Wants to read The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain
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Finished reading Nettle & Bone
Wants to read Service Model
Wants to read Wearing the Lion
Wants to read The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
Finished reading If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury
Finished reading The Silmarillion
Wants to read Mexican Gothic
Wants to read Brown Girl in the Ring
Wants to read The Keeper's Six
Finished reading White Cat, Black Dog
Finished reading Crying in H Mart
Rated Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives 8/10
Brad Watson's collection of short stories ache with confusion and loneliness, and the result is akin to a lucid dream. Each of his stories recall the recent past, a pre-internet stillness that amplifies his characters' disconnect. While I enjoyed this collection, I finished with some uncertainty over what I'd just read. Not every story stuck with me, but the ones that did have made me curious to seek out Watson's other work.<br><br>(My full review can be found on <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2011/06/aliens-in-prime-of-their-lives-by-brad.html">Glorified Love Letters</a>.)
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Finished reading Weeds: In Defense of Nature's Most Unloved Plants
Rated All Systems Red 8/10
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Wants to read A History of What Comes Next
Wants to read Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future
Rated All Her Father's Guns 6/10
<i>All Her Father’s Guns</i> is a quick bit of entertainment, one that might have been stronger with the focus given to just a few ridiculous elements, rather than a hundred. While I would not say it’s been one of my recent favorites, I still enjoyed reading it. Knowing what we do about the current election climate, the book’s election concerns are somewhat nostalgic relief.<br><br>(My full review can be found on <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2012/03/all-her-fathers-guns-by-james-warner.html">Glorified Love Letters.</a>)
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Rated Alex + Ada, Vol. 1 8/10
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Wants to read The West Passage
Rated Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight Success 10/10
<div>Absolutely recommend doing the audiobook version of this because Jeff Hiller reads it himself, and it really adds to the whole experience. It's a realistic and funny view of the hard work involved in acting, no matter what version of it you do — whether it's on a semi-cult HBO show during Peak Pandemic Times or pretending to be a cockroach in Times Square for a day because it pays $500 and has a free lunch. I truly laughed to the point of tears several times, and I remember seeing a few of his commercials back when they aired. The essays are great, but alas, my library audiobook did not come with the PDF of photos. He thanks Kate Dipold at the end, and it reminded me that I hope we get to see more from his character on S2 of Widow's Bay. </div>
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