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Who needs post-apocalypse lit when you have 14th-century France during the Black Plague? A dishonored knight, a young girl who claims to see angels and demons, and a priest with a secret travel through a landscape of hysteria, disease, and violence. All the while the War in Heaven begins to manifest on earth. Evocative of place, beautifully written, and genuinely creepy in parts. One of the best books of 2012.
A marvelous book that shows our connection to every other creature that walks, crawls, or swims this earth; even creatures without a head. Neil Shubin covers a lot of ground, as he reveals how new discoveries about our ancient ancestry are still being made. In fact, with the availability of DNA sequencing, and computer imaging, paleontology is making greater strides than ever, showing the origin of humans and how we have evolved over the millennia. When studying reality, the wonderful aha moment occurs when a particular idea gels and makes sense. I had always heard that we were made of star stuff, but it wasn't until watching a documentary on the periodic table a few years back that it all clicked. There are many of those "aha moments" in Your Inner Fish, which makes it not only a joy to read, but a vital book for anyone questing knowledge about humanity
A dreamlike exploration of abuse that reads like a fairy tale and feels like a vintage European horror film. Difficult to read in places, but there's some great material here about the struggle to verbalize trauma, and the process via which failure to do so can lead to acts of violence.
cw: abuse, bullying, sexual assault
