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made it through the introduction & translator’s note

honestly cannot imagine anything worse than traveling many years in space and not knowing about time dilation

base six numerical system, nice

this is so good

it’s all f*****g devastating. again and again and again

reading this feels like doing walking lunges up a marathon long hiking trail while someone tosses you a pixie stick every couple miles

had no idea that appalachia has consistently fought tooth and nail against the rest of tennessee & the south to get to the right side of history. how convenient that the history in this book really isn’t taught to tennesseeans now considering it would redirect their rage toward capitalism/elites instead of toward their poc neighbors.

I’m done playing games: time to finish this if the despair kills me

you know things are about to get crazy when the reference section is almost as thick as the book itself

libby loan expired... will come back to in approx 5 weeks...

oh! cops don’t prevent crime? SROs make crime rates go UP in schools?? get them the h*ll out of schools then—almost like there’s an ulterior motive to raising kids in fear of authority figures 🤡🤨🧐

just need to get to The Fall just need to get to The Fall just need to get to The Fall just need to get to The Fall just need to get to The Fall …

the more I read the sadder I feel. then & now, it’s all the same.

note to self: completed an unpublished ARC, will post to goodreads once published!

4/8-4/15

One thing we do have going for us is the fact that none of the parallel characters in today's timeline are such eloquent captivating/energizing speakers the way H was. Otherwise, the parallels aren't looking good!