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Megan

Megan@bookwyrm.social

Joined 4 years, 2 months ago

A dedicated if somewhat slow reader. Book lover. I am also at @MeganMacSee@writing.exchange

Libraries and used bookshops are my happy places. Newly Qualified Nurse #NHS - love my bicycle. Woman of transgender experience. LGBTQ+ Trans rights are human rights. Abortion on demand is a human right.

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Sarah Helm: Ravensbrück: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women

Upsetting Detailed Account of Life and Death in Ravensbruck

Content warning History of the Holocaust - Extremely Upsetting/Triggering

John Carreyrou: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (2018)

Review of 'Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup' on 'Goodreads'

Investigative journalism at it’s best. The book is excellent, readable, clear and logical. The question I kept asking as I read this was “What were they thinking?” When someone perpetrates a massive and clear fraud in public I am always amazed that they somehow convince themselves they won’t get caught. I don’t believe Elizabeth Holmes was a hapless victim of Sunny Balwani, or of structural sexism. it will be interesting to see what the jury thinks.

Stephen King: On Writing (Paperback, 2002, Pocket Books)

"Long live the King" hailed Entertainment Weekly upon the publication of Stephen King's On Writing. …

Review of 'On Writing' on 'Goodreads'

And absolute diamond of an audio book read by the man himself. One of the best on the subject. The sections on his life and the account of the accident that almost killed him are unmissable. Its thanks to this book that I now have my own copy of The Elements of Style by Strunk and White, in my endless quest to improve my own grammar and readability.