@bookstodon Another really good graphic nonfiction book I've read recently, and recommend, is WE HEREBY REFUSE, regarding the Japanese-Americans forced into internment camps in WWII.
The story addresses a common victim-blaming response to the plight of others: "Why didn't they fight back?" It's almost always the wrong question, even though indeed, they did fight back. Victim-blaming is a pernicious permission structure, allowing us not to care about terrible events that happen to other people.
Book 19 - 2024 (cont) "Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins - Beauregard Lionett"
Graphic Novel
My one (tiny) complaint is that at 52 pages it felt a little short - but it's a quality bound, small format hard cover, and does have 4 back pages of character development sketches.
I think I'm just used to books that are Sandman / Saga length, and those are prob not representative of the averge Trade Paperback/Hardback comic any more
I've enjoyed the #Criticalrole Origins comics - (own all, am slowly reading them).
This gives background to Beau's family life and why she was sent to the Cobalt Soul academy - essentially it's treated like an 'Involuntary Trouble Youth residential School'. Great story, great art, even some character development sketches / evolution. Highly recommend.
Book 18 - 2024 'Head-On' John Scalzi: Audiobook: Amber Benson
2nd time alternating between reading text/listening to Audiobook - again - really enjoyed Amber Benson Narration
Didn't enjoy this as much as it's predecessor 'Lock-In' by Scalzi. This plot felt meandering.
Being familiar with the characters, I liked learning more about their lives and the world they live in, but felt the plot (although highly plausible) was mostly 'meh'
Ok so I'm #reading#Hothouse by #BrianWAldiss now, and this is such a strange and mysterious setting I guess I'll keep going with it, just wow.
Only two chapters so far. Earth, 2 million years into the future. The planet no longer spins, and vegetal life has evolved to the top of the food chain.
Book review #27 for 2024 is Steve Silberman's Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity. A helpful and informative book on the unfolding journey of and...battles with/for, regarding people who interact with their world differently. I found this book to be helpful in understanding the rise of what we today call neurodiversity. ☕☕☕☕1/2 review. @stevesilberman@books@bookstodon@bookstodon#autism#neurodiversity#books#books2024 #
Ok ok, so I started #reading E. M. Forster's #TheMachineStops and it is a #ScienceFiction short story, and it pretty much predicts a lot of stuff in today's society it is actually scary :blobcatnotlikethis:
Ok so past the midway point of The Palace of Eternity by Bob Shaw.
This story started out nice, immersed me a ton, has done plot twist after plot twist and now it completely changed everything again and I am in awe at the stuff going on right now like, what's next?? I have no ideaaa
Books - 2024
15 Fangirl & 16 [DNF] Carry On: The Rise & Fall of Simon Snow
both by Rainbow Rowell
Fangirl: Cath is a S Snow fan. She's also 'Big Name' fanfic writer who's desperate to finish her version before the Canon final book is published. She's also just staring University
Carry On is the in-universe fanfic that Cath is writing, except it's not, it's the Author of Fangirls version of the Simon Snow stories
Books - 2024 [cont]
15 Fangirl & 16 [DNF] Carry On: The Rise & Fall of Simon Snow
both by Rainbow Rowell
I really liked the concept behind this, I was excited reading the excerpts of Cannon and Fanfic from the 'Simon Snow' stories as featured in Fangirl, but the execution was.. lacklustre .. it and read like polished but soul-less .. tie-in fluff
I say that as someone who loves fanfic, has read it for years, and has read some amazing works - but this ain't it
Buuut it was a New York Time Best Seller, and I think this is the fifth time I've read a book - reallly did not like it - and then discovered it was on the NY Times best seller list.
Strongly suspect I'm just not a NY Best Selling Author kind of reader
I started #reading#AgathaChristie's A Mysterious Affair at Styles yesterday and it's kinda fun so far, will read a chapter a day and should be done in a couple weeks :blobcathappy:
Well, this is my #review of #Dune, and it is complete, because it ended here.
Random thoughts, my journey of reading and more filler because it's my #blog after all. Mild #spoilers ahead, behind a clear warning and you can skip them!