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Saturday, July 18, 2026

Review: Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism

Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism by Stewart Reynolds
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism by Stewart Reynolds is a very timely work. You can learn a lot from observing cats. Unlike dogs, cats have somehow learned to coexist with people without completely losing their connection to their wild ancestors. Cats are the original disruptors. Reynolds keenly points out a number of their natural behaviors that make them perfect models of anti-fascist behavior. If you are currently despairing about the fate of our nation and wondering what you can do, take some tips from our fellow felines as observed by Stewart Reynolds. You might be inspired to action, or at least, you will have a good laugh.

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Review: The Official We Do Not Care Club Handbook

The Official We Do Not Care Club Handbook by Melani Sanders
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The Official We Do Not Care Club Handbook by Melani Sanders is a companion piece to Melani's online videos of the We Do Not Care Club meetings. If you are not already familiar with the We Do Not Care Club and are a person perimenopause, menopause, or post-menopause, I highly encourage you to look them up. I also urge you to get this book. I got the ebook, but I think a hard copy would be better because it is interactive. Also, you may want to make copies of the badges and things like that in case you start your own club or just award yourself. If you are someone who may one day have to experience menopause, you might also want to read this to prepare yourself. It may not make sense now, BUT IT WILL. I am putting you all on notice right now that I am a card-carrying member, and I do not care anymore. Thank you.

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Review: How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler

How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler by Ryan North
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler by Ryan North is written as a reference guide for someone who took a time machine into the past and got stuck and now needs to rebuild civilization (as we know it). However, this book could come in very handy in the future in case we need to rebuild civilization (as we know it) due to some major catastrophic event. I suggest buying a hard copy and putting it in your bunker, safe room, or fire/water-proof safe. You are not going to speed read your way through this. You also don't even need to read it in order. You read the parts you need when you need them. It will tell you if you need to read another section to accomplish your goal. This is a very comprehensive distillation of just about everything. Even without a background in engineering or basically many skills, I feel like I could take on the challenge of building a whole new world. It is also done with humor which makes getting through the really dense parts easier.

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Review: Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering

Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering by Margaret Atwood
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Fourteen Days is an unusual collection of short stories by 36 authors edited by Margaret Atwood and Douglas Preston. Douglas Preston provided the overall narration with contributions of so many great diverse authors across all genres. I liked that you don't know who wrote what unless you skip to the very end and look. I didn't. I was so excited to read this. It is set in New York City at the start of the COVID pandemic which is shortly before I moved there. That made it all the more meaningful to me. My building residents did not gather though. We didn't exchange stories. The setting did bring up a lot of feelings for me. My mom died from COVID in a nursing home and having a main character with a father in a nursing home during that period really got to me. And while the stories are the meat of the book, there are also some mysterious things happening in the building that hint at something bigger going on.

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Review: Fancy Dogs

Fancy Dogs by Tini Malina
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Full Disclosure: I received an Advanced Reader's Copy of Fancy Dogs by Tini Malina from NorthSouth Books via NetGalley. This book will be published around October 6, 2026.

Fancy Dogs by Tini Malina is considered a children's book but is delightful for anyone who loves dogs. I enjoyed it so much I recently read it to another friend while we were on the phone together. That friend is also not a child, and we had quite a good time with hit. Whether you know a child who likes dogs or just anyone who does, this is a nice uplifting gift.

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