At arm’s length plus a leant-back neck or so, wide outdoors in a definite breeze, this copy of All about love was cooking in such perfume I did not make it far into the roman numerals, even; to only xv thereof.
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2023 Update: Although I may still finish up quoting and reviewing a few books through this account if they are already partly documented here, new book‐readin–posting is now going on through wrul@book.snailhuddle.org. See you there! 😊
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Testing out a stenography system by remarking on the odd good sit-down. Sometimes nicking vocab from non-ficcy bits.
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Ratings, roughly: “Half” stars (to approximate zero) seemed almost pure harm and were poorly written. 1s were slogs and wastes. 2s I would have refused publication pending thorough rounds of redrafts, reframing, and/or reresearch. 3s read neither fantastically nor awfully, or they did both just enough that it cancelled out — unless they delighted but I barely began, so couldn’t reliably say. 4s held something, substantial, of distinct interest or especial enjoyment, which might richly reward a deliberate revisiting. 5s may not ring perfect to me, but I would gift or receive with unhesitating gladness.
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Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark
AI is the future - but what will that future look like? Will superhuman intelligence be our slave, or become …
wrul (pre‐2023) rated Horticultural Appropriation: 4 stars

Horticultural Appropriation by Claire Ratinon, Sam Ayre (Rough Trade Books x Garden Museum Editions, #2)
wrul (pre‐2023) rated The Drover's Wife: 2 stars

The Drover's Wife by Leah Purcell
novel.
wrul (pre‐2023) rated Bluebird: 2 stars

Bluebird by Ciel Pierlot
Lesbian gunslinger fights spies in space! Three factions vie for control of the galaxy. Rig, a gunslinging, thieving, rebel with …
wrul (pre‐2023) rated The Choreography of Everyday Life: 3 stars
wrul (pre‐2023) rated All Mixed Up: 3 stars

All Mixed Up by Jason Om
Candid and heartfelt, All Mixed Up is a compelling true story about trauma, identity and acceptance. It's also an uplifting …
wrul (pre‐2023) rated Pearls from Their Mouth: 5 stars

Pearls from Their Mouth by Pear Nuallak
This book is built of stories and provocations—like the birth of a pearl, it transforms that which irritates, layer by …
wrul (pre‐2023) rated Melbourne's Wildlife: 4 stars

Melbourne's Wildlife by Museum Victoria
The bushland, parks, gardens and waters of Greater Melbourne support an amazing diversity of animals, including many rare and endangered …
wrul (pre‐2023) rated The Memory Librarian: 2 stars
wrul (pre‐2023) rated The Anomaly: 3 stars
wrul (pre‐2023) rated The Vanished Birds: 3 stars

The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez
A mysterious child lands in the care of a solitary woman, changing both of their lives forever.
I expected many …
wrul (pre‐2023) stopped reading All About Love by bell hooks
wrul (pre‐2023) rated 39 Ways to Save the Planet: 2 stars
wrul (pre‐2023) rated big beautiful female theory: 2 stars

big beautiful female theory by Eloise Grills
Part feminist manifesto, part comic book, big beautiful female theory is a carnivalesque exploration of the ways identity is formed …