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J. R. Rogue: All of My Bullshit Truths (2020, Independently Published)

Bestselling poet J.R. Rogue’s All Of My Bullshit Truths includes nine of her collections. Including …

Excellent work!

This is a collection of poems, an anthology I suppose, from her previous books. I'm not great with poetry. I love it, that goes without saying, but I find meaning in poetry that others don't see. I don't think that makes me wrong about anything, nor does that make anyone else wrong about what they've discovered. But it leads to conversations and explanations and questions and, sometimes, I only wish to read the poem and enjoy it.

And I thoroughly enjoyed this one. I've just flipped through it for a while. You don't need to read it in order and serendipity is a helluva discovery tool. I saw this book in a Goodwill and decided to give it a go, and I've never regretted that decision.

Tom Harem: Space Fun Boxed Set (EBook)

Kane always had this big dream of exploring the whole universe. Ever since his father …

I just feel bad...

There's a good story and some good characters that are desperately trying to escape this book. I mean, yeah, it's a sci-fi erotica story in the harem sub-genre. I'm not expecting Anais Nin here. But there were instances where character names would get changed, and then changed back, and sometimes the spicy parts were more like a mild pico de gallo. This is a series that needs a couple more passes through an editor and some rewriting and it could be good.

But it just wasn't. I got invested in the characters, because of course I did, and the only reason I finished it was to find out what happened to them.

Travis Baldree: Legends & Lattes (Paperback, 2022, Tor Books)

Worn out after decades of packing steel and raising hell, Viv the orc barbarian cashes …

Almost iyashikei like... and I'm here for it

If you're familiar with iyashikei anime, or "healing" anime, this book falls very much within the same genre and presentation. I'd heard good things about this one for a while and all of those tales were true. This was genuinely fun to read, and that's one of the highest compliments I can give to any book.

James Gleick: Time Travel (Hardcover, 2016, Pantheon)

This totally wasn't what I thought it was. I figured it would be something about the history of time travel vis a vis quantum physics or theoretical physics through the Many Worlds Theory or something like that.

No, it's literally a book about the history of time travel in prose, print, and in science itself. It wasn't what I expected, but it was certainly welcome.

Lisa Morton: Ghosts (2017, Reaktion Books, Limited) No rating

From that cheerful puff of smoke known as Casper to the hunkiest potter living or …

I ordered this book the same time I ordered The Ghost: A Cultural History. That one happened to arrive first, so I've got this one up next.

J. R. Rogue: All of My Bullshit Truths (2020, Independently Published)

Bestselling poet J.R. Rogue’s All Of My Bullshit Truths includes nine of her collections. Including …

I found this book at a local Goodwill of all places and, flipping through it, I liked the poetry I was reading. I'm not trying to go cover to cover ASAP on this one, more than I'm opening the book to random spots and seeing what I discover.

Abbie Hoffman: Steal This Book (1996, Four Walls Eight Windows) No rating

In 1967 a book called "F--k The System" was published privately under the pseudonym George …

A classic among counterculture literature and non-fiction and it's surprising how much of the book remains relevant today!

Susan Owens: The ghost (2017) No rating

[This book] delves into a wealth of literary and artistic sources, including illuminated manuscripts, woodcut …

My wife found this in an article and it sounded like a good book. So yeah, let's give it a try.

Dorian Lynskey: Everything Must Go (Hardcover, 2024, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)

About Everything Must Go A rich, captivating, and darkly humorous look into the evolution of …

All good things...

This is a book where every chapter reads like a meal. It's dense, but in the best ways and is absolutely worth your time.

Even better, within the text and sources cited, you'll find a helluva lot more books to read!