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.
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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.
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Phil in SF finished reading Squirrel Pie by Deborah Brannigan
Squirrel Pie by Deborah Brannigan
Detroit is a thriving blue-collar town in the 1970s, an era when alcoholism and dysfunction thrive behind closed doors. When …
Phil in SF finished reading Cobalt Red by Siddharth Kara
Cobalt Red by Siddharth Kara
This program includes an author's note read by the author.
An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the …
Phil in SF started reading Squirrel Pie by Deborah Brannigan
Detroit is a thriving blue-collar town in the 1970s, an era when alcoholism and dysfunction …
Phil in SF reviewed An Unbreakable World by Ren Hutchings
If something seems too good to be real, you’ve got to get out of there. …
Fun space opera/caper novel
4 stars
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.
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@Flauschbuch@bookrastinating.com I liked it. I'll post a review soon.
Phil in SF finished reading An Unbreakable World by Ren Hutchings
An Unbreakable World by Ren Hutchings
If something seems too good to be real, you’ve got to get out of there.
That’s the rule that Page …
Phil in SF started reading Cobalt Red by Siddharth Kara
Cobalt Red by Siddharth Kara
This program includes an author's note read by the author.
An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the …
Phil in SF finished reading The Purity Myth by Jessica Valenti
The Purity Myth by Jessica Valenti
From the bestselling author of Sex Object, a searing investigation into American culture’s obsession with virginity, and the argument for …
Phil in SF started reading An Unbreakable World by Ren Hutchings
An Unbreakable World by Ren Hutchings
If something seems too good to be real, you’ve got to get out of there.
That’s the rule that Page …
Phil in SF quoted The Purity Myth by Jessica Valenti
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 Jessica Valenti (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.
Phil in SF reviewed West Heart Kill by Dann McDorman
A remote lodge. A stormy night. A shot in the dark. You may think you’ve …
Interesting but only once
4 stars
Content warning Reveals the plot devices which is what makes it interesting
The author really plays with point of view in this book. It makes for something interesting, but I only want to read something like this once. To explain...
Most of the narrators are unreliable. Starts with 3rd person limited (a detective), interspersed with breaking the 4th wall from the author. Later has parts 3rd person limited from an unknown participant. Some parts 2nd person reader. And most of the last part is 3rd person reader, as the narrator at the end is the person who has read/watched everything up until then and assembles all the remaining live characters and questions them to do the big reveal(s).
Phil in SF finished reading West Heart Kill by Dann McDorman
West Heart Kill by Dann McDorman
A remote lodge. A stormy night. A shot in the dark. You may think you’ve read this story before. Think …
Phil in SF started reading The Purity Myth by Jessica Valenti
The Purity Myth by Jessica Valenti
From the bestselling author of Sex Object, a searing investigation into American culture’s obsession with virginity, and the argument for …
Phil in SF rated I Know What You Need: 3 stars
I Know What You Need by Tyler Jones
Sam Mitchell lives in a rundown apartment filled with a collection of random objects, an assortment of knickknacks and ephemera …