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Finished reading See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism

Wants to read The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War

Rated Real Tigers 8/10

<div>I remembered the TV season better for this one,&nbsp; but still a good time.</div>

Wants to read How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

Wants to read The Wars of the Roses: Peace and Conflict in 15th Century England

Wants to read The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West

Finished reading Armenia: Art, Religion, and Trade in the Middle Ages

Rated Hyperion 8/10

Finished reading Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning

Wants to read Other People's Wars: The US Military and the Challenge of Learning from Foreign Conflicts

Wants to read Korea at the Center: Dynamics of Regionalism in Northeast Asia

Rated Real Life 10/10

What a beautiful, sad, true book. The way Brandon Taylor uses all five senses in his writing reminds me of Tessa Hadley, in that one can almost taste and smell and BE right there along with the characters. I loved this.

Wants to read The Other Great Game: The Opening of Korea and the Birth of Modern East Asia

Finished reading The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde

Finished reading Understanding the Intelligence Cycle

Finished reading The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century

Wants to read The Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery

Wants to read Archbishop, Chancellor, Kingmaker: A Life of Thomas Arundel

Finished reading Phoenix and the Birds of Prey: Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism in Vietnam

Wants to read White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan

Finished reading Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying

Finished reading Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas

Finished reading Gatekeeper: Memoirs of a CIA Polygraph Examiner

Rated What Feasts at Night 10/10

Rated Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America 7/10

<div>This will be a useful book for those who have newly left evangelical communities and need it all laid out from an outside perspective that, yes, this really is as wildly damaging as it seems. It will also be useful for anyone who is perhaps <em>loosely</em> aware of Christian Nationalism, but would like to have some of the dots connected and need a jumping off point.<br><br>That said, I wish there had been a firmer editorial hand in the writing itself. (We understand; you like the word "aegis," and maybe also we don't need to use "perfervid" twice within the same chapter? etc.) I think I was hoping for something that was a little more journalistic. Not dumbed down for the general populace, but perhaps writing that really laid out the facts in a clear way that didn't also feel like a vocabulary worksheet. I love a good word! I do! Still, there are ways to use those words without undermining the effectiveness of your writing.<br><br>However, there are a lot of smart thoughts contained within, and I still learned some things about the terrible way of being that our country seems to be doubling down on, currently. If you have abuse in your past, please make sure you are feeling particularly supported and robust before reading some chapters.</div>