About halfway through Vincent Bevins' If We Burn. It's a history of the huge protest movements that popped up all over the place in the 2010s, and why most of them "failed" in one way or another. It's a sad and frustrating book, and I think it does a good job of clear-eyedly acknowledging how huge and transformative and empowering these movements felt for the people involved in them while also acknowledging the contradictions and weaknesses within them. So far I've found the chapters about Brazil most engaging, because Bevins was there at the time. I really appreciate how international the scope of the book is, but at some points it feels a little disjointed and unwieldy. Maybe that's just me though.
Also listening to the audio book of The Dream Thieves, the second book in Maggie Stiefvater's Raven Cycle series. This book feels very summery to me, and I'm into it so far--actually enjoying it quite a bit more than the first one, I think. Also loving the narrator of the audiobook.
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Date: 2025-06-05 05:47 am (UTC)Also listening to the audio book of The Dream Thieves, the second book in Maggie Stiefvater's Raven Cycle series. This book feels very summery to me, and I'm into it so far--actually enjoying it quite a bit more than the first one, I think. Also loving the narrator of the audiobook.