More of an experience than a novel
4 stars
It's a trip, if you're willing to take it.
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BenLockwood finished reading Reconsidering Reparations by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
Pretty good
BenLockwood finished reading Freedom Is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis …
Important book to read if you're anywhere on the political left
BenLockwood reviewed Indy writes books by Dan Wakefield
Nice collection by Hoosier writers
3 stars
This is a nice collection of stories, poems, and essays by writers from Indiana. A bonus that a lot of the pieces are about books and reading.
BenLockwood stopped reading Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer
Ten years after the publication of Annihilation, the surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer’s blockbuster …
Give up 2/3 of the way through. It got utterly unreadable
BenLockwood reviewed The Unfinished Game by Keith J. Devlin
Somewhat interesting
3 stars
A somewhat interesting basic history of probability theory
BenLockwood reviewed Anarcho-Syndicalism by Rudolf Rocker
A bit dry
3 stars
Mostly historical, with good info but kind of a slog to get through
BenLockwood reviewed Abolition Geography by Ruth Wilson Gilmore
New collection of writings from one of the foremost contemporary critical thinkers on racism, geography …
Good and important
4 stars
It's a dense read at times, but draws clear lines connecting capitalism to the prison industrial complex across space and time. An important read for geographers
BenLockwood reviewed Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer
Worth reading
3 stars
I've got some issues with what VanderMeer is doing here, but one thing he succeeds at is expanding/deepening the mystery whenever revealing some aspect of it.
BenLockwood started reading Freedom Is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
In these newly collected essays, interviews, and speeches, world-renowned activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis …
DSA reading group book
BenLockwood reviewed Remaking Society by Murray Bookchin
A solid summary
3 stars
It’s a little repetitive at times, especially the parts dealing with historical developments. But still a good survey of Bookchin’s ideas
BenLockwood finished reading Authority by Jeff VanderMeer (Southern Reach, #2)
"In the second volume of the Southern Reach Trilogy, questions are answered, stakes are raised, …
Better than I remembered it being
BenLockwood finished reading The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis
PA–IN drive audiobook. Pretty good
BenLockwood started reading Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (Southern Reach, #1)
Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature …
Doing a re-read of the series before I check out Absolution
BenLockwood finished reading The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Between life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go …
Not great lol