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reviewed My degeneration by Peter Dunlap-Shohl (Graphic medicine)

Peter Dunlap-Shohl: My degeneration (2015) 5 stars

"A narrative of the author's battle with Parkinson's disease. Traces the author's journey through depression, …

Review of 'My degeneration' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I still think about this book a lot. It taught me a lot of factual stuff about the disease, and taught me a lot of empathy for those struggling with it.

For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon—a …

Review of 'Feed' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

The performance and production of the audiobook was much better than the actual story itself. A lot of the complaints I see here on GR are about the lingo and slang and how the kids talk. And I bet that could indeed be a bit difficult to read in print. But the narrator did a superb job of reading it for you and making it seem natural.

At first I kept distracting myself by focusing on how the relationship between Titus and Violet seems forced and convenient, like it's only here to drive the plot.

But then I was like, man, what do you really want here, self? It's a 300 page YA sci-fi political-techno satire thingie. It is OKAY for that particular driver of the plot to exist as an obvious plot driver. Shaddup and enjoy your damn book.

Let it be what it is.

and that's how I …

Matthew P. Walker: Why We Sleep (EBook, 2017, Simon & Schuster Audio) 5 stars

With two appearances on CBS This Morning and Fresh Air's most popular interview of 2017, …

Review of 'Why We Sleep' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Why I picked it up:

Two or three different coworkers recommended it to me. I usually only need ONE excuse to pick up a new book!

What I want to remember:

- Sleep loss is friggin terrifying! The mental and physical costs of regularly losing just an hour of sleep a night are catastrophic.

"From the ingenious comic performer, founding member of Monty Python, and creator of Spamalot, comes …

Review of 'Always look on the bright side of life' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

A funny, name-dropping romp. Mostly autobiography, partial biography of the song.

What I want to remember

- It's funny the small circles a lot of these superstars seem to run in.

- I teared up hearing about George Harrison's attack. I had heard of the thing, but not in detail, and not from somebody close to George and Olivia.

reviewed Priest by Matthew Colville (Ratcatchers, Book One)

Matthew Colville: Priest (2010, Self-published) 4 stars

Review of 'Priest' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Docking a star because of typos and grammatical errors.

Grrrreat book though! Definitely set up to be the first of a long series. Otherwise I'd be confused at the appearance of characters such as The Bard and The Thief. They're obviously poised to take the lead in their own respective volumes.

"Doomsday, Superman's deadliest villain, returns from the Phantom Zone with only one purpose, the death …

Review of 'Superman - Action Comics' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

So we were talking about Superman, and my friends were like "Superman is lame and anyone who thinks otherwise offends me" and so I got to talk about how good Superman can be really so very good. Because you can't write physical challenges for Supes, the best stories about him are about morality and humanity and belonging, and what it means to be good and to be a person.

And yeah. This one is all of that.

Thanks to my buddy Shannon for giving me this comic after that discussion.

Kamala Harris: The Truths We Hold (AudiobookFormat, 2019, Penguin Audio) 3 stars

From Kamala Harris, one of America's most inspiring political leaders and Joe Biden’s pick for …

Review of 'The Truths We Hold' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I was okay. I mean, I'd definitely vote for her.

I was emotionally invested in the parts that were human or personal, and I was hoping for more of that. A little more memoir and a little less campaign platform.