Today's review! Atlantis, Land of Dreams by Edale Lane:
"An amazing, epic story - suspenseful, scandalous, emotional and romantic, filled with heroes and heroines, corruption and evil... I was thoroughly entertained with this amazing page-turner."
From Interim Editor-in-Chief @gusbova, in our magazine: How was a disgraced smuggler put in charge of securing the #border? What a long-dead, cartoonishly corrupt #Texas bureaucrat can tell us about the nature of immigration enforcement and the U.S.-Mexico divide. https://www.texasobserver.org/banality-of-border-evil/
Recently finished "Gun Country: Gun Capitalism, Culture, and Control in Cold War America," by Andrew McKevitt
An exploration of how the US came to have so many #guns, this traces how surplus guns after WWII were aggressively marketed to (mostly #white, mostly #male) Americans who for the first time had disposable
income.
Nezu Press is bringing out two new books next month, both by Mary L. Pendered: 'The Uncanny House' and 'The Forsaken House at Misty Vale'. More info on my blog:
Regardless of why struggling actor Lou Galloway upped sticks from Los Angeles landing in Mexico, going from attending yet another audition in which he didn't get the job to sitting around in bars with cheap mezcal & no demands, the last thing he expected was to end up at the wedding of the daughter of infamous crime boss Diego Flores.
🔴 Books That Shook the Business World: An Essay on the Principle of Population by Thomas Robert Malthus
“The core thesis was that any improvements in food production would quickly be overwhelmed by population growth. Advances made today would just increase the population tomorrow, meaning more mouths to feed. Since the amount of agricultural land was finite, population growth would inevitably drag most people back to bare subsistence level. Humanity was thus caught in an eternal trap.”
Soft, shimmering photographs saturated with color evoke the busy world of bees, butterflies, bats, and moths—and many lesser-known species—at close range. Poems encourage the reader to look closely, to marvel, and most of all, to care, while back matter underscores the vital role these creatures play in the ecosystem and the ways we can help pollinators
Finished The Violent Season by Sara Walters (Young Adult) last night. I digested it overnight and can confidently say the book is fucked in a good way. Has had me thinking all day. May have you questioning your morals.
#IndieInkAwards reviews for this year are coming in! I'll cross-post them here in replies to myself as they come in. Feel free to follow the hashtag to make sure you see them all! (These will be on other social media as well.)
First up, Tiny Elf Arcanist reviews A Necromancer Called Gam Gam and calls it "a moving exploration of grief and found family wrapped in beautiful prose"
Sue Bavey calls The Binding of Bloom Mountain "an imaginative tale" that was "well-paced, had intriguing characters and I was happy that Celeste and Marta seemed to be equally attracted to one another"
Book Challenge: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers. (And don't forget the alt text.)
Book Challenge: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers. (And don't forget the alt text.)
Book Challenge: 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers. (And don't forget the alt text.)