hi darlings, i'm back

expect various catch-up book posts & random comments & such soon! i probably won't be able to backread everything but, hey, how's it hanging, summer's been great, hope y'all are well, anyone seen any cool birds lately...?

[book post] Five books

tl;dr: entertaining book that unfortunately is probably a pack of lies; Discourse TM; kitsch 1; kitsch 2; math that is also fanfiction

( Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan by Jake Adelstein )

( Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else) by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò )

( Miracle Town: Creating America's Bavarian Village in Leavenworth, Washington by Ted Price and John Miller )

( Death on Tap by Ellie Alexander )

( BONUS FANFICTION ROUND: The Poetry of Logic by RookSacrifice )

[book post] Two novellas

( 17776 (What Football Will Look Like in the Future) by Jon Bois )

( Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress )