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An old(er) man yaoi. My first reading about older couples. It was bit dark, auite realistic and all in all very lovable.

#manga

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Amor4Libros

Flat Broke with Two Goats: A Memoir | Jennifer McGaha

bailed

This one was not for me…

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Amor4Libros

Flat Broke with Two Goats: A Memoir | Jennifer McGaha

Current audiobook…Can‘t decide if the narrator‘s voice is boring me or not…

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jack777

Debt: The First 5,000 Years | David Graeber

so-so

Got a lil too scholarly and rambly for me at points. Some parts were hella interesting though. Just realizing what a philosophical concept debt is... crazy. Rec from mom. Took me ages to get through.

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Robotswithpersonality

Flat Broke with Two Goats: A Memoir | Jennifer McGaha

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Whoa. That was A LOT. A lot more than I thought it was going to be. I'm sure part of that's on me for browsing available non-fiction audiobooks and choosing one based on title alone. But even within the realm of 'economic crisis leads to more rustic accommodations', that was a lot. 1/2

Robotswithpersonality 2/? I appreciated how the author reflected on the circumstances leading to the dire financial situation, it always feels like a good time to remind oneself of the importance of fiscal responsibility and the perils of a too cavalier approach to credit and loans, the danger in investing in real estate you can't really afford, though I did not see the 'didn't pay taxes, owe back taxes' part coming. Which kind of leads into a fairly major point 9mo

Robotswithpersonality 3/? I didn't see coming.
McGaha appears to be a bit more clear-eyed at the time of writing this account, but the level to which she ceded financial matters to her husband (even if he is an accountant) sent a chill down my spine. Especially in light of the harrowing details related of her experience with domestic abuse by her first husband. 9mo

Robotswithpersonality 4/? The interval where she basically went off to try out a better paying job in the Midwest and seemed to have the first time to explore her own interests as an adult (first husband in college, first child soon after), the fact that it seemed more like the land and heritage of Appalachia called her back than the idea of her husband and the burgeoning farm, part of me wonders if a woman from a different generation, 9mo

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Robotswithpersonality 5/? less strongly connected to heteronormative relationship standards and generations of her family history would not have been happier elsewhere. Where the book ends doesn't leave me all that certain that she's happy, more like content with her lot, relieved it's not worse. It was a fascinating read for all that Gaha shared, the details of foreclosure, owing that much tax, the familiar tragedy of being underemployed 9mo

Robotswithpersonality 6/? because full positions in chosen field are not offered but low paying temporary ones are, learning to acknowledge how much she may have been relying on someone else to make choices, look after things for her, how her husband was actually fairing, figuring out caring for farm animals, and making at least some of your own essential foods, but I'm still getting 'has not grasped the consequences of acting without thinking' off of some of her 9mo

Robotswithpersonality 7/? behaviour and it's a little exhausting.
As a vegan reader the animal passages were rarely endearing. The attempted mental distancing from animals which are supposed to be primarily a source of food, even if they are not killed for meat, the effort to be philosophical about death and illness, the open admission of where McGaha and her husband mis-stepped and the animals paid for it, it meant that there weren't really any idyllic moments in the 9mo

Robotswithpersonality 8/8 Am I too naive for hoping for a better ending from a 'making the best of it' book? Perhaps. But as much as I can admire McGaha's writing, reflections, vulnerability, her connection to her family, I cannot see making the choices she made, even if I can fully empathize with the mistakes that led to a limited number of choices available.
⚠️Domestic abuse, animal death, recounting experience of seizure 9mo

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Serotonin

Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits, Vol. 2 | Waco Ioka

Kakuriyo, volume 2:
Another read from my TBR pile. It had been quite a while since I watched the anime and read the manga…so that it was refreshing to catch up with these characters again ☺️ Gotta get volume 3 next!

#manga #kakuriyo

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Debt: The First 5,000 Years | David Graeber

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The historical evidence is often murky Graeber quotes an absurd Babylonian text to show what he calls the paradox of debt: a way of thinking about money that strikes us as upside-down. Even as the contradiction vanishes, his book remains not just a folly but a serious folly.....
Full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6472734584

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The Hole We're In | Gabrielle Zevin

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This book follows a family helmed by a conservative Christian 7th Day Adventist father and his goes along wife and their kids, especially the youngest, Patsy. We see them across decades, through secrets and hypocrisies. I really liked this. I think this is Zevin‘s debut and I‘m not surprised it‘s good.

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LaurenAsh

The Hole We're In | Gabrielle Zevin

so-so

Beach vacation book #3

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