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Robotswithpersonality

Joined June 2022

Funny fantasy, sci-fi for speculating, meta horror, final girls, Greek myth, pleasant mysteries, ace/agender rep
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The Stand by Stephen King
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The Piano Tuner: A Novel by Daniel Mason
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Honest, pragmatic, vulnerable.
Subjectively, I can say, as an atheist who has previously dabbled in neopaganism/Wicca, there was a lot of relatable content in here.
But there were also a multitude of experiences and thoughts that stretched my credulity: I couldn't follow the author in all of her reasoning, interpretation, anxiety, over-thinking, and what appeared to be emotional trauma, occasionally leaking out during her practice. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? This is a writer recounting many excerpts from a year and a day exploring the religions associated with Witchcraft as well as the practice of Witchcraft, reading and interviewing, doing spells and rituals and attending seasonal celebrations and community events. 1d
Robotswithpersonality 3/? But it's also a memoir of this woman reflecting on her (lack of) relationship with her deceased father and the shared life with the atheist boyfriend she lives with as they continue to support each other, both struggle to find a more satisfying living situation together, transitioning from the quarantine to the new reality of an ongoing pandemic, her people-pleasing tendencies, and how this all spilled over into her explorations of Witchcraft. 1d
Robotswithpersonality 4/? I loved the writing, it's good, memorable and often funny, not always in a self-deprecating manner.
Helmuth retains a grounded sensitivity to issues of cultural appropriation, racism, history of colonialism, gimmick/snake oil/consumerism which can creep into the craft and religion, as well as raising some points specific to a more recent look at Wicca: the limitations provided by older texts' emphasis on the gender binary of the God and
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Robotswithpersonality 5/? Goddess, the maiden, mother, crone dynamic, the orthodoxy and intricacy of ritual that is theorized to have a linkage to many early practitioners having a Judeo-Christian organized religious background, the widespread acknowledgement that this is a tradition created in the twentieth century, with no historical proof of ancient linkage points, as much as earlier symbolism has been cited/borrowed, which the author reckons with at length. 1d
Robotswithpersonality 6/6 It's an odd paradox, to watch a belief system and magical craft arguably structured around more religious freedom and individual empowerment cause such frequent quandaries in a person who went looking for spiritual fulfillment, specific answers, but the journey of exploration is authentic, and I appreciate the book for holding steady in this regard, relaying the doubts and discoveries as they unfold.

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Demon smurf summoning! But not really? 🫣

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OMFG. 😅

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The hazards of over-reliance on textual interpretation...

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Gozzle | Julia Donaldson
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My new favourite dedication page.

RoyallyReading It's so cute! Love it 😄 2d
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Gozzle | Julia Donaldson
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Absolutely lovely! Can easily see it becoming a picture book classic for a new generation. A timeless story of finding family, of the changes in growing up, of finding love and acceptance as your idea of family grows too.
The art and the writing are a charming match. ❤️

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The outlandish fun continues. 🤪
Highlights for me in this volume include:
Cat chase while errand running- the ending! 😍
Volleyball rematch calling on the power of princess and wife 😉
Bonus story where Miku critiques her own dream's internal logic/premise for a magical girl transformation story 😆

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“...the incense of climate change.“ 😬
I'm gonna remember that one.

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The Stand | Stephen King
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Today's 'scratched my brain just right' sentence.

