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There are some post-apocalyptic books that do an amazing job of not making the plot just post-apocalyptic.

This book’s expansive cast of characters, who are living in a world ravished by climate collapse and capitalism, make lives for themselves. I don’t Know what it means about me that that’s a beautiful and needed idea… but here I am. Can’t wait to re-read this soon.

Quote: “But I couldn't despise Burke; I could've been Burke. That's what I believe. Maybe I still could. What scares me is the notion we are all one rotten moment, one crushed hope or hollow stomach from stuffing someone blameless in a cage.”

I deeply love this book and have read it three times already. It’s one of my favorite depictions of mental illness, especially anxiety and panic attacks.

I think of this quote all the frequently:

“It's easy for me to accept that I am bacteria, or a parasite, or cancer. It's easy for me to accept that my life is trivial, and that I am a speck of dust. It is hard for me to accept that for the people around me, however. It's hard for me to accept that my brother's life doesn't matter, or that old women who die don't matter, or even that rabbits or cats don't matter. I feel simultaneously intensely insignificant and hyperaware of how important everyone is.”

This is a fun book that follows a sex-positive, queer woman as she deals with mental illness and dating.

Personally, I love the authors first book (Everyone in the Room Will Someday be Dead) so much that this one feels a little derivative.

Definitely worth a read, though, especially as a break between heavier books.

As the author describes, this is an attempt to use his megaphone for good, John Green discusses the long history of tuberculosis treatments and describes how poverty and choice at the core of why tuberculosis is still with us.