kathologist

other meets other

Revisado: 03-09-25

Immigrant experience in about 1900 NYC. Even mythical creatures from different cultures can meet up. I found the colorful descriptions and nuance of Syrian and Jewish communities very engrossing.

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new background on daily life in 1790's London

Revisado: 02-15-25

disappointed, but that's just my taste. I love historical fiction that is written to bring you into the time & place with how they did things, problem solving, culture.

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much insight on re-framing current chaos

Revisado: 11-18-22

I thought I would find his holocaust xp too heavy. Not so. As a person with chronic illness and pain, the pressure to "pay my way" or earn my right to be treated with dignity & the impersonal devaluation of my suffering by western medicine - is reframed yet again. It's not FAFO or "lifestyle choice" or personal shortcomings. Unavoidable suffering ; the "Provisonal Life" .
There is a value - honing your spirit. It's something I will need to revisit often in order to waste less time naval gazing in the time I have left.

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goddess powers

Revisado: 06-29-22

In these times of accelerated atrocities on a scale never imaginable, these parables may help you to reconnect to your innate passion for justice; ability to cultivate restorative actions and a kindess for your community and sore heart. Reminders about the powers of love in times of chaos.

The narration is slow and rich like caramel. A pace that allows your back brain to chew and absorb fully while your front brain is entertained.

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filling in some missing pieces

Revisado: 03-25-22

the Expanse series wasn't big enough (!) to include these colorful bits of our fave characters plus a brief commentary at the end of each that gives a glimpse into process. I appreciate the choice of the final - seems our reality is accelerating crisis, too.

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reality check

Revisado: 02-09-22

I search for stuff like this because we need new language to explain, describe, & deal with overlapping disasters that is our NOW.

Proactive measures to mitigate the needless suffering that previous decisions & mindsets have caught us all up in.

We're in the early stage of climate extremes & we're falling apart already. We can't volunteer our way out of this.

Our communities are not built to withstand these overlapping extreme events and this is what the State & Fed gov is supposed to cover.

FEMA has been hamstrung & is suffering from institutional inertia. Homeland Security continues to make us less safe.

Disaster Capitalism is escalating disparity with gov stamp of approval.

I grew up in the 70's in the Bay Area - lots of eco stuff in grade school curriculum & access to open space beyond my tract housing.

Grew up seeing Love Canal on our console tv...Quakes, drought, & the effects of Reaganomics burn thru the middle class.

That life - stable decent home, robust education, a vehicle or two & savings is but dream of a standard of life (on a single salary!) most won't get to if they slip below 650 credit score.

Now I live rural (priced out & worn out) in a small town. Since 2015, we've been hit with bigger & more extreme wildfires & now pandemic that is far from over.

As a disabled native Californian, I live these frustrations & barriers daily that make things harder than they need to be.

It's adapt or die (badly) time.
No one is coming to save us- we need to save ourselves.

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a pretty believable twist on reality

Revisado: 02-07-22

Went into it with no expectations & was richly rewarded by both compelling storylines & perfectly matched narrator.

snark with heart. Found myself rewinding certain chapters to scoop up extra!

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how desperate would you have to get to risk magic

Revisado: 02-02-22

gritty & dark yet little gore etc.

Not the usual tropes for magic users.

Much sympathy for have nots in an analog world.

Comes back to the theme of the choices or options among hard ones. Something a single parent living hand-to-mouth can relate to in this world.

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not your usual future space story

Revisado: 01-28-22

Another exploration of space in speculative fiction that doesn't gloss or glamorize space faring.

It is a murder mystery at heart. Some commentary on the toxic nature of living in an amoral transaction-based society & consequences thereof.

Ghosts, regrets, problem solving under duress No moralizing soap box in this book, just hard decisions to make with overlapping crisis & interesting blend of personalities of the characters.

Like most tech, it's great when it works as expected but demonic when when it doesn't.

Narration is excellent. There's some really harrowing parts (again, space is trying to kill you at every turn) where I may have had to step back & yet lured on by the hypnotic deep bass & surreal calmness of his voice.

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final(?) book in my fave space opera

Revisado: 12-17-21

Screaming Firehawks & like-minded humans will both devour and savor it.

As a GenXer, some of the themes I find the most troubling about our species is in play here. How do we mature as individuals & a species?

The narration is tops. No need for bells n whistles of a radio play because the voice of each main player is distinct. Just listening to it all, it is amazing how seemless.

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