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jonathan.brodsky finished reading Alternate Routes by Tim Powers
I finished this, but can't remember much of it :/
jonathan.brodsky finished reading Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber
Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber
The author shows that before there was money, there was debt. For 5,000 years humans have lived in societies divided …
jonathan.brodsky commented on Alternate Routes by Tim Powers
I'm only able to complete reading silly books. so I'm going to read silly books.
I'm only able to complete reading silly books. so I'm going to read silly books.
jonathan.brodsky started reading Alternate Routes by Tim Powers
jonathan.brodsky reviewed American War by Omar El Akkad
this was ok
3 stars
Well written enough to get through, but frustrating in its lack of engagement with the effects of climate change. This may have been an expectation issue, I heard about this book in relationship to folks changing their outlooks, but it takes two existing conflicts (US wars in the middle east, and the US civil war) and attempts to cram them into a rising sea level world.
jonathan.brodsky wants to read A People's Future of the United States by N. K. Jemisin
A People's Future of the United States by N. K. Jemisin, Kai Cheng Thom, Charlie Jane Anders, and 24 others
What if America's founding ideals finally became reality? A future of peace, justice, and love comes to life in original …
jonathan.brodsky finished reading American War by Omar El Akkad
jonathan.brodsky wants to read Terrorist Assemblages by Jasbir K. Puar (Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies)
Terrorist Assemblages by Jasbir K. Puar (Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies)
In this pathbreaking work, Jasbir K. Puar argues that configurations of sexuality, race, gender, nation, class, and ethnicity are realigning …
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this book made my feet hurt.
jonathan.brodsky finished reading The Long Walk by Stephen King
In the near future, where America has become a police state, one hundred boys are …
I've seen this referenced so many places recently, thought it was worth a read. Ggood horror grind though a very much 1970s teenage boys are the pov characters.
I've seen this referenced so many places recently, thought it was worth a read. Ggood horror grind though a very much 1970s teenage boys are the pov characters.
jonathan.brodsky rated Quantum of Nightmares: 4 stars
Quantum of Nightmares by Charles Stross
It’s a brave new Britain under the New Management. The avuncular Prime Minister is an ancient eldritch god of unimaginable …
jonathan.brodsky finished reading Quantum of Nightmares by Charles Stross
It’s a brave new Britain under the New Management. The avuncular Prime Minister is an …
This was more gross out than the baseline for this series. I like the new set of characters a bunch tho.
jonathan.brodsky set a goal to read 12 books in 2022
jonathan.brodsky rated The Tombs of Atuan: 5 stars
The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
When young Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, everything is taken …