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I Used to Know That: Stuff You Forgot from School by Caroline Taggart
4.0
Cute little Cliff Notes for all of your high school career. I wonder if there's an updated version that could be useful for future generations as a tome to have on hand when needing to look up concrete things instead of just googling always.
The Secret Journal of Ichabod Crane by Alex Irvine
4.0
So terrible the way this show went downhill so quickly. It deserved a 8-9 season run. Everything was there, but the writing just didn't keep up to what could have been. That first season was like lightning in a bottle and this journal is a testament to how exciting it all felt back then.
The Little Work: Magic to Transform Your Everyday Life by Durgadas Allon Duriel
Did not finish book. Stopped at 56%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 56%.
Sometimes a book on TSG seems.... unpopular or uncared for and it's curious to find out if it's terrible or a diamond in the rough.
This is neither?
This seems like a new agey sort of The Emotional Code companion, slash beginner magic for non-witches or closeted witches. I am past this part of beginner magic/practical thinking phase. I listened to the Beginning the Little Work section after the first section turned into a list of correspondences for each of the cardinal directions that every other beginner magic book has listed before, and then figured nothing else would be of use to me.
This is neither?
This seems like a new agey sort of The Emotional Code companion, slash beginner magic for non-witches or closeted witches. I am past this part of beginner magic/practical thinking phase. I listened to the Beginning the Little Work section after the first section turned into a list of correspondences for each of the cardinal directions that every other beginner magic book has listed before, and then figured nothing else would be of use to me.
Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
3.5
Funny and cute look at modern motherhood and womanhood. But not really my thing. Took a look at this because apparently it's being optioned as a movie (what isn't these days) and thought it'd be nice to read a modern book before it's been adapted.
The Narrative of Lucy Ann Lobdell: A Woman's Case for Equality by Lisa Macchia Ohliger
4.5
I'll be honest and say that I picked this physical copy up on a camping trip near where Lucy Ann/Joseph lived solely due to the idea that this person may have been transgender. But having read this, it feels more like the sort of "sworn virgin" type of life that many women in the wild west era of history did to keep themselves going (the references to sexual perversions and genital appearance aside) . The preface and epilogue sections highlight a lot of the better parts of the narrative in a way that finally getting past both to read the actual narrative felt like a letdown. All the good parts were already discussed!
Any woman living today understands the plea at the end of the narrative and it's sad to me that we're still fighting for this.But also poor Mr. Slater, fighting to feel like a protector for someone too independent to need him. Strange that he would abandon them when they were actually about to need him most. Some mystery is to be had on both their accounts of their life together. Neither seemed to add up to the truth.
Anyway. This is an interesting, rare find of a first hand account of the times. Only available digitally as an e-book that's somehow more expensive than the physical copy. And only two places have copies of their original manuscript? They belong alongside Calamity Jane as an icon of that time.
Any woman living today understands the plea at the end of the narrative and it's sad to me that we're still fighting for this.
Anyway. This is an interesting, rare find of a first hand account of the times. Only available digitally as an e-book that's somehow more expensive than the physical copy. And only two places have copies of their original manuscript? They belong alongside Calamity Jane as an icon of that time.