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KnittedMushroom

KnittedMushroom@bookwyrm.social

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Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Fiction/LGBT+ I always want to be reading more than I already am. Support your local libraries! Mastodon: stranger.social/@KnittedMushroom

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finished reading Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez

Caroline Criado Perez: Invisible Women (Hardcover, 2019, Harry N. Abrams) 4 stars

Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and …

Wow this one took me a while to chip through. But in my defense, I was demoralized at my progress through the book after being hammered with upsetting facts for 16 chapters. Turns out, my Kobo was factoring the citations into the % completed. The citations account for FIFTY PERCENT of this book according to Kobo.

Caroline Criado Perez uses "I cite my sources" as a THREAT. This is a great read and every woman should give this a read at some point, even if you can't make it through the whole thing, pick a chapter that means something to you.

reviewed 1984 by George Orwell (duplicate)

George Orwell (duplicate): 1984 (Paperback, 2003, Pearson Education) 4 stars

Winston Smith lives in a society where the government controls people every second of the …

What a miserable book. 10/10 stars. Must read.

5 stars

Content warning Second paragraph details my opinion on the ending.

stopped reading Murder Your Employer by Rupert Holmes

Rupert Holmes: Murder Your Employer (Hardcover, 2023, Avid Reader Press) 4 stars

FROM EDGAR-WINNING NOVELIST AND PLAYWRIGHT RUPERT HOLMES COMES A THRILLER WITH A KILLER CONCEPT: THE …

I'm going to preface all of this with the fact that murder mysteries are not my usual genre. This book had been recommended to me by a friend as "similar to Hitchhikers Guide." While the written wit does start similarly, I found myself struggling to feel absorbed into this world and invested in the characters.

It reads like "a series of events." The events were neither dramatic, joyous, or interesting in any manner to me. I understand that the main character, and thus you, are supposed to be thrust into a confusing and antithetical to "normal" life world. But every action that had even a minor tinge of drama and excitement was heavily underscored by the "but since we're in school, there was never any danger" excuse.

I actually put this book down at the end of a chapter where the character is yet again hurtling to his death, because …