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He's literally a pedophile who beat his ex wife as proved in court? Pictures with Epstein and lived a block away? Seems like the lowest hanging fruit is the easiest and best way to point out how big of a piece of shit he is

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This last week I read:

Against the Currant by Olivia Matthews. Cozy Mystery genre but I found it extremely boring and not very cozy.

Golden Son by Pierce Brown. I read Red Rising earlier this year; I like the action but this book was very wordy and kinda boring in stints. Also, everything feels so easy lol. Like this dude just tanks and kills everything, he's gonna free all the slaves he sooooo good, idk. Feels like an attempt at an allegory to current class/race problems from a white man's perspective. White knight for sure.

Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton. Funny-ass sci-fi that I liked a lot. It was a pretty standard colony ship-type story, but it was made very funny and relatable and overall I liked it.

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I finished Misfortune Cookie by Vivien Chien and just like that my favorite cozy mystery series is out of books for the time being

Also finished Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. Coolest audiobook I've read in a long time, maybe ever? Huge cast of voices and sound effects. Really intense sci-fi story too told through "reports" etc. I picked it up from one of these previous weekly threads, thanks whoever posted about it!

Now I'm reading Golden Son by Pierce Brown to continue the series. Started slow but now I'm liking it about 40 percent through.

Also picked up Against the Currant by Olivia Matthews to try to fill the cost mystery fix. About 25 percent in, not quite the same but it'll do.

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I like to take tofu, often the preseasoned ones, and fry it for five minutes while chopping it to pieces with the spatula. Eat it with some chili oil, and spinach salad (fresh spinach massaged with olive oil and pepper). I'm like you, no motivation to cook.

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Oh I didn't see this post! I've got a few. If I had to rank them:

1: Tender Is The Flesh by Augustina Bazterrica. After all animals die of, humanity decides to create and eat a cattle class of humans. So incredibly uncomfortable, the entire book. And I'm already vegan lol

2: We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. Nature or nurture?? We'll never know how it happened.

3: House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski. I love this book. It's so eery and scary even though there's no like monsters or anything. Monsters of the mind anyone??

4: The Troop by Nick Cutter. Didn't particularly like this book but it's so disturbing. I'm getting sick thinking about it. The graphic depictions of infection and flesh and just... Ugh.

5: The Hot Zone by Richard Preston. Nonfiction that scares the hell out of me. Disease is truly terrifying.

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It's actually mind blowing how much dissonance there is on this. The support for closing borders is huge.

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Red Rising by Pierce Brown. Recently read Hunger Games so this is kinda similar. Not a huge fan of sci-fi that is obsessed with "high culture" but the action is good.

An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguru. Very unique perspective book. It's short so I'm almost done. So far I like it a lot.

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An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong. So good, basically a nature doc in a book but way more in depth. It's so fascinating.

Now I'm reading The Vegetarian which I hear is a good Korean thriller by Han Kang

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