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I guess my main question is what's the difference between meditating and meandering?
A pastiche of reminiscing on personal train journeys past in North America and Europe, shared travel experiences with others, snippets of personal history, discussion of train travel history and trivia, reflecting on moments in quarantine when travel is not possible and the author is determining what she gets out of it.
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Robotswithpersonality 2/2 A pleasant quantity of the information related is through a feminist lens.
Just a book that didn't leave much of an impression in the end. 🤷🏼‍♂️
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Dinosaurs Before Dark | Mary Pope Osborne
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Odd experience for me as an adult reader. I love picture books, when you can spend a brief moment in a little story, when consuming the text arguably takes less time than admiring the illustrations.
I enjoy a lot of graphic novels, where the image vs text consumption time is about equal.
But there's something about early reader level chapter books with a smattering of illustrations - it's like the ratio is off. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? I can and do enjoy image-free books of all lengths, but this, given the size of the font, even split into smaller chapters, set up for a certain reading level, for my personal reading comprehension, it just felt like a poorly-paced short story. 🤷🏼‍♂️
There's no way for me to see its full merit because I'm really not the target audience.
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Robotswithpersonality 3/? I enjoy the premise of a magical treehouse that takes you to other times and places via a simple wish and the material in a stock of books, it's a lovely and simple metaphor about the transformative power of reading, complete with little factoids you can learn from reading books, this time about dinosaurs. 5d
Robotswithpersonality 4/? It looks like there are different reader levels within the series, but this is the part where I admit I haven't had the best luck with children's chapter books, reading them as an adult, so this was kind of a Hail Mary to start with. I am glad I got a taste for the nostalgia without having to spend much more than 60 pages in the world. Apologies if I just offended someone on behalf of their childhood faves. 😬 5d
Robotswithpersonality 5/5 Good news, aside from an unrealistically positive view to climbing into strange buildings in trees and the friendliness of dinosaurs to small children, I didn't see anything sketchy in this children's book from 1992, and that's kind of a rarity! 5d
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The Winter Soldier | Daniel Mason
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Oof. It feels a little weird to still be championing Daniel Mason's writing, when in other hands, I'd be explaining that this novel lived up to every expectation of a tragic war-torn novel and its predictable plot beats. Did I see everything coming? No. But did I guess exactly how it would end just over halfway through? Yes. We can have the discussion about an author skillfully leading you towards a conclusion, 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? but I can't help but feel that it isn't the mystery writer skill of hinting in such a way that the reader can have a moment of revelation as much as it was me sitting there thinking up the most fraught, tragic ending, and wondering if the author was going to go there, and then he did.
Which doesn't really help to dissuade me from my biased hypothesis around the purpose of many historical novels.
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Robotswithpersonality 3/? If you want to get all in your feels, the non-happy-ones, it's a reliable genre for such emotional manipulation.
But having sen it coming, I'm closer to miffed than sad.
So, rant over, back to me again affirming that I absolutely love how Mason writes. I continue to maintain he has gotten better, I prefer his more recent releases to his backlist, but he captivates me on a story and sentence level,
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Robotswithpersonality 4/? where very few author's writing in the historical genre do the same.
I have one more book, his first, and I'll be caught up with his body of work. Here's to hoping his debut departs from the bleak/tragic that were his second and third efforts.
The particulars: If you have a problem with the discussion of medical afflictions and early twentieth century treatments I'd recommend skipping this one. There's a fair amount of ick.
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Robotswithpersonality 5/? On a theme level:
War is hell, acknowledged, this book deals in some of the less front line versions of that hell, the soldiers suffering from physical and mental wounds, the callous bureaucracy, the inconceivable hard-heartedness in an impossible position that is those looking for more canon-fodder.
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Robotswithpersonality 6/? The main character is trying to find purpose and belonging, but the quality of his character seems ill-suited for everything from ballroom decorum to catch-22 nature of life in a field hospital, even though it's clear he considers medicine his calling. He's a bit selfish, a bit weak, and it feels as much like there are few opportunities for his growth as much as he doesn't act when he could.
Does one mistake define the rest of your life?
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Robotswithpersonality 7/7 Compelling stuff, it just makes me a little miserable. 😣😖
Now for a walk, and then picture books.

⚠️animal experimentation, discussion of early medical procedures
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Dude. 😏😉😑😐🤔💡😯😮

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Offering prospective partners that will make materially advantageous matches to banish the ghostly remembrances of the woman he's still in love with? Yeah, exorcism sounds about right.

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Taking a moment to be grateful for modern medicine. 🫣 If anyone wants to fill me in on the early medical trivia that explains why beef tea is good for skin infections, I'm all ears!

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“...the curative power of manliness...“ Yeesh. 🤦🏼‍♂️

