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Genres: Engineering Leadership/Management, Mental Health, Science Fiction and Fantasy, and Leftist Politics.

Formats: Generally fiction via audiobooks and non-fiction via paper or ebook (so I can use my reMarkable to scribble on the pages), but there is some blur.

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reviewed All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

Martha Wells: All Systems Red (EBook, 2017, Tor.com) 4 stars

"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."

In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, …

Fun short novel with a strong voice

4 stars

It's a short novel so I can't expect much in character development outside of the main one, but that is my one critique: I'd like to know more about the other members of the crew and their situations.

But overall it was a fun listen; engaging, interesting, suspenseful.

Bessel A. Van Der Kolk: The Body Keeps the Score (Paperback, 2015, Penguin Books) 4 stars

Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath …

Good overview of a range of modalities

4 stars

While I want to go back and write some summaries (notably of the different modalities), the book was helpful in guiding some options already.

Given his longer history in this field of work he was able to weave a compelling story of the evolution and options for addressing PTSD. I, of course, kinda wish I could have a not-really-a-debate-but-multiple-view-points style book for these kinds of topics (psych[iatry|ology]). I appreciate the personal perspective (vs a dry textbook or encyclopedic one) for what it is (easier to read the whole them straight through) but acknowledge the biases that may result.

I did this as an audiobook and it actually worked pretty well given how structured the author was in their writing.