clackamaslee

Told the librarian I missed the pre-corporate giant days of that other site. She sent me here! I read a lot. You might not want to follow until I clean up my shelves as there are too many updates atm

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Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse (Wastelands #1)

Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America's Most Storied Hospital

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

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A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes

Egyptian Myths & Legends: Tales of Heroes, Gods & Monsters (Flame Tree Collector's Editions)

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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Caroline Criado Pérez

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E.Reads

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Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do (hrcyed) 3.0 !

I finally had time to watch the whole announcement video with the prompts ( here if you're interested ) and to say I'm excited would be an understatment. I missed version 1 and 2 (youtube hid it from me!) so I'm so ready for 3

I don't like "strict" challenges because reading is my hobby and I don't want to feel like I'm back in school, but because it's prompts and not specific genres or books, this one feels very accessible and like it won't spoile the fun of reading but add some spice to it.

And there's a KIDS/ TEENS version this year which I think is amazing. And an "easy" version. And a gamified version. 🤯

I'll do the normal one. And by that I mean, I'll see how far I can go without making it a chore and keep it amusing for myself. Because that's a lot of books. 150 if I counted right? But since you can use 1 book for 2 prompts, I guess you could do 75. There's no way I'll finish but bloody hell I'm excited!! If it turns out I'm not having fun I'll switch to the easy version and do 25 books. Or I'll just give up, who knows. But for right now, I just want to start planning and reading and did I tell you I'm excited? Because I'm excited.

And since I'm that excited, I'm starting now and giving myself 13 months, until july 6 2027. Because Stephanie said I could and because I'm a grown up and I can do what I want ;)

So anyway, will anyone be participating? If you do, would you like a weekly/biweekly/monthly accountability/motivation post? I don't want to spam the forums if there's no interest... Will you plan your books or just try to fit in whatever you read into the prompts later on? Selfishly, I want to know if I'm alone and if I'm not I wanna follow you to spy on what you read and try and guess the prompt you're reading for.

I just want to share the excitement. I'm so happy there's an easy and a kids version because it opens the fun to so many more people! And I love how customizable it all is. There's the fun of looking for something to fit the prompt without the not-fun part of having to read a specific book or genre.

EDIT just wanted to add the link to the FAQ because it might help you decide if you want to participate or not. You can read any age group, any length, any medium (manga, fanfictions,... do count!). You can do the whole thing or just a blackout bingo. Etc etc... Lots of additionnal info to be found!

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Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

Since its immediate success in 1813, Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child" and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print." The romantic clash between the opinionated Elizabeth and her proud beau, Mr. Darcy, is a splendid performance of civilized sparring. And Jane Austen's radiant wit sparkles as her characters dance a delicate quadrille of flirtation and intrigue, making this book the most superb comedy of manners of Regency England. Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679783268

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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

Cathy O'Neil

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A former Wall Street quant sounds the alarm on Big Data and the mathematical models that threaten to rip apart our social fabric—with a new afterword “A manual for the twenty-first-century citizen . . . relevant and urgent.”— Financial Times NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • The Boston Globe • Wired • Fortune • Kirkus Reviews • The Guardian • Nature • On Point We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives—where we go to school, whether we can get a job or a loan, how much we pay for health insurance—are being made not by humans, but by machines. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: Everyone is judged according to the same rules. But as mathematician and data scientist Cathy O’Neil reveals, the mathematical models being used today are unregulated and uncontestable, even when they’re wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discrimination—propping up the lucky, punishing the downtrodden, and undermining our democracy in the process. Welcome to the dark side of Big Data.

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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Caroline Criado Pérez

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Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

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Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

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closet.bookworm

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Spoilers or no spoilers?

I'm very against spoilers. If I ever get spoiled for anything, I will either never read or wait until I forget what was spoiled. I want to be surprised as much as possible. Most of the time, I can guess the ending, but it's not the same as someone confirming something happens.

However, my little brother looks up the endings to everything. Books, movies, shows. I'm like what is the point in watching/reading something if you already know what's going to happen? It would be one thing if he was checking for triggers or something, but that's not what he's doing. He just wants to know what's going to happen beforehand.

Is this a common thing? I'd honestly never heard of this until he told me he did it, but I recently found out my cousin does the same thing as well.

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mimi_reads

Book question you’re afraid to ask

What’s a book question you’ve never asked and you feel it’s too late to ask?

I don’t know what a space opera is (exposing myself here instead of just googling like a normal person 🧍🏻‍♀️)

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Ministaxx

Alice Walker

I just found out Alice Walker is a TERF and that she's antisemitic. I'm so disappointed. I've always spoken fondly of her work. I can't believe she supports JK Rowling. 😢

I hope the rest of Pride Month doesn't come out with any more curve balls.

