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The Atlas of Disappearing Places: Our Coasts and Oceans in the Climate Crisis by Marina Psaros, Christina Conklin
dark
informative
sad
slow-paced
3.75
This is pretty hard to read. Each section talks about a particular place. And then talks about things that could happen to mitigate climate weirding in that place. Unfortunately most doesn't seem very realistic given current climate projections. But it's a beautiful book and full of interesting stories of place. Ise, Japan's section and discussion of climate and shintoism was particularly interesting.
Thy Neighbor's Wife by Gay Talese
informative
slow-paced
1.5
This book isn't very good unless you want to read a long narrative story about the history of "obscene" books and magazine in USian culture, which I did not. Also I didn't know how much the male gaze could be put into written form, but here we are.
Fair warning I gave up about 25% in because I was so bored with the material and the writing style.
Fair warning I gave up about 25% in because I was so bored with the material and the writing style.