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Wants to read The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
Rated Alex + Ada, Vol. 1 8/10
Wants to read Brown Girl in the Ring
Finished reading How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures
Wants to read The Man Who Organized Nature: The Life of Linnaeus
Loved this. This book makes me feel like we can make it all right, if we keep going. Hadfield writes very methodical account of how he worked towards his goal of being an astronaut, but also how he made sure to have varied enough interests that, if it didn't work out, he'd still be happy. Of course, the details about life in space and what it takes to work for NASA are also fascinating. This isn't a greatly emotional, interior-looking memoir, but it doesn't have to be. There's the vastness of the universe to consider!
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>.)
Finished reading Weeds: In Defense of Nature's Most Unloved Plants
Rated All Systems Red 8/10
Wants to read A History of What Comes Next
Wants to read The West Passage
Wants to read Superior: The Return of Race Science
Finished reading Beneath the Rising
Finished reading Someone You Can Build a Nest In
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 Eight Bears: Mythic Past and Imperiled Future