Read
Till Death Do Us Part: True Stories of Newlywed Murder Cases by J. J. Slate. Not compelling, but interesting (if not a bit sad-- a lot of messed-up people out there).
About 44% of the way through Carrie Brownstein's
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl, Brownstein was a co-founder of the band
Sleater-Kinney, but is probably now known better for her work in the show
Portlandia.
I didn't pay much attention to the Riot Grrl side of punk, though I do have some albums from at least one of the bands so far mentioned,
Lunachicks (
Mmm, Donuts! being a favorite track), but I will likely listen to a few if only to get a feel for what she is writing about.
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Originally Posted by gmw
Indeed. This is a fantastic series. But you're right, the opening book is truly disturbing, and I imagine some people never get past that. As strange a choice as it was, it really did set up well for what was to come. The series, it seems to me, turns out to be constructed as one large story that just happened to be split into five books - with the last long book one very big climax. When seen in that light, the short first book becomes almost just a prelude to the "real story".
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The Afterword does help explaining the whole concept of the series and how
The Real Story fits into the entire scheme. Speaking of, after a slight hiccough in transferring the book to my tablet, I do have
Forbidden Knowledge: The Gap into Vision queued up next.