I‘m really digging this YA “nonfiction” book about Mary Shelley‘s life.

Oof. She did not have it easy. 🧟‍♂️⚡️

“I felt betrayed, the way you do when you discover that your cat has a secret secondary life and is being fed by neighbors who call him something stupid like Calypso. Worse is that he loves them as much as he loves you, which is to say not at all, really. The entire relationship has been your own invention.”

I have Psalm for the Wild-Built on my Kindle, but saw this at the library and it was kinda short looking and had good reviews so though I‘d give it a shot. Looks like the characters can take supplements and live on hostile planets, for some reason I read that and was like COOL I NEED 2 READ IMMEDIATELY ??

Listening to this 💎 gem 💎 on CD. I don‘t know if these stories are true but the audio version is an EXPERIENCE 👍

SURGERY FOR KNEE ARTHRITIS IS UNNECESSARY etc.

Starting this book. Should be a good October spooky read 👻

Author‘s memoir about her struggle with binge eating disorder. In this passage, she talks about what benefit she felt like she got from her #eatingdisorder

Also started this one by Lindy West. A collection of essays where Lindy “rewatch[es] successful movies from the past to see how they hold up to our shifting modern sensibilities.” She rates movies on a scale of 1 out of 10 dvds of The Fugitive, whereas The Fugitive is rated 13 dvds out of 10 dvds of The Fugitive.

This book is the authors debut and it‘s really good. Raj is on the verge of getting kicked off his elite tennis club after saying something beyond cringey and inappropriate while interviewing prospective members. Only so many people could pull off writing the protagonist‘s “faux pas” as well as Pandya does. Raj is a fully fleshed out, woeful character that I can‘t help but root for.

Short horror stories written by a female 🥰

I‘m gonna start posting this after every 1 and 2-star review I give out!

It‘s expensive to be me. #erikajayne

“All stories end in death, and he is no true storyteller who does not tell you that.”

I don‘t have a tattoo, but if I got one, I‘d want these bad bitchz- Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos #hecateae #greekmythology #threesisters #thefates

Did you know Sarah‘s Scribbles wrote a horror comic? A vampire dates a werewolf. It‘s so cyute!

“A young archaeology graduate student at Harvard is bludgeoned to death by the professor with whom she‘s having an affair... Harvard, determined to avoid bad publicity, thwarts a police investigation, protects the professor and silences the press. It‘s as if the murder never happened.” via New York Times

Great cover but there‘s quite a bit of controversy surrounding the author - Amanda Harlowe. She is accused of taking people‘s personal information and trauma for this book.

The authors first book - at 77 years old! A memoir about her mother‘s knack for twisting reality.

“Maybe there‘s something wrong at the Universal Fairness and Balanced Department. It‘s fucking MAYHEM out there.”
I‘m very excited that BROSH is BACK.

I don‘t know how a diet/nutrition book would go on audio, but we‘ll give this one a try. It is well reviewed on audible.

Books on cd! I‘ll probably start with the Fasting Lane one though

The dark days of oil spills are over according to this book. “More oil is poured down the drain by mechanics changing their engine oil than is spilled by the worlds fleet of oil tankers.”

I thought this book was released in 2005 bc the cover was a little corny, but it‘s from 2020! There are some terrible jokes in here but I died laughing in Chapter 2 (still reading, only on Chapter 3, so could keep going or could fall flat, who knows). For now I am very happy with this checkout from the library. Spill the tea plz ☕️

Does anyone else work in Quality Control?! Sometimes your cheese holes line up. 🧀 🤷‍♀️

Staying up late to read a book about sleeping? Also, there are surprisingly a large amount of holds on this book at my library. Back off, patrons!

“Have you ever found yourself wondering what we might have in common with stars, or why the moon never leaves us? Thinking about the precise dancing of planets, the passage of time, or the nature of natural things?”

My current read is very interesting and Matt Parker does a great job of taking the math out of the math talk. Every few pages are packed with real world examples of humans mistakenly applying math (or maybe math getting the last laugh?). Fun read. I‘ll pick it up later though because Teddy needs the lumbar support for right now. #catcuddles

Searching for lesbian necromancers? Search no more!

An Instagram star with a body by Reformer Pilates has a stalker.

Has anyone actually read this? Any good?

A “synthetic woman” obeys her Husband‘s every command according to the Hierarchy rules. Barely tolerated by his wife and unbeknownst to his child, the A.I. starts to keeps diary and starts to find a sense of self.

I‘ve never read a book by her but I tell everyone I love her books?!

Young, beautiful sister murders men. Older sister is a bit more reserved (also a nurse!) & helps the younger one clean up the mess. Set in Lagos, Nigeria.

We don‘t get all the WHYs, but there‘s enough there to guess. The author does a great job of showing and not telling in terms of the sisters‘ dynamic, police corruption, women/men & power, etc. The chapters are short and punchy, the book moves fast.

Image is the author

Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage

I love how unaware she is of her privilege. Somehow grew up very very backwoods and poor but was living in LA when she was 19 and immediately got a job at Miramax? Sure, Jan.

I‘ve checked this book out multiple times and have never started reading, but turns out the audiobook is like 4.5 hours and I need a new audiobook so I‘m ACTUALLY READING IT THIS TIME.

Do you ever check out too many books at the library and have to return them before you even crack the cover?

Got this book pre-pandemic from the library bc I liked the colors on the book cover. Finally read the inner jacket and it actually sounds interesting! From a Daily Show guy, so it‘s gotta be a little good??

I love listening to Birbiglia, so we‘ll try this one out. ebook from my library!

I actually didn‘t like World War Z (🙈), but this one is going good!

via Me and White Supeemacy

RE: white feminism

After reading this (in Pandemic, USA), I am confident America would have treated a Chernobyl-like-incident very similar to the Soviets.

On being an introvert and not partaking in white silence. #blacklivesmatter

We must call a thing a thing.

Some major Gypsy Rose Blanchard Munchausen syndrome by proxy vibes 🩺👩‍🦽💉

I loved HBO‘s Chernobyl and it‘s hitting me different during Covid.

I‘d long nurtured the private suspicion that I was an outcast not because I was inferior, but because I was exceptional ....

Audiobook is read by Grace Gummer, Meryl Streep‘s daughter. She read young Vanessa in one go and then older Vanessa, and you can tell while listening! The author did a really good job with finding a realistic voice for a teenage girl, trauma, PTSD, etc. not an easy listen though.

I thought it‘d be a bit more “important” than rich teens doing drugs and having crushes on poor people but I‘d probably give the 2nd book a whirl.