House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
December 24, 2021•38 words
★★★½☆☆
It's not that House of Leaves isn't fascinating enough for 4 or even 5 stars, it's that it's also irritating enough to push that fascination down to a 3.5 overall.
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The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World - Elaine Scarry
December 3, 2021•65 words
DNF
Read from the start until you feel like you've got the point about torture, then read Part 1, Chapter 2 for a fascinating, devastating deconstruction of war and how far it functions as the ultimate method of international conflict resolution. Then stop unless you're really into creation and the body through the lens of the Christian Bible.
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Read postUnreviewed Books Read in 2021
December 31, 2021•347 words
First-read to last, bold = stand-out, italics = sucked.
How to Understand Your Gender: A Practical Guide for Exploring Who You Are - Alex Iantaffi & Meg-John Barker
What EveryBODY is Saying - An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People - Joe Navarro
Escape from Camp 14 - Blaine Harden
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom - Yeonmi Park
Wenjack - Joseph Boyden
The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan
Never Be Lied to Again: How to Get the Truth in 5 Minutes or Less in Any Conver...
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