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Chp. 2: The writing is gorgeous, and I'm intrigued, but end of the world stuff may be too dark for Covid 19 times...

"I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier..."

Takes me back to reading "the Iliad" in freshman literature humanities course, but it's a lot more exciting this time.

Zelda in the heroine we all need!

This is well-written, but the subject matter (overwhelming regret & shame, suicidal ideation) is very vivid and hits pretty close to home. Not sure I will be able to keep listening. (This may also speak to author's skill at conveying characters and emotions.)

Started last week on airplane to KC.

Really enjoying this alternate history steampunk novel set in Africa!

So far: Jocular Uncle Curt's tales of beachcombing. Enjoyable, but not exactly what I was expecting.

This would have been very helpful when I first moved to Detroit.

Green, seven-legged cockroaches!

I don't think I will be able to look at lilies in bouquets ever quite the same way.

This was better when I read it in the '90s...

Spider people! With venom and spinnerets, but just not where you would expect.

Reads like a strange combination of an academic mycology text and the label from Dr. Bronner's Magic soap.

The reconstituted Charming bears a striking resemblance to ST:TNG's Cmdr Riker running around in his blue bathrobe.

Overcoming the mid-mystery lull, as the bodies pile up and I have to ask myself, "Do I care?" (Yes.)

As a Jew who is fascinated by Mormon religion and culture, I was excited to check out this book by a co-religionist with an unsubtle name that purports to explore Mormom history in my hometown of KC. I'm almost to the end but we haven't gotten to KCMO yet. Slightly disappointing...