also tore through this one on vacation. #mimipond's my lady. #vacationreads #tipyourwaitress

toni morrison sharing about her process and the world her novels represent is, as always, a gift to us all.

first #spookyread of october. i loved this pastoral setting and the fictional playing-out of clashes between folk medicine/historic alt faiths and the church. i'm a sucker for flawed and or unlikeable female protagonists, so this sucked me in right away. could've done with a lil more trauma analysis, myself.

neglected work to churn through this one today. i haven't read anything that captures the mundanity and melodrama of waitressing quite like this one. i loved it, and the ending smashed my heart right up.

the 1st in a very ambitious hold spree i went on 2 weeks ago. a wonderfully fast read. i don't know much about anarchy communes or fantasy, and this was a nice, quick foray into both. it's a queer and racially diverse cast, tho that was executed in a way that wasn't particularly organic. i was happy to have it nonetheless. A+++ on the gore and creepy animals scale tho! i'll probably pick this author up again.

i REALLY wanted to be all about this one, since the eclipse is cutting through a HUGE swath of nebraska, but it reminded me too much of short historical textbooks from undergrad. wasn't for me, but a good read for folks who like a detailed historical account! our hold list for this guy aint short, so i'm passing it on to someone who might love it better #eclipse #manoverboard

part 2 of yesterday's work: wrapped up edgeland. it was eerie and quick. not life-changing YA, but it was nice to read a non-series and i DO love a book with no romantic subplot.

yesterday was a double-finish! i enjoyed reading this one, though the reign of terror is certainly a story that could take up many books of its own and i was a bit bored of the FBI angle. the perspectives of surviving family at the end was a nice change, as the narrative was generally white-dominated and shaped. would definitely rec for folks who know little abt continued crimes against native folks and nascent OK politics!

a good intro to the cult murders in rulo, NE. dragged a bit with the buildup, the writing is very simple and it's not at all my style (read more like a western than anything, imo) but lots of good info on the posse comitatus and rural midwestern cult stirrings in the 80s.

Sometimes you just need to drive through rural Missouri, listen to a young Barack narrate his world and weep openly, ya know?