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chase_acow) wrote2020-09-20 09:27 am
chase_acow) wrote2020-09-20 09:27 am
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hope is annoying because it demands things of us
I emailed, I'll be sending postcards and intend to call my Senators tomorrow. Even while the chance my Senators show a sign of fairness is slim, I had to try and I feel a little better. Thanks to someone else out there, I also signed up for postcards to voters and I'm now sending postcards to Kentucky to beg them to vote for Amy McGrath so we can get mitch or die trying.
I've finished two books recently that I really enjoyed. Suck it Goodreads, I'm catching up to my reading goal. I might be focusing on shorter books, but it still counts.
Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff
So I'm watching Lovecraft Country and I love the characters even if I'm not really following the plot, so I went to see how long the wait time was for the book it's based on. The answer was a couple of months, but when I checked his other stuff, this was available. It's a quick read, most of it is one character telling another a story, and she is a very good story teller. It's a wild ride, and while you could probably guess the twist at the end, it's a fun path to get there.
Jane Charlotte has been arrested for murder.
She tells police that she is a member of a secret organization devoted to fighting evil; her division is called the Department for the Final Disposition of Irredeemable Persons—"Bad Monkeys" for short.
This confession earns Jane a trip to the jail's psychiatric wing, where a doctor attempts to determine whether she is lying, crazy—or playing a different game altogether. What follows is one of the most clever and gripping novels you'll ever read.
Recursion by Blake Crouch
This is the guy who did Wayward Pines which I thought was Stephen King for some reason and thus I avoided, but I'll give a look now. I'll say that while the summary is true it is not all of what this book is. I think it's better to go in unspoiled but there are some MAJOR plot points that will adversely affect some people. So if the book looks interesting and you wanna give it a shot but want to know what to brace for, I'd be happy to spoil those specific things.
Memory makes reality.
That’s what New York City cop Barry Sutton is learning as he investigates the devastating phenomenon the media has dubbed False Memory Syndrome—a mysterious affliction that drives its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived.
That's what neuroscientist Helena Smith believes. It’s why she’s dedicated her life to creating a technology that will let us preserve our most precious memories. If she succeeds, anyone will be able to re-experience a first kiss, the birth of a child, the final moment with a dying parent.
As Barry searches for the truth, he comes face-to-face with an opponent more terrifying than any disease—a force that attacks not just our minds but the very fabric of the past. And as its effects begin to unmake the world as we know it, only he and Helena, working together, will stand a chance at defeating it.
But how can they make a stand when reality itself is shifting and crumbling all around them?
I've finished two books recently that I really enjoyed. Suck it Goodreads, I'm catching up to my reading goal. I might be focusing on shorter books, but it still counts.
Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff
So I'm watching Lovecraft Country and I love the characters even if I'm not really following the plot, so I went to see how long the wait time was for the book it's based on. The answer was a couple of months, but when I checked his other stuff, this was available. It's a quick read, most of it is one character telling another a story, and she is a very good story teller. It's a wild ride, and while you could probably guess the twist at the end, it's a fun path to get there.
Jane Charlotte has been arrested for murder.
She tells police that she is a member of a secret organization devoted to fighting evil; her division is called the Department for the Final Disposition of Irredeemable Persons—"Bad Monkeys" for short.
This confession earns Jane a trip to the jail's psychiatric wing, where a doctor attempts to determine whether she is lying, crazy—or playing a different game altogether. What follows is one of the most clever and gripping novels you'll ever read.
Recursion by Blake Crouch
This is the guy who did Wayward Pines which I thought was Stephen King for some reason and thus I avoided, but I'll give a look now. I'll say that while the summary is true it is not all of what this book is. I think it's better to go in unspoiled but there are some MAJOR plot points that will adversely affect some people. So if the book looks interesting and you wanna give it a shot but want to know what to brace for, I'd be happy to spoil those specific things.
Memory makes reality.
That’s what New York City cop Barry Sutton is learning as he investigates the devastating phenomenon the media has dubbed False Memory Syndrome—a mysterious affliction that drives its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived.
That's what neuroscientist Helena Smith believes. It’s why she’s dedicated her life to creating a technology that will let us preserve our most precious memories. If she succeeds, anyone will be able to re-experience a first kiss, the birth of a child, the final moment with a dying parent.
As Barry searches for the truth, he comes face-to-face with an opponent more terrifying than any disease—a force that attacks not just our minds but the very fabric of the past. And as its effects begin to unmake the world as we know it, only he and Helena, working together, will stand a chance at defeating it.
But how can they make a stand when reality itself is shifting and crumbling all around them?