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Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You'd Rather Cancel

Loretta Ross

From a pioneering Black feminist and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, an urgent and exhilarating memoir-manifesto-handbook about how to rein in the excesses of cancel culture so we can truly communicate and solve problems together.In 1979, Loretta Ross was a single mother who’d had to drop out of Howard University. She was working at Washington, DC’s Rape Crisis Center when she got a letter from a man in prison saying he wanted to learn how to not be a rapist anymore. At first, she was furious. As a survivor of sexual violence, she wanted to write back pouring out her rage. But instead, she made a different choice, a choice to reject the response her trauma was pushing her towards, a choice that set her on the path towards developing a philosophy that would come to guide her whole rather than calling people out, try to call even your unlikeliest allies in. Hold them accountable—but do so with love. Calling In is at once a handbook, a manifesto, and a memoir—because the power of Loretta Ross’s message comes from who she is and what she’s lived through. She’s a Black woman who’s deprogrammed white supremacists, a survivor who’s taught convicted rapists the principles of feminism. With stories from her five remarkable decades in activism, she vividly illustrates why calling people in—inviting them into conversation instead of conflict by focusing on your shared values over a desire for punishment—is the more strategic choice if you want to make real change. And she shows you how to do so, whether in the workplace, on a college campus, or in your living room. Courageous, awe-inspiring, and blisteringly authentic, Calling In is a practical new solution from one of our country’s most extraordinary change-makers—one anyone can learn to use to transform frustrating and divisive conflicts that stand in the way of real connection with the people in your life.

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Alanna

Thoughts from 31% (page 30)

I’m not sure that railing against managerialism is such a core tenant of anarchism that this much space in a 98 page introductory text is taken up by it. 🫩

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Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter

Heather Fawcett

All strays are welcome here.From Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Heather Fawcett comes a healing and heart-warming fantasy with magic shops, rescue cats and a second chance at love.Agnes Aubert is very fond of making lists. These lists kept her afloat when she lost her husband two years ago. And now, as the founder of a cat rescue charity, her meticulous organization skills feel like the only thing standing between her beloved cats - His Majesty, Banshee and sweet elderly Thoreau, to name a few - and utter disaster.But when Agnes is forced to move the charity, she soon discovers that her new shop is being used as a front; right under her feet is the lair of the decidedly disorganised - not to mention self-absorbed and infuriatingly handsome - Havelock Renard.Havelock is everything Agnes doesn't want in her chaos, mischief, and a little too much adventure. But as she gets to know him, she discovers he's more than the dark magician of legend, and that she may be ready for a little intrigue, perhaps even romance. After all, second chances aren't just for rescue cats. . . Praise for the Emily Wilde 'Forget dark give me instead this kind of winter-sunshined, sharp-tongued and footnoted academia, full of field trips and grumpy romance' Freya Marske, author of A Marvellous Light'Enchanting in every sense of the word. . . This book is real magic' H. G. Parry, author of The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep'A book so vividly, endlessly enchanting, so crisply assured, so rich and complete and wise and far-reaching in its worldbuilding that you'll walk away half ensorcelled, sure Fawcett found Emily Wilde's journal in some sea-stained trunk' Melissa Albert'The ideal book to curl up with on a chilly winter's evening. . . this book is an absolute delight.' Megan Bannen, author of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy'A charmingly whimsical delight. . . Five dazzling, gladdening stars' India Holton, author of The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels'I enjoyed every word of this gorgeously written fairy tale featuring a grumpy heroine and an utterly charming love interest' Isabel Ibañez, author of Woven In Moonlight

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Beautyland

Marie-Helene Bertino

From the acclaimed author of Parakeet, Marie-Helene Bertino’s Beautyland is a wise, tender novel about a woman who doesn't feel at home on Earth. At the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual perception is born to a single mother in Philadelphia. Adina Giorno is tiny and jaundiced, but she reaches for warmth and light. As a child, she recognizes that she is different: She possesses knowledge of a faraway planet. The arrival of a fax machine enables her to contact her extraterrestrial relatives, beings who have sent her to report on the oddities of Earthlings. For years, as she moves through the world and makes a life for herself among humans, she dispatches transmissions on the terrors and surprising joys of their existence. Then, at a precarious moment, a beloved friend urges Adina to share her messages with the world. Is there a chance she is not alone? Marie-Helene Bertino’s Beautyland is a novel of startling originality about the fragility and resilience of life on our Earth and in our universe. It is a remarkable evocation of the feeling of being in exile at home, and it introduces a gentle, unforgettable alien for our times.

