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Marj is starting Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
I'm slowly continuing this one. It has Roach's usual depth and humor, but --as with so many things-- the interaction between humans and animals veers towards the tragic in several chapters. I've reached a point where I need to pause this, not because it's poorly written or uninteresting or unimportant, but because it's sad and there's already so much of that in the world right now.
Oct 08, 2021 01:16PM Add a comment
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

Marj
Marj is starting Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
“‘Bears are more bite bite bite... It’s a big mess.”

7 pages in and I’m remembering why I have devoured everything Mary Roach writes.
Jun 03, 2021 04:00PM Add a comment
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

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Marj is starting Solutions and Other Problems
Am trying to savor this, so I’ve paused halfway through, but chapter 2 (Richard) made me laugh so hard I felt sick. I then made my husband read it and he laughed until he gave himself a headache.
Sep 29, 2020 09:23PM Add a comment
Solutions and Other Problems

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Marj is starting The Last Emperox (The Interdependency, #3)
One day I hope to be able to channel the confidence/brashness of Kiva Lagos (as needed— definitely not all the fucking time).
Apr 30, 2020 09:58AM 1 comment
The Last Emperox (The Interdependency, #3)

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Marj is starting The Last Emperox (The Interdependency, #3)
Still in the prologue and already loving it.
Apr 22, 2020 10:50AM 2 comments
The Last Emperox (The Interdependency, #3)

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Marj is starting The Luminous Dead
There have been some truly creepy/unsettling parts, but I just hit a moment that made me stop what I’m working on and pause the audiobook... because even sitting by a bright window in my kitchen can’t quite keep me from feeling anxious and a little bit ill.

Themes of isolation and madness are feeling ... more-than-a-little applicable right now.
Apr 21, 2020 07:23AM Add a comment
The Luminous Dead

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Marj is starting The Twisted Ones
I am delighted by how much of this book focuses on a MC who is trying to be brave for her dog.
Dec 28, 2019 09:13AM Add a comment
The Twisted Ones

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Marj is starting The Twisted Ones
I adore the characters in this book. One day I aspire to be as wonderful as Foxy.
Dec 27, 2019 08:35PM Add a comment
The Twisted Ones

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Marj is starting The Twisted Ones
Thank you to the author for making it clear that the dog lives from the start. I know horror stories induce some anxiety, but I’d rather not worry about pets surviving, especially Bongo, the charming, but not-especially-bright, hound.
Dec 24, 2019 07:35AM Add a comment
The Twisted Ones

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Marj is starting Once & Future (Once & Future, #1)
“...as long as they were in control, atrocity would always be excused in the name of convenience and greed.”
Dec 16, 2019 06:20PM Add a comment
Once & Future (Once & Future, #1)

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Marj is starting The Historian
11/22/2019: TW: animal death and poor librarian ethics

12/7/2019: Oh man, I had to skip about 20 minutes of a very dry, academic explanation made by a single character. Mostly this makes an excellent audiobook (all the accents!), but I'm wondering if this is one of the times when it fell a bit flat. Less than 8 hours left!
Dec 07, 2019 08:20AM Add a comment
The Historian

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Marj is on page 224 of 305 of Damsel
This one is hard for me to read. It’s excellent, just.... hard.
Dec 01, 2019 05:37PM Add a comment
Damsel

Marj
Marj is starting The Historian
TW: animal death and poor librarian ethics
Nov 22, 2019 10:26PM Add a comment
The Historian

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Marj is starting Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)
I didn’t get enough sleep and am listening while getting reading for work when this line happened...

“Forgive me the explanation Ninth, I know you’ve been keeping track of the keys...”
“Ahaha!” Thought Gideon. She hadn’t.
Sep 25, 2019 06:21AM Add a comment
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)

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Marj is starting The Sol Majestic
I’ve only recently started the audiobook, but so far it is excellent— similar to Becky Chambers in tone.
Jun 16, 2019 03:40PM Add a comment
The Sol Majestic

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Marj is 50% done with The Snake Charmer: A Life and Death in Pursuit of Knowledge
This is excellent so far, BUT I keep wanting to yell at people for their cavalier handling of venomous species.
Apr 29, 2019 09:04AM Add a comment
The Snake Charmer: A Life and Death in Pursuit of Knowledge

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Marj is on page 226 of 400 of The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine
Remarkable Recoveries is my favorite section thus far. I never would have guessed it might be possible to survive an injury so severe that your top two vertebra fuse and cough up part the damaged chunk of your spine.
Apr 18, 2019 07:45PM Add a comment
The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine

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Marj is starting Only Human (Themis Files, #3)
I’m giving up on this one. I’ve struggled to make myself finish listening, but I’m only a little over an hour into the audio book. I don’t have another 7+ hours in me.

It’s probably fine, but it’s not as gripping as the previous two and- in all honesty- I was kind of ok with where things ended in book 2.
Mar 04, 2019 06:16PM Add a comment
Only Human (Themis Files, #3)

Marj
Marj is starting Only Human (Themis Files, #3)
An hour into the audiobook and I kind of hate it so far... the story is fine, but it’s really bleak.

And changing to a new voice actress for Eva was a poor choice— especially since her accent has completely changed (Puerto Rican to New York), but there’s no real reason that explains that change...
I’m sticking with it for now.
Mar 01, 2019 08:49PM Add a comment
Only Human (Themis Files, #3)

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Marj is on page 44 of 308 of Glory O'Brien's History of the Future
“I wished I could take her to the library and hand her over to the librarians. ‘Please teach her about everything,’ I’d say.”
Feb 22, 2019 12:28PM Add a comment
Glory O'Brien's History of the Future

Marj
Marj is starting The Six-Gun Tarot (Golgotha, #1)
Ann Bonnie is glorious!!!!
Dec 21, 2018 06:26AM Add a comment
The Six-Gun Tarot (Golgotha, #1)

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Marj is on page 62 of 170 of Demonstra: A Poetry Collection
"High above, the star kraken Ya-Sathoth
Contemplates taking the name 'Renee'
Between summons to destroy worlds
By jilted necromancers who should know better."
From "The Dream Highway of Ms. Mannivongsa
Oct 28, 2018 09:34AM Add a comment
Demonstra: A Poetry Collection

Marj
Marj is starting The Consuming Fire (The Interdependency, #2)
I absolutely fucking love Lady Kiva.
Oct 25, 2018 07:32PM Add a comment
The Consuming Fire (The Interdependency, #2)

Marj
Marj is starting The Hum and the Shiver (Tufa, #1)
Paused due to technical difficulties with downloadable audiobook. :/
Sep 16, 2017 08:33AM Add a comment
The Hum and the Shiver (Tufa, #1)

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Marj is starting Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
"Teach her to reject likeability... We have a world full of women who are unable to exhale fully because they have for so long been conditioned to fold them selves into shapes to make themselves likable."
Jul 05, 2017 07:29PM Add a comment
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

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Marj is starting Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
"Teach her to reject likeability... We have a world full of women who are unable to exhale fully because they have for so long been conditioned to fold them selves into shapes to make themselves likable."
Jul 05, 2017 07:29PM Add a comment
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

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Marj is starting Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
"There must be more than male benevolence as the basis for a woman's well-being."
Jul 05, 2017 07:18PM Add a comment
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

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