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bibliothecarivs

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Joseph N. Anderson (he/him) · 𝖒𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖛𝖘 𝖊𝖙 𝖕𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖗 · 𝖇𝖎𝖇𝖑𝖎𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖛𝖘 𝖕𝖗𝖔 𝖕𝖛𝖇𝖑𝖎𝖈𝖆 · 𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖑𝖔𝖕𝖍𝖎𝖑𝖛𝖘 𝖊𝖙 𝖉𝖎ſ𝖈𝖎𝖕𝖛𝖑𝖛𝖘 𝖍𝖎ſ𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖆𝖊 𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖕𝖊𝖙𝖛𝖆𝖒 · '󠀢We have each other and for all I know that's what hope is.' · librarything.com/profile/bibliothecarivs

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Review of 'Last Wolf' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Recommended by [a:Paul Kingsnorth|406864|Paul Kingsnorth|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1507092300p2/406864.jpg], a favourite author.

I liked it, but it wasn't as good as I hoped. A lot of interesting ideas were raised but they weren't quite tied together to my satisfaction. It felt like a long, wandering magazine article.

While reading, I remembered that I had written a short paper on this same subject for my 9th grade geography class decades ago. I should see if I can find it...

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Because of an acorn (2016) 2 stars

"This enchanting and informative picture book explores the vital connections between the layers of an …

Review of 'Because of an acorn' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

I understand the ecological message that this book was trying to express but unfortunately the simple text didn't make sense. It was supposed to be 'this leads to that, and that leads to this, and this leads to that, etc.' but some of the connections weren't obvious, which defeated the purpose. The illustrations were the best part.

Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village (Hardcover, 2021, Ten Speed Press) 2 stars

Review of 'Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

Words try to be funny (but they're mostly not funny). Illustrations try to be Gorey-esque (but they're never as good as [a:Gorey|21578|Edward Gorey|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1200338278p2/21578.jpg]). The incident with the stamp was the best bit. Overall, far below my expectations.