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The over-the-top ridiculousness continues, to my great joy.
Highlights this volume for me include:
-Reconciling the characters battling in a performance for children with a tea ceremony of Tatsu's making, who are swayed from their planned performance out of sheer terror of Tatsu
-the retired mob boss who's a big softie for dogs
-the former mob boss's wife, now diligent grocery store employee, playing peekaboo with a kitten
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That was a LOT. Not entirely certain if this particular storyline continues after this book, but at least for now, I think I've had my fill of alternate worlds where Batman is in even rougher shape.
The multiverse, the look at Batman and the Joker, their psychology, remains interesting, but the emphasis on endless battle is exhausting. I'm glad to see Tim go looking, but the poor boy's still full of drama, 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/2 obviously my preferred story lightener is Nightwing, and he wasn't featured.
And one could argue, the catalysts put forth in Batman: Failsafe, the robot and the subconscious, are not resolved. If the story continues beyond this volume, that makes sense, but it makes for a less satisfying ending to this one, and the story within this volume was not engaging enough to make me want to pursue the finale. 💁🏼‍♂️
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Yep, turns out I did read this before, but I only actually remembered the first story, so here are my expanded thoughts, since I didn't say much the first time 'round. One day I will stop being surprised by how dark a book with the word dark in the title can be. 🙄
Honestly, in that all the characters are still in a state where they believe in fighting the (nigh insurmountable, omnipresent) bad guys, as opposed to grimly resigned 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? to their fate and struggling to go on, this isn't as dark a read as it could be.
Nevertheless, all the stories feature cyber agents of an oppressive surveillance police state represented by The Magistrate, a threat that is not truly defeated in any of the stories.
I picked this collection up because the first story was, as usual, flawlessly, illustrated by Dan Mora.
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Robotswithpersonality 3/? In any case, the whole 'not actually resolving the threat' kind of made the story with Batman as the lead, the story with Jason Todd as the lead, the story with Batman and Superman teaming up, and even the one with Tim Drake hopped up on Lazarus resin less satisfying than they might have been.
It's conclusive at this point: I'm not the kind of superhero comics fan that loves a story arc spread over more than one set of issues collected in a
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Robotswithpersonality 4/? single graphic novel.
That being said, the stories featuring female protagonists, Catwoman (and Talia!) and the Great Train Robbery, and Future State: Harley Quinn were fantastic. They just appeared to me to have had a much clearer arc, an end goal accomplished with sass. Cat Woman as a figure in the resistance, inspired by Batman to join when it's not her first instinct;
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Robotswithpersonality 5/5 Harley Quinn using the smarts so many underestimate to play those who tried to use her, I think the writers and artists tapped into key points in their characters to make more resonant tales. 1w
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The Winter Soldier | Daniel Mason
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Don't judge a book by its title! 🤭

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Today's 'scratched my brain just right' sentence.

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Evidence for my longed-for hypothesis. I sincerely believe train travel will be my favourite, if I ever get the chance. 🫤

StaceGhost We take the train to see my in-laws every November and it‘s my favorite 1w
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Yes, that is a retired mob boss losing it over how cute his dog looks in its new sweater in the top panel, and kicking his feet up in the impromptu photoshoot in the bottom left panel. 😍

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Scary nun is scary for a reason.

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Relatable: Read three books and two journal articles, then I might be open-minded about it... 🥴

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Mom's winning! 😅

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Feeling a little weird about this one...
At first you've got the 'archaeology is nifty, here's some nifty archaeology!' Like a 'series of articles interviewing different archaeologists' feel, kind of chatty pop science narration vibes.
Then: uh oh, but it's really hard to get a decent paying job, or funding, or legal protection for sites, often at the mercy of private developers, and then there's identifying human remains from historical wars 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? and current crimes and protecting heritage sites from current wars and...veering a little too close to true crime for my taste.

If the idea was to ease the reader in with the adventurous bits and move into harder hitting topics, I don't think the progression landed, because the writing tone continues to feel fairly light.
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Robotswithpersonality 3/? The ending chapter on world heritage emphasizes some important points, but despite visiting new sites and talking to new people, it does feel like a repeat of concerns already expressed, with the possible exception of introducing contemporary historical archaeology and on a separate note: American archaeologists stealing the spotlight from a Peruvian archaeologist, I appreciated the call out of appropriation. 1w
Robotswithpersonality 4/? Despite the uneven tone, the book focuses in on several important issues:

Of particular interest to me was the contrast in funding between active digging and preservation of archives - the idea that what was previously discovered could still be lost to time because there's not enough money to either catalogue what has been found or keep the storage space necessary to house it, and yet there isn't enough funds to employ all archaeologists in
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Robotswithpersonality 5/? digging or teaching/research positions either, says something dismal about how the position is viewed by the governments determining funding.

I can appreciate that various professional archaeologists are softening on amateur efforts that are not just well-intentioned but conscientious, but similar to all the appreciable volunteer efforts, and the using salvage law because conservation law hasn't caught up, these work-arounds point out that
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Robotswithpersonality 6/? the legislation and the funding is lacking.

One final point on funding that was not addressed by Johnson: one of the chapters in this book felt awfully close to military propaganda, especially in relation to talking up the amount of money the American Department of Defence spends on archaeology, in harsh contrast to the earlier discussions about all the ways archaeologists and archaeology groups have lost or depleted funding,
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Robotswithpersonality 7/? almost like the military is getting a way bigger budget than sciences and so can afford to throw some of that to archaeologists...🤨...this book was written in 2014, but the news suggests this problem has only gotten worse in the U.S.

