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erin

kvuzet@wyrmsign.org

Joined 8 months, 3 weeks ago

she/they - queer anarchist tech weirdo - mastodon: @kvuzet@kolektiva.social - web: kvuzet.net

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2024 Reading Goal

17% complete! erin has read 9 of 52 books.

Faith G. Harper: Coping Skills (2019, Microcosm Publishing) 4 stars

A short little collection of tools and things to try

4 stars

While I have not had the chance to try any of these out, I feel I have more ideas about what the fuck to do when things suck. And that's the idea I suppose.

Harper's style is good for someone like me. It's conversational, funny, and unafraid to call bullshit. I don't want or need to be coddled, I need someone to tell me that I need to work on my shit, and maybe offer some suggestions for how I do that.

I'll be honest, I haven't been well. I get overwhelmed in crowds of more than 5, I cant handle bright lights and loud noises, and I spend more time alone than I ever have in my life. These things started getting worse than normal at the beginning of the year, so I thought I would do the smart thing and drop my unhealthy habits, like drinking. Lo and …

reviewed Adachi and Shimamura Vol. 3 by Non (Adachi and Shimamura, #3)

Non, Hitoma Iruma, Molly Lee: Adachi and Shimamura Vol. 3 (Paperback, 2020, Seven Seas Entertainment) 5 stars

BE MINE, VALENTINE

It’s February 4th and Adachi has a question for Shimamura about Valentine’s …

cute, gay, and a very slow burn

5 stars

This volume continued to be cute and gay and the main characters continued to be hopeless.

I actually started this book right away when I finished volume 2 over a year ago, but it fell by the wayside. I picked it back up recently and it hooked me again, so I finally finished it. I can't wait to start Volume 4 after I get a bit more "serious" reading done.

Joe Biel: Autism FAQ (Paperback, Microcosm Publishing, Microcosm Publishing, LLC) 4 stars

As good a place as any to start.

No rating

Maybe I'll change my mind in the future about this review. Maybe I'll hate this book after I've learned more. But before this I knew very little about autism and had never read the experiences of an autistic person from their perspective. And this book was short and accessible and cleared up several misconceptions in my brain. I feel like, after reading this, I have a better idea of how much I don't know about autism, as well as a sort of foundation of knowledge to build on. The structure of a FAQ allowed me to open it up to read one question and one answer at a time. Sometimes I only had 5 minutes, but even then I could make a little progress between things.

Jumping back and forth between Harper and Biel was a little disorienting at times, but I appreciated getting both the perspective of a therapist …