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I'm starting Evvie Drake Starts Over next, as soon as I finish up this post-apocalyptic police procedural The Wild Dead by Carrie Vaughn. It has been a pretty good beach read, if you like female detectives mixed with post-apocalyptic speculative fiction. The world Carrie Vaughn has created with this, the second novel in a new series, is pretty interesting. The first book in the series is Bannerless. She raises some interesting questions about morality and society's responsibilities in a world with limited resources.
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While waiting for my therapy session tonight, I read from a fairly recent issue of a magazine, they had on the table in the waiting room. Lots of amazing and very interesting articles, and even some sharp criticism of op-eds featured in prior publications, by readers themselves.
There was a main article that anchored the recent publication, which explored myths of race. Law, African-American studies and Sociology professor Dorothy Roberts presented her much studied and researched topic on why "Race is a political category that has been disguised as a biological one". The article starts out as an interview between Roberts and journalist, Mark Leviton. The article is SO enlightening, that I can't just pick one or two quotes, plus it's an article densely populated by the many ways racism affects people of color and the intersectional dimensions of institutionalized racism across American institutions which have marginalized and hurt people of color, for way too long. Roberts in-depth article is featured in the April 2019 edition of The Sun (pp., 4-13). My favorite part of the magazine to read and contemplate upon is from the section toward the back, and they title of that particular section is called One Nation, Indivisible. From the editor of The Sun: "One Nation, Indivisible" features excerpts from The Sun's archives that speak to the current political moment. You can read the full text of excerpted sections online at … www.thesunmagazine.org/onenation. An interesting quote, from the very last page of the magazine, in the section titled: Sunbeams. "We must never ignore the injustices that make charity necessary; or the inequalities that make it possible," ~ Michael Eric Dyson (left hand column, page 48).
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I'm reading "I, Who Did Not Die" by Meredith May, Najah Aboud, and Zahed Haftlang
It is a rare examination of the absurdity of a war fought by children and young men who were victims of the brutal dictators they were forced to serve. This powerful tale of two men whose lives collide on the battlefield shows that acts of mercy are the ultimate triumph of compassion over hate. |
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I'm reading The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.
"Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does—or does not—say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life" |
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I read that, and found it very interesting. It was not what I would call a fun read, but it was eye-opening.
* * * I am reading _On The Beach_ by Nevil Shute, a classic 1950s post-apocalyptic novel that I have been meaning to read for a long time. People in Melbourne, Australia wait to catch radiation sickness as the fallout from a nuclear war swirls ever closer around the earth due to weather patterns. They shift back and forth from trying to live normal lives, to trying to find out what's going on in other parts of the world. * * * I may re-read _The Handmaid's Tale_ after this, as I just learned today that the sequel has finally come out - _The Testaments_ by Margaret Atwood. It's been a long time since I read THT, and I haven't been able to make myself pay for Hulu so I can watch the series. I remember it as pretty tough to take, and it made me angry a lot, but it was a _great_ read.
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UnClobber: Rethinking Our Misuse of the Bible on Homosexuality: Churches in America are experiencing an unprecedented fracturing due to their belief and attitude toward the LGBTQ community. Armed with only six passages in the Bible often known as the "clobber passages" the traditional Christian position has been one that stands against the full inclusion of our LGBTQ brothers and sisters. Unclobber reexamines each of those frequently quoted passages of Scripture, alternating with author Colby Martin's own story of being fired from an evangelical megachurch when they discovered his stance on sexuality. UnClobber reexamines what the Bible says (and does not say) about homosexuality in such a way that breathes fresh life into outdated and inaccurate assumptions and interpretations. It is interesting but i am kind of over the whole idea of trying to find a way to fit ourselves into the Bible. Let the clobber passages stand as they are, and understand that the real project lies in getting people to accept that God's creation is also a Bible, and that areas where the written word contradicts the created word should be resolved in favor of the created, as the written word bears the taint of human corruption and should be questioned.
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I didn't get very far with reading the book by Colson Whitehead.
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I'm reading a book that I may have gotten the rec for here. If so, thank you very much to whoever recommended it.
It's _Adventures in the Screen Trade_ by William Goldman. Yes, that William Goldman - _The Princess Bride_, _All The President's Men_, _Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid_. It's about how his books were made into screenplays and then into movies. It's pretty eye-opening about the ins-and-outs of film production.
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Have you ever heard of Dead Pilot's Society? Dead Pilots Society with Andrew Reich and Ben Blacker In Dead Pilots Society, scripts that were developed by studios and networks but were never produced are given the table reads they deserve. Starring actors you know and love from television and film, a live audience, and a good time in which no one gets notes, no one is fired, and everyone laughs. Presented by Andrew Reich (Friends; Worst Week) and Ben Blacker (The Writers Panel podcast; co-creator, Thrilling Adventure Hour). You can find it online, by scrolling down the page, at: www.maximumfun.org/shows/culture The main page (www.maximumfun.org) has all types of awesome podcasts, like.... Oh No, Ross & Carrie ( this podcast is super funny, lots of laughter)…. Who Shot Ya? (this podcast is about films and movies) .. just to name a couple of them. It's a fun place to find podcasts of a wide variety of interest. ![]()
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between these:
Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy and Essentials of Specific Learning Disability Identification
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I had come across some summer book club suggestions and had to put all three of them on a wait list. Well, one by one they came available, finally!
First, just finished, The Nickel Boys, written by Colson Whitehead. I thought it was a very good story, his style of storytelling, keep me very interested. My second, I'll be starting this week, Ask Again, Yes, written by Mary Beth Keane. A new York Times bestseller, about a two families, the bond between their children, a tragedy that reverberates over 4 decades, daily intimacies of marriage and the power of forgiveness. This book was recommended by Jimmy Fallon's list. And the third, I'll be picking up today. Whisper Network, written by Chandler Baker. About four powerful women working in corporate America, who band together to stop the whispers in sexual harassment and assault in the workplace. Part page turning thriller, part smart examination of the #MeToo, part feminist ralling cry. Good beach read, even as we enter fall..lol. This was a pick by Reese Witherspoon.
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