The Hand-Sculpted House
5 stars
There are white moments even excluding quoting Thoreau. Overall anticapitalist and the opposite of gatekeeping. I especially appreciated the chapters on hand tools and the introduction to codes and permits.
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(she/her) I've started a lifelong phase focusing on books written by women of colour
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50% of the authors I read were women of colour 41% was nonfiction 60% of the fiction was SFFH 28% were published in 2022 83% were published in the last 10 years Read approximately 1675 pages over 34h from 165 abandoned books
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kab reviewed Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand
Wylding Hall
2 stars
The Mary Poppins-speak is beyond belabored, alongside amateur journalist mythmaking with the principal characters speaking about themselves as if they were their own fans ('history in the making', 'we were all young and beautiful and gifted'). The author compares characters to celebrities instead of inspiring imagination. The spooky bits were fine if clichéd.
kab reviewed The Two Mrs. Abbotts by D. E. Stevenson
The Two Mrs. Abbotts
2 stars
This one ages awfully on multiple fronts, not least Markie's fixation on phrenology
kab reviewed Die schlechteste Hausfrau der Welt by Jacinta Nandi
Alle wollen über Feminismus reden, über geile, coole Themen, die junge Frauen ansprechen. Über Gender-Pay-Gap …
Die schlechteste Hausfrau der Welt
4 stars
Eine englische Muttersprachlerin, die auf Deutsch schreibt, und eine englische Muttersprachlerin, die es liest. Immer unterhaltsam, aber deprimierender als ich erwartet hatte. In einem nachfolgenden Buch gibt es ein erstaunliches Ausmaß an Deadbeatness, das ich mir nie hätte vorstellen können, aber in dieses geht es mehr um die Verachtung ihres Ex. Ich habe dies für Zeilen wie die folgenden gelesen:
Ich habe vergessen, wie viel die Menschen lachen können, wenn sie noch nicht zu lange in Deutschland gelebt haben.
kab reviewed Infinités by Vandana Singh
Infinités
4 stars
"Faim" ★★★ "Delhi" ★★★★ "La femme qui se croyait planète" ★★★½ "Infinités" ★★★½ "Soif" ★★★ "Les lois de la conservation" ★★★ "Trois contes de la rivière du ciel" ★★★ "Le tétraèdre" ★★★½ "L'épouse" ★★★ "La chambre sur le toit" ★★★½ "Un manifeste spéculatif" ★★★½
kab reviewed Surprisingly down to Earth, and Very Funny by Limmy
Surprisingly down to Earth, and Very Funny
3 stars
Many memoirs would be a plummet in gravity and craft coming off of reading Wild Swans. I was sorrowed to know the threshold for life moments to reflect on. The comedy chapter was what I was after and I appreciated the part about meditation.