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The Culting of America: What Makes a Cult and Why We Love Them

Daniella Mestyanek Young

You’re probably in a cult. You just don’t know it yet. In The Culting of America, cult survivor, military veteran, and bestselling author of Uncultured Daniella Mestyanek Young delivers a gripping investigation into the invisible systems of control shaping our lives. Raised in the notorious sex cult the Children of God, she escaped to America as a teenager—only to find herself inside another rigid institution: the U.S. Army. Years later, as a Harvard-trained expert in organizational psychology, she began asking a dangerous question: What if we’re all in cults—and America is built to keep us there? Blending personal narrative, cultural critique, and deep research, Young—together with award-winning author Amy Reed—introduces the cultiness spectrum: a ten-part framework that reveals how coercive group dynamics show up in spaces we trust, from religious groups and wellness brands to corporate offices, fandoms, political movements, and beyond. You’ll never look at group loyalty the same way again. From the glamorized world of Playboy to the mission-driven violence of the military, from influencer culture to partisan politics, The Culting of America reveals how cultish behavior isn’t just thriving in modern life—it’s hiding in plain sight, woven deep into the fabric of American identity. With sharp insight, dark humor, and unflinching honesty, The Culting of America is both a wake-up call and a survival guide. It’s for anyone who’s ever felt uneasy in a group they believed in, who’s begun to question the cost of belonging, or who’s ready to take back their autonomy—without losing their place in the world. Whether you’re part of a church, company, fandom, or political movement, the question isn’t if you’re in a cult. It’s how much of yourself you’ve already lost.

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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Caroline Criado Pérez

Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and public policy, we rely on numbers to allocate resources and make crucial decisions. But because so much data fails to take into account gender, because it treats men as the default and women as atypical, bias and discrimination are baked into our systems. And women pay tremendous costs for this bias, in time, money, and often with their lives. Celebrated feminist advocate Caroline Criado Perez investigates the shocking root cause of gender inequality and research in Invisible Women, diving into women’s lives at home, the workplace, the public square, the doctor’s office, and more. Built on hundreds of studies in the US, the UK, and around the world, and written with energy, wit, and sparkling intelligence, this is a groundbreaking, unforgettable exposé that will change the way you look at the world.

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Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature

clackamaslee

Jun 06, 2026

3.0

Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 3.5Characters: Plot:

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I have pretty mixed feelings about this one. I picked it up expecting a book that focused on examples of queerness in nature (and that was there, a little), but it ended up being much more of a memoir than I anticipated (which isn't a bad thing, just not what I was looking for or expecting (at all)).

The author's main message, that humans are part of nature, not separate from it, really spoke to me (see my review for the crowless crow book where that author didn't seem to understand this point). I also appreciated their reflections on finding belonging through the natural world as a queer person of color. There are some truly thoughtful and moving moments throughout (content warning though, there's a SA anecdote that comes out of nowhere, which the author quickly moves away from, making it seem like it was just there for the therapeutic value of telling others).

My biggest issue was the balance between memoir and science. The book includes interesting facts about animals, plants, and fungi, but those sections are often brief (and I kept wanting more-- which was reasonable considering the title and the blurb). A lot of the focus stays on the author's personal experiences, and the narrative tends to wander from topic to topic. By the end, I wasn't always sure what point was being made. I just really would have loved a deeper dive into the biology.

Overall, this wasn't a bad read, and I can absolutely see it working for the right audience (including me if I had been looking for a memoir). If you enjoy reflective memoirs about identity, belonging, and nature, I'd still recommend giving it a try. Just don't go in expecting a science-heavy exploration of queerness in the natural world (because that's not really what this book is).

edited for spelling (could've handled most of the errors, but "toyle" when I meant "title" was too much. 💀

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Plants, fungi, and trees - oh my!

Bronze: Finished 5 Main Quest books.

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Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature

Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian

A thrilling book about the abounding queerness of the natural world that challenges our expectations of what is normal, beautiful, and possible.Growing up, Patricia Kaishian felt most at home in the swamps and culverts near her house in the Hudson Valley. A child who frequently felt out of place, too much of one thing or not enough of another, she found acceptance in these settings, among other amphibious beings. In snakes, snails, and, above all, fungi, she saw her own developing identities as a queer, neurodivergent person reflected back at her—and in them, too, she found a personal path to a life of science.In Forest Euphoria, Kaishian shows us this making of a scientist and introduces readers to the queerness, literal and otherwise, of all the life around us. Fungi, we learn, commonly have more than two biological sexes—and some as many as twenty-three thousand. Some intersex slugs mutually fire calcium carbonate “love darts” at each other during courtship. Glass eels are sexually undetermined until their last year of life, which stumped scientists once dubbed “the eel question.” Nature, Kaishian shows us, is filled with the unusual, the overlooked, and the marginalized—and they have lessons for us all.Wide-ranging, richly observant, and full of surprise, Forest Euphoria will open your eyes and change how you look at the world around you.

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clackamaslee

Apr 17, 2026

4.0

Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 4.0Characters: 3.5Plot: 4.0

This was marketed as a romance, so I took a long time to get around to reading it. But while there was certainly some romance, the book itself is an historical fiction adventure story. If I'd known, I'd have read it years ago. My brother told me he watched the series on TV and enjoyed it, so I finally gave the book a shot.

Honestly, 4.5 stars. I rounded down because it took me so long to read it due to how the book was promoted (not the fault of the author, but getting books to the people who will enjoy them is a team effort, and the publishing team did a poor job).

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