SFBA Book Club

earthlightning wants to read The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins

Vincent Bevins: The Jakarta Method (Paperback, 2021, PublicAffairs)

The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins

In 1965, the U.S. government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. This was one of the …

earthlightning wants to read If We Burn by Vincent Bevins

Vincent Bevins: If We Burn (2023, Wildfire Communications, Limited)

earthlightning wants to read The Pursuit of the Millennium : Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages by Norman Cohn

Norman Cohn: The Pursuit of the Millennium : Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages (1970)

The Pursuit of the Millennium : Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages by Norman Cohn

earthlightning wants to read How to Take over the World by Ryan North

Ryan North: How to Take over the World (2022, Penguin Publishing Group, Riverhead Books)

How to Take over the World by Ryan North

earthlightning wants to read Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3)

Robert A. Caro: Master of the Senate (2002, Knopf)

Master of the Senate by Robert A. Caro (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3)

earthlightning wants to read The passage of power by Robert A. Caro (The years of Lyndon Johnson)

Robert A. Caro: The passage of power (Hardcover, 2012, Alfred A. Knopf)

The passage of power by Robert A. Caro (The years of Lyndon Johnson)

Continues Johnson's career from the 1960 elections through his vice presidency to the first months of his presidency.

earthlightning wants to read The path to power by Robert A. Caro

Robert A. Caro: The path to power (1990)

The path to power by Robert A. Caro

earthlightning wants to read Means of ascent by Robert A. Caro (The Years of Lyndon Johnson ;)

Robert A. Caro: Means of ascent (1991, Vintage Books)

Means of ascent by Robert A. Caro (The Years of Lyndon Johnson ;)

earthlightning wants to read Working by Robert A. Caro

earthlightning wants to read The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro

Robert A. Caro: The Power Broker (Paperback, 1975)

The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro

One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman prizes, The …

earthlightning reviewed The Joy of Consent by Manon Garcia

Manon Garcia: The Joy of Consent (EBook, 2023, Belknap Press)

Slow going, but good

4 stars

Worthwhile, if occasionally dry or dense.

Unless you're interested in the intellectual history of consent (which is, to be fair, fascinating), I recommend skipping to the last chapter, "Sex as a Conversation." It provides a solid framework to think about consent and good sex.

earthlightning rated The Joy of Consent: 4 stars

The Joy of Consent by Manon Garcia

earthlightning finished reading The Joy of Consent by Manon Garcia

Worthwhile, if occasionally dry or dense.

Unless you're interested in the intellectual history of consent (which is, to be fair, fascinating), I recommend skipping to the last chapter, "Sex as a Conversation." It provides a solid framework to think about consent and good sex.