#BookReport
Continued with my yearlong reads
Continued the buddy reads: Northanger Abbey #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow and Lamentation #ShardlakeBR
I finished By the Fire We Carry, Autocracy Inc. and The Bookshop at the Back of Beyond
I continued Please Do Not Touch This Exhibit
I‘ve started Sister in Law, A Leopard-Skin Hat and on audio Weyward
pick4.5⭐️ I really liked this book and it was an excellent read. #2025 #socialjustice #nonfiction #memoir
pickI have been fascinated by the events at Dyatlov Pass for quite some time. This book recounts the author's retracing the journey of the hikers and delivers a very plausible theory of what happened.
I thought A Little Life was heart wrenching. This book is so awful in the best possible way. My heart raced, I cried, and I had to put the book down many times. The worst child abuse imaginable and even then sometimes the author would refuse to write it. The fact that it is a fictionalized version of a real story? I can‘t even comprehend these monsters.
This book is disturbing on every level. I knew the name but wasn't familiar with the story. On one hand, I appreciate the fact that she hasn't sanitized what happened to her. People need to know that there are monsters all around us, and I think awareness is the only way to spread that message. However, I wouldn't say I'm enjoying reading it. Considering she was captive from age 11-almost 30, it is remarkable she has written a book.⬇️
pick"The McGirt decision resulted in the largest restoration of tribal land in US history."
Nagle does an amazing job telling you many different stories of Native people, while also explaining how the US government committed genocide on them, mixing history and current court cases to paint a detailed and complex picture of the Muscogee land. The writing is exceptional, very easy to read and understand.
"As long as the grass grows or the water runs"
"Chief Justice Roberts repeated the lies told about the Five Tribes to justify allotment."
As someone who followed not only this case closely but also follows the SCOTUS closely each year I hope that people get that CJ Roberts is an asshole out of this book (while also understanding that Gorsuch was right here but always wrong everywhere else - also a jackass but does good in this area)
"Oil and gas producers don't fight regulation as it comes up; the industry lays the groundwork to ensure future regulation is not possible."
"(Oil &gas industry) Organized (..) laws preempting bans on plastic bags- a petroleum product. As of 2020, fifteen states have banned the banning of plastic bags, while only eight limit their use. "
Asif I needed another reason to always use my tote bags.
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