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Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham
reflective
tense
slow-paced
4.25
really, really, really excellent. i loved every part of this. i'm absolutely going to be watching the HBO series in the wake of reading this incredible account of a tragedy whose magnitude is almost impossible to understand
Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road by Neil Peart
Did not finish book. Stopped at 22%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 22%.
just need to start this over; i left it too long and i want to sink into it again
Homestuck: Book 1: Act 1& Act 2 by Andrew Hussie
Did not finish book. Stopped at 3%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 3%.
downloaded the unofficial homestuck browser so i'm going with the flash first :)
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
just clearing off my in-progress with things i intend to start over
Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
poor istvhan never really got a chance in the face of my love for stephen D: but clara was a delight!! this took me longer to get really into than grace, but the worldbuilding and the sense of humour is so charming and consistent that it kept me reading until the plot actually kicked in.
On the Farm: Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver's Missing Women by Stevie Cameron
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
4.5
nightmare nightmare nightmare. complete and utter failure of the justice system. evil from pickton himself to the vpd to the presiding judge. so much love and community and tireless work by the families and institutions like WISH, all dashed because the life of an addicted woman or a sex worker is something the courts can simply turn away from. it doesn't matter. these women loved and were loved and no one was allowed to truly speak for them when it came time for robert pickton to get some kind of retribution.
i've seen some other reviews complaining that stevie cameron spent too long going over the details of each missing woman. not to get too heated, but if you came into this book wanting the juicy details of their deaths and the butchery their bodies were subjected to, shame on you for not wanting to take the time to understand the people they were. this is a long, difficult book that had me in tears multiple times. there is a rage in me about these women -- and any other marginalized person from the DTES who disappears not because no one cares for them, but because our systems don't care for them -- that i never want to lose. the very least you can do, if you're hoping to get some sort of edgy shiver out of reading descriptions of the dismemberment of human bodies, is spend some time learning who these women were and the giant spaces they left in their communities when they disappeared.
i've seen some other reviews complaining that stevie cameron spent too long going over the details of each missing woman. not to get too heated, but if you came into this book wanting the juicy details of their deaths and the butchery their bodies were subjected to, shame on you for not wanting to take the time to understand the people they were. this is a long, difficult book that had me in tears multiple times. there is a rage in me about these women -- and any other marginalized person from the DTES who disappears not because no one cares for them, but because our systems don't care for them -- that i never want to lose. the very least you can do, if you're hoping to get some sort of edgy shiver out of reading descriptions of the dismemberment of human bodies, is spend some time learning who these women were and the giant spaces they left in their communities when they disappeared.
Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire by Michael Palin
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
just as warm and engaging as the rest of michael palin's work, but with a personal and devastating focus. it reminds me of exactly what i've always wanted to do with my own family history <3
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
god i love the beats. it's been a long, long time since i've read this book, and i'm certain it speaks differently to me now than it did as a teenager. you have to let yourself slip into a trance with it, and allow kerouac to guide you along in his mad visions of america and the people who slide in and out of his life. i'll read it again in another ten years and get something new out of it all over again.