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Phil in SF

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aka @kingrat@sfba.social. I'm following a lot of bookwyrm accounts, since that seems to be the only way to get reviews from larger servers to this small server. I make a lot of Bookwyrm lists. I will like & boost a lot of reviews that come across my feed. I will follow most bookwyrm accounts back if they review & comment. Social reading should be social.

2025 In The Books

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To Read

Robert A. Caro: The Power Broker (EBook, 2024, Vintage)
Elizabeth Shown Mills: Evidence Explained (EBook, 2024, Elizabeth Shown Mills)
Katharine Jarmul: Practical Data Privacy (2023, O'Reilly Media, Incorporated)

Currently Reading

Deborah Brannigan: Squirrel Pie (EBook, 2025, DartFrog Plus)
Jeremy Black: A History of the Railroad in 100 Maps (Hardcover, 2024, University of Chicago Press)

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Siddharth Kara: Cobalt Red (AudiobookFormat, 2023, Macmillan Audio)
Ren Hutchings: An Unbreakable World (EBook, 2025, Solaris Book)
Jessica Valenti: The Purity Myth (EBook, 2009, Seal Press)

2026 Reading Goal

20% complete! Phil in SF has read 6 of 30 books.

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started reading Squirrel Pie by Deborah Brannigan

Deborah Brannigan: Squirrel Pie (EBook, 2025, DartFrog Plus) No rating

Detroit is a thriving blue-collar town in the 1970s, an era when alcoholism and dysfunction …

This is the self-published memoir by the mother of a friend. I normally stay away from self-published books, especially from people I know. However, this involves my friend's father being the subject of an FBI manhunt after abducting my friend. It's the kind of story I don't want to pry about, but since it's in a book I'll be a looky-loo.

reviewed An Unbreakable World by Ren Hutchings

Ren Hutchings: An Unbreakable World (EBook, 2025, Solaris Book)

If something seems too good to be real, you’ve got to get out of there. …

Fun space opera/caper novel

I read Ren Hutchings' Under Fortunate Stars before. This is set in the same universe, so I expected a lot of the same. Some solid characters. A fun plot. A focus on telling a story. There's a bit of a romance happening; enough to make a relationship interesting. The bad guy is a bit of a mustache-twirler. He only makes 4 or 5 appearances though.

quoted The Purity Myth by Jessica Valenti

Jessica Valenti: The Purity Myth (EBook, 2009, Seal Press) No rating

From the bestselling author of Sex Object, a searing investigation into American culture’s obsession with …

If Roe were overturned— not unlikely, given the Supreme Court justices' current leanings— 30 states would be ready to make abortion illegal within a year from that decision.

— The Purity Myth by  (37%)

This prediction turned out to be not too far off. My count is 20 with complete or nearly complete bans, and another 6 where the legislature would ban if they could, but courts or ballot measures stop them.

reviewed West Heart Kill by Dann McDorman

Dann McDorman: West Heart Kill (AudiobookFormat, 2023, Books on Tape)

A remote lodge. A stormy night. A shot in the dark. You may think you’ve …

Interesting but only once

Content warning Reveals the plot devices which is what makes it interesting