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What I read -- June 2021



LHC #123: "The Monster of Elendhaven" by Jennifer Giesbrecht. Enormously fun. This read like the best kind of fanfic. 

LHC #124: "Absolutely nothing to get alarmed about: The complete novels of Charles Wright" by, shockingly enough, Charles Wright. Is it three novels? Kind of. Somehow I got the idea in my head that the library website was lying and the book was 624 pages, not 387, and was intimidated. The language is so rich and dense, to tally worth the effort.  

LHC #125: "Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach" by Kelly Robson. Shorter than I expected, and quite charming. 

LHC #126: "Invisible Countries" by Joshua Keating. He's an editor at Slate, so that's probably how I heard of this book. I read a lot more on Slate before they limited me to a few articles a month at about the same time I lost my job, and now I'm just bitter.  The chapter on Akwesasne seemed really important, considering how Canada is dealing with repercussions of residential "schools" right now. Canada does not come off well here. The structure was kind of boring, but this book was totally my jam. A good read. 

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