Some additional positives?
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Robotswithpersonality 8/? I did like seeing the multiple instances featured of archaeologists mentioning the growing emphasis on the intelligence of ancient man, ancient civilizations, especially indigenous populations, fighting against racist ideas of the past.

In a similar vein, there is frequent acknowledgement of the strides women have taken in the profession, always in opposition to patriarchal bastions, the old ideas about allowing women into the schools or
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Robotswithpersonality 9/? into the field. 🙄

It's obvious that Johnson admires archaeologists' devotion in the face of so many obstacles, it does invite investigation, to know what provokes such stubborn perseverance, but it's clear in her conclusion that it's not a particular site or hypothesis that draws them in, as much as it is the passion for the field in general, looking into the history of humans.
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Robotswithpersonality 10/? There is another book by Marilyn Johnson on by TBR, but I admit, I'm second guessing it after this reading experience. I think I could have stuck with any one archaeologist she introduced and had a more engaging time in a book written in their own words. Will have to see if there are memoirs, something a little less dry than grey literature, by any of the professionals in question, getting their perspective first hand, and not bouncing around 1w
Robotswithpersonality 11/11 quite as much.

⚠️ Description of butchering an animal, mention of SA, misogyny
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He made a friend! 🥹♥️🦙

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Unique NYE plans. ☺️🥂

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Preservation and conservation: keep the history found from being lost. 👏🏻

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Whew, again I say 😮‍💨

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“To some extent, archaeologists find what they're looking for, and if you never look for evidence of powerful women, even if the hills and valleys are full of queens and warriors, they'll be invisible.“ 👸🏿👸🏽👸🏾👸🏻🙌🏻

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Prime candidate for a cozy mystery series. 🥸

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One plant heals, another harms...😬🫣

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The wacky shenanigans with the history/threat but not the reality of violence, more absurd parody of it, continues.
The highlight for me this volume were the chapters focusing on the sweetest father-in-law ever.
The dessert competition with social media engagement stakes is runner up.
I'm noticing some traditional gender norm judgements on display, but its limited to antagonists spouting such nonsense, and unorthodox-ly contested by our 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/2 unsettling hero.
Though for as many women as there are appreciating Tatsu's accomplishments in the domestic sphere, I do wish more males than Masa were also willing to follow in his footsteps.
Perhaps too lofty a goal for such a comic series, still glad for the simple reversal of older standards, having Miku be the career woman, in the breadwinning role.
On to the next volume!
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Tatsu, the original cornball.🥰

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If I had a coffee table, this would definitely be on it. This book indicates that there are variations in Harris's style, not all pieces are the same carefully-coloured, impressionist brush-stroke versions of sci fi scenes shown to such great effect on John Scalzi's Old Man's War series book covers.
A large portion of the art in this collection is similar in style however, and surprise, all are my new favourites.
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Robotswithpersonality 2/3 I'll admit, as opposed to the balance between text and image that was the 70s sci fi art book I read recently, this is majority image, and perhaps because it wasn't nifty trivia and history, I am of the subjective opinion that the few artist reflections, and the extended storytelling in the latter third don't add as much to the book. To each their own. 2w
Robotswithpersonality 3/3 If you get a chance, at least take a flip through to appreciate that sci fi cover art doesn't have to bow to the prominent 'dark, sharp, cold' aesthetic. 2w
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Last look: toasty alien landscapes. 🔥🐦‍🔥

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Batman: Urban Legends Vol. 6 | Brandon Easton, Tini Howard, Greg Hahn, Blake M. Howard
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Heck of a mix in this one.

Leather Bound is dark, grotesque, heavy on the violence to animals and involves one person with icky rash and one guy with multiple limbs getting eaten. There's a message and a hint of psychological musing in there, but I'd be less nauseous if I skipped it.
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Robotswithpersonality 2/? Castle Arkham: On Haunted Wings is still a bit gooey, but well worth the read, a gloriously gothic historical horror tale focusing on a city called Arkham rather than Gotham. I would be interested to see other installments from this alternate world.

The Wheelman of Gotham: It's the simple things, sometimes it's just enjoyable to see Batman wreck two Batmobiles in pursuit of a young woman of colour who bested him more than once, and ends
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Robotswithpersonality 3/? with a hint at a future where we might see more from her.

