The Geekiest Geek to Ever Geek Down the Pike, and Other Tales

This is just an update for myself of the books for my book clubs/reading challenges so I can remember where I am I am a member of the Our Shared Shelf feminist book club, though I do not post there, but I am pretty far behind on the reading.  Here's my progress so far for this year: Hunger, a Memoir of (My) Body, by Roxane Gay (from last year's list, actually) Heart Berries: A Memoir, by Terese Marie Mailhot Books I have not read yet: Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race The Radium Girls The Power The Handmaid's Tale My friend Cathy also convinced me to do the Pop Sugar Reading Challenge, and while she is already on book 25 for the challenge, I have not even read that many this year.  Here's what I've done so far, with the relevant prompt: True Crime,: Girl Waits With Gun, by Amy Stewart The next book in a series you started: Death of Kings, by Bernard Cornwell A book set in a country that fascinates you: The Buried Giant, by K...

One note before you dive into my review: The author calls herself Indian throughout the book, which I found very striking, as I am very uncomfortable using the word "Indian" to refer to anyone not from India.  It's something I've noticed before.  Rather than saying "Native American", native authors says "Indian", which I would feel as a slur because it descends from colonizer ignorance as to the true descent of the peoples who were here before the Europeans arrived.  Maybe it's something they are taking back, the way LGBTQ+ have reclaimed queer, or perhaps its like the n-word, which African-Americans can use, but would be terrible if I used it (it's such a stigmatized word, I can't even type it).  Either way, I'll be saying "First Nations" because that seems safer and more respectful. I read Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot while at a family wedding (not actually AT the wedding, just while I was in West C...

I gave this three stars because I'm not sure how I feel about it. Also, because my ratings should be whether or not I enjoyed the book, not whether or not it is actually a good book. I feel strongly that those are two different things. I think this is a very good book, and I am eager to see what else Max Porter comes up with. But I am not sure that I enjoyed it. I am not sure that I didn't enjoy it. Suffice it to say, it was very strange. I read Grief is the Thing with Feathers for the "a book about death or grief prompt" from the PopSugar Reading Challenge, which I am doing with one of my very best friends, Cathy, who, as far as, and therefore will not be reading this review. Alas and alack. Aaaaaaanyway. This is a story of loss. It is told from the perspectives of a father and his two sons (who are interchangeable and nameless) about their loss of their wife and mother. It is also told from the perspective of Crow, the embodiment of grief, who settles in the hou...