with good reason: she and Lynn had something highly coveted.  A small pond of water, in a world that was desperate for it.  Now into her teenage years, Lynn is used to the lonely life she and her mother tend to, a life that cycles only around surviving.  Collecting and purifying water is their number one priority. Hunting and growing another. Keeping the men […]

This review should have been done 3 years ago

Time Salvager by Wesley Chu

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I only half read Time Salvager. I’m really stubborn and I absolutely hate to DNF but this book has been sitting on my coffee table and my Goodreads “Currently Reading” for three years. I wish that were an exaggeration. Even though my copy was signed by the author when I went to a reading when this first came out, it’s time. I should have liked this. The general premise and the opening scenes are really intriguing. Humanity can time travel but it’s really dangerous and […]



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