Nightwing Presenting: The Director:
I mean it's a Nightwing story, kind of automatically a favourite. Jamal Campbell has earned my interest as a writer and artist after this one. Oh, and evidently there's a sharply dressed villain called The Flamingo that eats faces. Still adjusting to this fact.
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Robotswithpersonality 4/? Get a bunch of shorter stories after these four, of those, two stood out.
The first, Belle & Beau: sort of a Bonnie & Clyde/Robin Hood mashup with millenial/Gen Z angst, young people not seeing much future in the imbalance of wealth and opportunity of late stage capitalism exacerbated by Gotham's villain scene, deciding on the direct approach for personal wealth redistribution to themselves, and I always love when you can see the Bat pause
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Robotswithpersonality 5/? to think on the shades of gray. [Utility, the last story in this collection has a similar flavour, Batman being reminded of what the citizens are dealing with while he tries to fight all the dark forces, and re-evaluating how he can help, action vs inaction]. 2w
Robotswithpersonality 6/6 Second short to stand out is Survivor's Guilt: a look into the murky past of Montoya, all the too real ways that policing is a broken system, that needs no special 'Gotham is corrupt' edge to dramatize the true to life details. I'm really glad the story went there, and again, really glad we see a woman of colour as the main character in a story, and taking a leadership role.

⚠️animal death, suicide, dismemberment
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Does anybody else see a happy little bug?

Texreader Yep that‘s the first thing I thought! 2w
Dilara I do! 2w
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Like the palette of an autumn day brushed over the scene of new visitors. 🍂🍁

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I loved this SO MUCH! You know that phrase 'brain teaser'? Well this was a cross between a 'brain engager' and a 'brain happy-er'. 😁 I honestly think the the title and cover do the book a disservice because it's a such a clever, well-crafted little collection of poems. On top of both the title and the poem itself in each case indicating an image related to the subject matter, most of the poems had a pleasant rhythm and a rhyming scheme. 1/2

Robotswithpersonality 2/2 This might seem like the bare minimum, but I think it's a pleasant bonus that the poems are fun to read aloud in addition to being enjoyable to look at as a graphic design.
If you need a moment to remember poetry is for everyone, pick this up. ♥️
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You know that quote from Last Holiday, where Queen Latifah's character is admiring the hotel and asks : “don't that ceiling ever just make you want to cry?“
THAT'S how I feel about John Harris's impressionist sci fi art. Forgive the genre pun, but I find a lot of typical, modern sci fi art to be alienating. It's sharp and cold. Even if the subject matter is about what is unknown, I need to know there can be warmth and softness and colour.

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Batman: Urban Legends Vol. 6 | Brandon Easton, Tini Howard, Greg Hahn, Blake M. Howard
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Awwww, Alfred voice for encouragement. 🥹

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Today's 'scratched my brain just right' sentence.

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As seems to be happening more often these days, the non-fiction that has been staring at me from the depths of my TBR for years, are turning out to be great reads that I wish I read earlier.
In this case, I'm very glad I have the full picture of what this book offers by reading it 'in one go', but I think its strength will be in its use as a manual, something to refer back to repeatedly along the craftivist journey, in addition to the online 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? site mentioned.
I am heartened, hopeful, in some sense renewed, by the recounting of Sarah's efforts, by her careful outlining of what being an effective craftivist, a gentle, compassionate protestor is all about.
I really appreciate her continual emphasis on certain facts that I think help this movement to be particularly inclusive:
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Robotswithpersonality 3/? -craftivism is a part of the activist toolkit, it is not meant to replace or devalue other forms of activism
-all kinds of people may be interested in joining if you keep an open mind
-research is key to understanding the people you want to reach and the issue you want to address
-empathy, the focus on becoming a critical friend rather than an aggressive enemy of those who you are trying to engage in making a change
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Robotswithpersonality 4/? -continually evaluating your efforts, asking 'crafterthoughts' to hone your intentions and projects
- exercising humility: ensuring you are filling a gap or aiding a group already doing the work, consulting the people directly affected for their thoughts/approval of your plan, but not taking too much of their time, emotional labour
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Robotswithpersonality 5/? I couldn't possibly summarize everything the book covered, but I love that my first read through has left such an impression. If you're at all curious, I highly recommend picking it up.
Corbett has professionally worked as an activist so I could see where her outlined journey might seem intimidating, but she's careful to indicate all the ways you can join in, get started, and the book makes it clear how worthwhile such efforts are.
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Robotswithpersonality 6/6 Heads up: There are a couple paragraphs about J.K. Rowling that did NOT age well from this 2017 book; thankfully Rowling's no longer part of the stitchable changemakers collection on the associated website. 😬 2w
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Pleasantly pointless. There's a meandering humour to the task not going to plan, and then the somewhat abstract ending. It gave me a giggle and a chance to see more of Klassen's art, so mission accomplished. ☺️

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