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Tricia Hersey: Rest Is Resistance (Hardcover, 2022, Octopus Publishing Group) 5 stars

Far too many of us have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by …

“Black people have a direct connection to the brutality of capitalism. Our bodies were America’s first capital and our rest and DreamSpace stolen constantly. The legacy of white supremacy on our journey towards rest must be viewed as a life-shifting proposal. We must rest like our lives depend on it, because it does.”

Katherine Addison: The Goblin Emperor (The Goblin Emperor, #1) 4 stars

The Goblin Emperor is a 2014 fantasy novel written by the American author Sarah Monette …

Beautifully sentimental, but a bit less engrossing than I’d like

4 stars

I think for someone who likes political machinations more than me this might be more compelling. I loved Maia and how he was written, I loved many of the characters, I loved the arc. I just didn’t get as spirited away on the journey as I would have liked, and some of that might have been due to not having an audiobook cast list, or brain fog, or what have you.