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by **Auphelia** » Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:34 pm

I am listening to the audiobook version of So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y’all Don’t Even Know by Retta. As with all celebrity memoirs, the only way to properly experience it is through the author’s own voice reading it to you, and Retta is in that sacred pantheon of actresses whose voices I could listen to forever, among the likes of Kathryn Hahn and the delicious Christiane Amanpour. Retta leverages her comedic sensibilities to their fullest here, with her stand-up experience of using long stories coming full circle into an entertaining and generally pleasant read. She is incredibly personal and personable and is an utter delight all around.

Her connection to the former President of Liberia and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was completely unexpected but perhaps my favourite part of the entire book.

by **Blanjiland** » Fri Mar 12, 2021 9:16 am

Capitalist Realism: Is there no alternative? by Mark Fisher.

by **Thepeopl** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 8:41 am

"The city we became" by N.K. Jemisin.
Absolutely riveting read. Has me giggling quite a lot.

by **New Visayan Islands** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 8:43 am

I, Mengsk - Graham McNeill

by **Rhayna** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 8:45 am

Time Cycles, by Roger Penrose

by **Thepeopl** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 8:49 am

Rhayna wrote:Time Cycles, by Roger Penrose

Did you mean: "cycles of Time"?

by **Riam** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 8:52 am

The Storm of Steel (German: In Stahlgewittern), by Ernst Jünger. A memoir of his experiences in the Western Front during the First World War.

by **Frieden-und Freudenland** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:15 pm

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

by **A z a n i a** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:43 pm

I'm currently re-reading Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

by **The Macabees** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 3:09 pm

Frontinus, Stratagems. Aqueducts of Rome

by **Grod Island** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 11:17 pm

The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie. Top notch fantasy fiction.

by **Blargoblarg** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 1:23 am

I'm re-reading The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall by Anne McCaffrey

by **Novo Portugal** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:42 pm

A book I bought for 2 euros, Cry Wolf by Wilbur Smith. It's very nice.

by **The New California Republic** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:45 pm

Marxism-Leninism in the German Democratic Republic, by Martin McCauley.

by **Thepeopl** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 2:31 pm

"The death and life of great American Cities" by Jane Jacobs.

Oh, and I forgot to mention:
Mira Grant: "Chimera", it is part 3 of the "parasite" serie.
Seanan McGuire: "Tricks for Free", "that ain't witchcraft" and "Imaginary numbers"
Charles Stross: "the Labyrinth Index"
Diana Rowland:"How the white trash zombie got her groove back"
Marie Brennan: "the Labyrinth of drakes", "within the sanctuary of wings", "turning darkness into light"
Because Yay! Birthday, thus new books in my book collection.

And after Jane Jacobs I'll read:
Matthew de Abaitua: "If/Then"
Natasha Pulley: "The bedlam Stacks"

by **The Macabees** » Mon Mar 15, 2021 6:18 pm

Thepeopl wrote:"The death and life of great American Cities" by Jane Jacobs.

How are you liking it?

by **Thepeopl** » Mon Mar 15, 2021 7:04 pm

The Macabees wrote:
Thepeopl wrote:"The death and life of great American Cities" by Jane Jacobs.

How are you liking it?

Its brilliant. Very sad to see it still is relevant. We keep making the same mistakes again and again without ever wondering why. The blight that is "car centredness" is atrocious.
In 1960 it already was known that for every percentage of extra concrete, there will be an percentage of extra traffic.

Because people have a "optimum" travel time. So now we have cars we are able to live further away from our workplace, thus contributing to extra traffic. And most traffic is residential traffic, short distances which could have been made by other means of mobility. IF there is a safe alternative available.

More eyes on the street, more functions on the street, makes an area safer and more attractive, thus creating more eyes on the street.
If one doesn't feel safe to walk on the street, one will drive a car or avoid that patch of street, thus making it less safe.
All this knowledge, known in 1960s, still ignored today.

by **Jabberwocky** » Mon Mar 15, 2021 7:15 pm

The Grene Knyght wrote:Titus Groan, Mervyn Peake

I loved the first two volumes, but the third one just didn't connect for me.

The Dark Wind by Tony Hillerman

by **Diarcesia** » Mon Mar 15, 2021 7:59 pm

The Slow Regard of Silent Things. Small book, could be read in a day.

by **Luckyon** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 3:50 am

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. It was the first book that I completely fell in love with in college I wrote an essay about it. I found service for book report help and with their help I got the highest score in the class. I still use their help from time to time.

by **Elwher** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 9:36 am

Rereading Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle - Lucifer's Hammer If done right, this could be the greatest HBO mini-series since GOT

by **Blargoblarg** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 2:01 am

I'm re-reading Dragonseye by Anne McCaffrey

by **Mapquest** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 2:18 am

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by **Pax Nerdvana** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 6:15 am

Elwher wrote:Rereading Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle - Lucifer's Hammer If done right, this could be the greatest HBO mini-series since GOT

Love that book. I reread it every year.

by **Riam** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 6:20 am

The Nonexistent Knight (Italian: Il cavaliere inesistente), by Italo Calvino. One of the stories in the trilogy Our Ancestors (I nostri antenati).

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