I’ve read most of Walter Mosley’s underrated Easy Rawlins series and, while this is far from the best, this is probably his rawest work. It’s also perhaps an apology for how he has written for female characters in the past. Taking place in the shadow of the 1965 uprising in Watts led by black citizens after yet another act of police brutality, it lends a setting that is never far from the events of the story. Whereas, Mosley contextualizes in Easy’s dialogue about the circumstances […]
Zombie fungus?
Another short and more or less forgettable book I listened to while moving boxes and cleaning floors. I picked this one up because it showed up on a list of 50 Horror Writers who aren’t Stephen King or something like that. I like Stephen King a lot and so I figured, sure I will read more horror. And I was also review some more here soon. Maybe I don’t like Horror so much as I like Stephen King. Anyway, I also generally like Walter Mosley, […]
Some books I heard while reading the new Brandon Sanderson
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee – 5/5 stars So somehow, Trump ruined this day of all days with his racist remark to Navajo Codetalkers at a White House ceremony. This is also the day I finished this book….it’s like I made it happen by being so clearly reminded of the inhumanity of US history and the sheer resilience and patience with which Native peoples have had to ask for not only basic decency, but for agreements they made to be upheld. And so the […]