My high school lit teacher would be happy (or roll his eyes it took me so long to get around to reading this).
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I love science fiction, but I’ve been branching out more into fantasy, mystery, and even some romance. It’s always fun to explore unfamiliar genres!
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Daniel Strokis wants to read Holy Feast and Holy Fast by Caroline Walker Bynum (The new historicism : studies in cultural poetics)

Holy Feast and Holy Fast by Caroline Walker Bynum (The new historicism : studies in cultural poetics)
Daniel Strokis finished reading The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Daniel Strokis commented on H. P. Lovecraft Tales of Horror by H.P. Lovecraft
Daniel Strokis wants to read Legal Plunder by Daniel Lord Smail
Daniel Strokis wants to read The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic …
Daniel Strokis wants to read The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo

The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
'Vivid, enigmatic, enchanting' M. L. Rio 'Irresistible' Sunday Times
Some people think foxes go around collecting qi, or life force, …
Daniel Strokis rated Red Dragon: 5 stars

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
If you never thought a book could make you quake with fear, prepare yourself for Red Dragon.
For you are …
Daniel Strokis finished reading Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
I really could not put this book down! The writing was gripping, and there was even a small, unexpected twist at the end. I’m very much looking forward to reading the other books in this series, and eventually watching the movies.
Daniel Strokis finished reading The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker (Hellraiser, #1)
Daniel Strokis finished reading The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
An introduction to "disaster capitalism" argues that the global free market has exploited crises, violence, and shock in the past …
Daniel Strokis reviewed The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
The most upsetting book I’ve read in a while
5 stars
But in a good way, if one can be upset in a good way about being made aware of the misery that the US & the IMF have inflicted across the globe.
Thanks to this book, I’ll now celebrate the day Milton Friedman died as a holiday (Nov 16).
Daniel Strokis quoted The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
On September 10, as long as flights were cheap and plentiful, none of that seemed to matter. But on September 12, putting $6-an-hour contract workers in charge of airport security seemed reckless. Then, in October, envelopes with white powder were sent to lawmakers and journalists, spreading panic about the possibility of a major anthrax outbreak. Once again, nineties privatization looked very different in this new light: Why did a private lab have the exclusive right to produce the anthrax vaccine? Had the federal government signed away its responsibility to protect the public from a major public health emergency? It didn’t help that Bioport, the privatized lab in question, had failed a series of inspections and that the FDA wasn’t even authorizing it to distribute its vaccines at the time. Furthermore, if it was true, as media reports kept claiming, that anthrax, smallpox and other deadly agents could be spread through the mail, the food supply or the water systems, was it really such a good idea to be pushing ahead with Bush’s plans to privatize the postal service? And what about all those laid-off food and water inspectors—could somebody bring them back?
Chapter 5 is full of quotes like this that describe events that seem to rhyme with what’s happening in the current regime. Dark stuff indeed 🫠🙃

KnitAFett quoted On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
All in all, regular policemen murdered more Jews than the Einsatzgruppen. Many of them had no special preparation for this task. They found themselves in an unknown land, they had their orders, and they did not want to look weak. In the rare cases when they refused these orders to murder Jews, policemen were not punished.
— On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
That last sentence is absolutely insane.
Daniel Strokis finished reading The Search for the Giant Squid by Richard Ellis
This was a very fun and informative read. I’ve been fascinated by cephalopods, and in particular squid, for as long as I can remember. I had no idea how far back in history squid carcasses were being noted when they washed ashore (1545!).