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kspenmoll

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race | Jon Stewart

I could not resist posting this. Laugh out loud funny of course. Warning: #ranttime

https://youtu.be/_GXNJ3V9lzg

JenReadsAlot I so needed that laugh when I watched it earlier! 21h

dabbe Lordy be, did I need this! 😂💙😂 20h

TheBookHippie @JenReadsAlot same!!! 20h

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Susanita 😂😂😂 20h

Jadams89 I cackled when I saw it earlier - so good 🤣🤣 20h

ShelleyBooksie It was so good! 20h

CoffeeAndABook So so good! 😂 also sad, I cannot believe this is our reality now 🤦🏼‍♀️ 18h

KadaGul My mom was a big fan of Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. She was pretty upset when he left, but excited to see him back on Mondays. 16h

AnnCrystal 👏🏼😂😢🥲✊🏼. 14h

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Chelsea.Poole

The Echo Chamber | John Boyne

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This satire is a blazing takedown of cancel culture and our collective obsession with social media and being chronically online. I love John Boyne‘s books but have read about his own recent situation which he was “cancelled”. Knowing his personal views and in light of recent events, I read this through a lens of “this is how the author feels” when outrageous and over the top “woke” characters were skewered. An absurd #dysfunctionalfamily.⬇️

Chelsea.Poole ⬆️ After reading this I just know John Boyne is seething mad about his current situation. Though it was hard to read knowing he has spoken out about against those he should be welcoming in his own community, it was a good read, hilarious and biting. 6d

AmyG Very interesting. I still want to read this, perhaps more now. 6d

Bookwomble He unintentional (I assume) wrote a transphobic novel, acknowledging that he didn't speak to any trans people when doing his 'research', and then refused to take on board the reasonable criticism from the trans community when issues were brought to his attention. The arrogance of writing somebody else's story about which you know little is rather startling. I haven't "cancelled" him, but I do exercise my freedom to not read any of his books ? 6d

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BarbaraBB Interesting! I want to read it too. 6d

Jas16 @Bookwomble He has labeled himself a TERF and come out in support of Rowling. The Polari Prize was cancelled this year due to the uproar over his inclusion. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyvme385e6o.amp 6d

Prairiegirl_reading I really liked this one too and I was so excited for the elements that just came out here in Canada but I won‘t be buying that one or any others by him. To support jk Rowling and actually call himself a terf! No thanks. 6d

Bookwomble @Jas16 So sad that my assumption was wrong 😕 Thanks for the info - that just confirms my decision not to bother with him. 6d

Chelsea.Poole I was so surprised at the content of this novel. If I didn‘t know his thoughts when reading this, I would have assumed he was supportive of the trans community but knowing he wasn‘t definitely changed the way I read it. I will say it is a very well-observed take on the way social media is used as a weapon, and looking at motivations of people and the duplicitous nature of some. 6d

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everlocalwest

Breakfast of Champions: A Novel | Kurt Vonnegut

so-so

It has been ages since I've picked up a Vonnegut novel and I did not particularly enjoy this one, which deeply saddens me. Mayhap the passage of time for me personally or the passage of time culturally, or maybe just the bitterness of the modern era stole the zest from this satire. So it goes.

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Amiable

A History of the African-American People [Proposed] by Strom Thurmond | Percival Everett

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An epistolary novel that imagines former Sen. Strom Thurmond‘s wish (and that of his PR aide) to chronicle his part in shaping African American history in the U.S. (It‘s not a spoiler alert to say they believe he was a positive influence.) This book is totally bonkers but also makes pointed statements about the hypocrisy of Northern states condemning Southerners for racism while ignoring their own lack of commitment to civil rights.

Tamra Oh, this sounds soooooo satirically delicious! 3w

JenniferEgnor I‘m currently in SC, and the statue of Strom is still standing on the grounds at the Statehouse in Columbia…meanwhile, they continue to ban books about the roles men like him had in history. Shameful. 3w

Amiable @Tamra It‘s Percival Everett —so it‘s satirical and hysterical and thought-provoking and insane! 😄 3w

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Tamra @Amiable indeed - I can only imagine! Everett is so stinking good at satire. 3w

Suet624 Is this new? 4d

Amiable @Suet624 No, it was published in 2004. I had to request an interlibrary loan because my library didn‘t have it anymore. 4d

Suet624 @Amiable wow. There are so many I still have to read of his and this one looks amazing. (edited) 4d

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keithmalek

Nature is the Worst: 500 Reasons You'll Never Want to Go Outside Again | E. Reid Ross

Fishing for sharks, cutting off their fins for soup, and then throwing the rest back into the sea is a hideous practice, but the sharks may be getting the last laugh. Researchers at the University of Miami found out in 2012 that shark fins contain a neurotoxin that scientists have linked to Lou Gehrig's disease and other degenerative conditions, such as Alzheimer's.

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JenniferEgnor

Look Who's Back | Timur Vermes

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What if Hitler appeared today—alive, confused, and pissed off? In the times we are living in, I fear he might receive more welcome than disgust. This book is satire, but it‘s also a warning. Fascism is on the rise all over the world. It needs no Hitler, because it has new ways and voices that allow it to spread and thrive. This book asks how we respond when it shows up. Shown: Nazis in Indianapolis.

Darklunarose I agree. It‘s scary seeing what is happening today.they are everywhere here too, publicly showing themselves. The other day about 100 marched through Melbourne. Last year they were unfurling signs over expressway bridges. It‘s not a good thought. 1mo

AmyG It‘s frightening. In a fight between good vs evil….we all need to fight. 1mo

Chrissyreadit #fightingevilempires is real! 1mo

TheBookHippie They never left. They can just be out now. They march here too. Horrific. 1mo

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Pogue

The Sellout: A Novel | Paul Beatty

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I do not get satire. I did not find this funny and if my Bookclub had not picked this I would have DNF.

Sace I did DNF it. I just didn‘t get it. 2mo

AmyG Same 2mo

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JuliaTheBookNerd

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater | Kurt Vonnegut

#EPluribusUnum 💜💛

#JulyJazz 🐚🌺☀️🌴🌊🫧 🍉🇺🇸🎆

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs 💜💛 2mo

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uncommonlycozies

The French Revolution: A Novel | Matt Stewart

not your average revolution.
more of a reimagined #BastilleDay but still has the spirit of 1789 through a modern San Francisco family.
It‘s messy, rebellious, & full of heart 🇫🇷
there‘s a chapter called The Tennis Court Oath which also happened in 1789.
#julyjazz #satire #uncommon #regionalfiction
#literaryfiction #postmodern

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Sounds good 👌🏼 2mo

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