Donald Trump, a Playboy Model, and a System for Concealing Infidelity

One woman’s account of clandestine meetings, financial transactions, and legal pacts designed to hide an extramarital affair.

By Ronan Farrow for the New Yorker

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-...karen-mcdougal

I just finished Louise Erdrich's dystopian novel, Future Home of the Living God. The world as we know it, has changed, plants and animals are reverting back to their ancient forms - flying lizards with feathers, aggressive plants that are no longer food, and women are no longer getting pregnant. There are a few women who can, and rigid laws are in place to capture them, and place them in prisons, where they are well fed, and cared for. Those who resist to give their babies to the state, seem to always die in childbirth.
All of this is told by a young Ojibwe woman, who was adopted by a white couple, and becomes pregnant by her boy friend, and resists the directive to turn herself in.
It has a different spin from most dystopian novels, but its misogyny is similar to that found in The Handmaid's Tale.

Brisa
 

Capital Gaines-by Chip Gaines

As much of the internet as possible.

I just finished reading..... The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeny. It's her first novel, and it's exceptionally well written.

The story centers around the Plumb family, and how they deal with the one of the members in their family and that person's choices in life affect other members of the family.

It was an very enjoyable read.

Oh, I read that book as well !

It was very well written considering she was a first time author as I recall....:hangloose:

‘Goodnight, Ladies’ by Zan Kotker
 

In a country and culture generally obsessed with youth, Zane Kotker offers a welcome antidote with her novella “Goodnight, Ladies.” In her new work, the Northampton novelist, profiles three widowed women who have entered their early 70s and are navigating a strange period in their lives.

Goodnight, Ladies” offers a moving meditation on memory and loss, while also staring down the realities of aging in a matter-of-fact way. As Kotker writes, “Death seems so impossible to the young. To the old it’s as common as spent tea bags.

My copy of Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme just arrived in the mail!!! I'm so excited!!

I'm still trying to get my hands on its precursor, The Persistent Desire.

I know The Persistent Desire is currently out of print, so if anyone knows where to get the pdf/digital version, I would appreciate it a lot!

Thriftbooks shows an ex library copy available if that helps........

Girl Down by Kate Manne.....the logic of misogyny.

I just started listening to "Fire and Fury:Inside the Trump White House" and good LAWD.

Juicy details and I hope like hell it isn't all true but I fear that most of it is. EEK. :seeingstars:

Brisa
 

Just finished Det. Joe Kendall's book (ID Channel)...It was seriously good!

I finished “A Constellation of Vital Phenomena” by Anthony Mara a few weeks ago. I loved it. Heartbreaking and life/love affirming.

Before that - I read “Elinor Oliphant is Completely Fine” by Gail Honeyman which was hysterical and touching.

I’ve just stared reading “Eternal Life” by Dara Horn. It was a bit slow to start. Full of Judaic history and mysticism. Once I got about 1/3 of the way in I was hooked.

Happiness Project - Gretchen Rubin

Working through a chapter/month with friends...it’s an interesting practice in mindfulness with humor and compassion.

Print book: In the Kingdom of Ice, by Hampton Sides: "tells the true story of the 1879–1881 arctic voyage of the USS Jeannette and the crew's struggle to survive after having to abandon their ship in the polar ice."

eBook: Palace of Treason, by Jason Matthews (sequel to Red Sparrow, which was not actually good lol)

Audiobook: Fledgling, by Octavia Butler

On Sunday i finished The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry, by Jon Ronson (2011): "explores the concept of psychopathy, along with the broader mental health "industry" including mental health professionals and the mass media."

It was not what i expected and went very fast. Recommended

Ann Rule (non-fiction, true crime stories)
 

My favorite types of things to read are non-fiction accounts.

I've recently received two books authored by Ann Rule, who retired from her role in law enforcement up in Seattle, Washington. In her books, Ann Rule draws from her experience s in law enforcement in over one thousand articles and numerous books, and she has lectured widely in law enforcement schools and agencies, as well as serving as an consultant to the FBI's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (IV-CAP) which is used track and apprehend criminals.

I just finished reading Practice To Decieve .... the true crime story about the tragedy on Whidbey Island where Jim Huden (ex-microsoft program developer) and Peggy Sue Stackhouse took the life of another person, in the Puget Sound area, years ago.

I just received the Lust Killer . ... which this horrific crime took place in Oregon, years and years ago. I never lived here during the time this true crime account happened, but I'm looking forward to reading this book.

In a strange way, these two crime accounts remind me of the late 1960s, early 1970s account of the Zodiac Killer from the San Francisco Bay area. I was in high school back then, but I remember reading headline news coverage of this very scary true crime event.... and if I recall correctly, the Zodiac killer case has never been solved. I've always wondered if the killer would have been apprehended if Ann Rule would have been working on the case, but I wonder if cases such as the Zodiac killer might be considered the beginning of an variety of forensic sciences developed in coordination with various law enforcement agencies. I'm not sure, but I've always wondered.

Rating for Ann Rule books: Excellent!

Grim Tales for Young and Old by Philip Pullman
The Metomorphoses by Ovid

I have been doing some deep internal work and it's left me with a burning hunger for myths and Fairy Tales

Roy Moore news ... he has his hand out asking for donations. Sickening! Will this knat ever go away?

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/03/polit...und/index.html