Imaginary Softwoods THE NOTIONAL PASTURES OF IMAGINARY SOFTWOODS (2023)

 writing the pope to submit Thomas Sankara for sainthood

Boston Mob: The Rise and Fall of the New England Mob and Its Most Notorious Killer by Marc Songini
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

some really great anecdotes, but needs an organizational re-write. very curious how little Whitey Bulger figures in.

Ernest Hood THE NEIGHBORHOOD (1975)

 a weird OR original

The Medieval World by Dorsey Armstrong
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

regretting not majoring in medieval studies like my frenemy did. dude gets to check out every castle he wants and call it field research. respect the hustle!

Ernest Hood BACK TO THE WOODLANDS (1982)

Oregon is filthy with Tom Bombadils I'll tell ya what

King Arthur: History and Legend by Dorsey Armstrong
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

rex quondam, rexque futurus

Parannoul AFTER THE MAGIC (2023)

 now this is some K-Pop I can get behind
 

The Spirit of Science Fiction by Roberto Bolaño
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

wonderful, consider it a subplot to The Savage Detectives, lesser visceral realists fleshing out a Mexico City that sounds like the only place worth living, the true NYNY of the Americas

The Men NEW YORK CITY (2023)

 we need renters' unions so goddamn bad

Self Help by Ben H. Winters
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

AI life coaches prolly will be leading to some murders iwbh