A harrowing coming-of-age story set in Appalachian Virginia during the beginning of the opioid crisis. This book is a retelling of David Copperfield, which I think I read several decades ago but don’t remember very well. Overall, reading this book was like trudging…

The second book in the Anne of Green Gables series. Still a little too moralizing in some parts but still amusing overall. Anne is teaching at the local school in this volume- I think its highly unrealistic (I know this is fiction, but…

Mildly depressing listen. Mostly just about the rise of the chronically online far right/alternative facts world told through a unique lens of the author being constantly confused with a member of that world. I found her writing to be good and the story…

Very well-done ethnography following four families in Atlanta who navigate finding, securing, and keeping housing over a period of four years, including the COVID pandemic. Deeply impactful stories about these families, who often face ridiculous barriers to housing even with relatively stable jobs…

This is one of those books that I’ve been trying to read for a long time. The prose is very academic and dry but there’s a wit and humor that really shines. I started it maybe 7 or 8 years ago but my…