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<p dir="auto"><strong>sheetsadam1</strong> — <em>4 months ago(November 30, 2025 03:35 AM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">Finished<br />
Paper Girl<br />
. I highly recommend this one to anyone who wants to understand America's ongoing radicalization and the reasons why so many are willing to "burn it all down." Macy looks at the decline of our public schools, the decline in local journalism, the job losses from globalization and the opioid epidemic in intimate detail. Speaking as someone from the same state she writes about, I found much of it to be quite relatable.<br />
I've added it to my list of essential books to understanding the present class divide in the United States:<br />
Fiction<br />
The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake<br />
by Breece D'J Pancake, 1983<br />
Knockemstiff<br />
by Donald Ray Pollock, 2008<br />
Crimes in Southern Indiana by Frank Bill<br />
, 2011<br />
Ohio<br />
by Stephen Markley, 2018<br />
Cherry<br />
by Nico Walker, 2018<br />
Blacktop Wasteland<br />
by S.A. Cosby, 2020<br />
The Night Always Comes<br />
by Willy Vlautin, 2021<br />
On the Savage Side<br />
by Tiffany McDaniel, 2021<br />
Demon Copperhead<br />
by Barbara Kingsolver, 2022<br />
Rednecks<br />
by Taylor Brown, 2024<br />
Non-fiction<br />
The Glass Castle<br />
by Jeannette Walls, 2005<br />
Crapalachia: A Biography of Place<br />
by Scott McClanahan, 2013<br />
The Devil is Here in These Hills: West Virginia's Coal Miners and their Battle for Freedom<br />
by James Green, 2015<br />
Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic<br />
by Sam Quinones, 2015<br />
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America<br />
by Nancy Isenberg, 2016<br />
Listen, Liberal; Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?<br />
by Thomas Frank, 2016<br />
Glass House: The 1% Economy and the Shattering of the All-American Town<br />
by Brian Alexander, 2017<br />
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company that Addicted America<br />
by Beth Macy, 2018<br />
Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth<br />
by Sarah Smarsh, 2018<br />
Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America<br />
by Beth Macy, 2025</p>
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<p dir="auto">Now re-reading:<br />
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<p dir="auto">Draft Barron Trump</p>
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<p dir="auto">Just finished this novella, which was absolutely brilliant:<br />
Now beginning this:<br />
I'll probably start on this one soon as well:<br />
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<p dir="auto">The Memory of Old Jack by Wendell Berry<br />
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]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/274227</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/274227</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:26:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Last on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:26:43 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>sheetsadam1</strong> — <em>1 month ago(February 06, 2026 04:26 AM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">I highly, highly recommend both<br />
My Cousin Rachel<br />
and<br />
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees<br />
! I wish I could say the same about this book, which I read after them:<br />
While there is certainly plenty to admire about it, it ultimately lacked cohesion and wasn't very interesting.<br />
I'm now reading the second of the Department Q novels:<br />
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<p dir="auto">So I just finished this one, which I highly recommend:<br />
Alongside it, I read this, which was quite interesting:<br />
I'm now beginning these:<br />
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<p dir="auto">I am not familiar but it looks like my Library has it…will definitely check it out!<br />
Thank for the suggestion <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f642.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--slightly_smiling_face" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":slightly_smiling_face:" alt="🙂" /><img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f44d.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--+1" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":+1:" alt="👍" /></p>
]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/274224</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/274224</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:26:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Last on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:26:43 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>sheetsadam1</strong> — <em>2 months ago(January 29, 2026 04:04 AM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">So I didn't plan far enough ahead for the snow storm and ran out of reading material <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f614.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--pensive" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":pensive:" alt="😔" /> Then I remembered that my local library has Hoopla! <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f60d.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--heart_eyes" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":heart_eyes:" alt="😍" /> Reading through Ta-Nehisi Coates' Black Panther comics. So far, they're a bit light on action and heavy on political machinations, as if Coates wanted to make Wakanda into his version of Westeros or King Conan (not surprising given his background). But I'm really digging the artwork:<br />
@Loki</p>
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<li>In case you decide to read these someday (and Coates also did a Captain America run I may look into <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f914.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--thinking_face" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":thinking_face:" alt="🤔" />)<br />
@Booger!</li>
<li>Are you familiar with Hoopla? You access it through your library card, if your local library is signed up. They have tons and tons of Conan comics!<br />
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]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/274223</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/274223</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:26:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Last on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:26:43 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>sheetsadam1</strong> — <em>2 months ago(January 27, 2026 04:01 AM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">Breaking the Dark was a fun read, nothing earth-shattering. Starting this one now:<br />
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]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/274222</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/274222</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:26:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Last on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:26:42 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>sheetsadam1</strong> — <em>2 months ago(January 26, 2026 12:55 AM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">Really enjoyed The Keeper of Lost Causes. I plan to read more of that series soon. Starting this one now:<br />
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]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/274221</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/274221</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:26:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Last on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:26:42 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>merry christmas</strong> — <em>2 months ago(January 27, 2026 11:53 AM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">I think every opinion Reed and Dorr had about what was happening in Russia were probably polar opposites. Unless Emma Goldman correctly interpreted Reed's deathbed ramblings about being disillusioned with the Bolsheviks.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Interesting! I read John Reed's book on the October Revolution several years ago.<br />
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]]></description><link>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/274219</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/274219</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fgadmin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:26:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Last on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:26:41 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><strong>merry christmas</strong> — <em>2 months ago(January 24, 2026 01:35 PM)</em></p>
<p dir="auto">Inside the Russian Revolution by Rheta Childe Dorr. She means the February Revolution because she wrote the book before the October Revolution. She's quite critical of Lenin and the Bolsheviks. Calls them German agents.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Draft Barron Trump</p>
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<p dir="auto">I liked it, for the most part. It compresses a lot of information from the book, but I feel like it captured the vibe reasonably well.<br />
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<p dir="auto">Let us know what you thought of the movie.<br />
My password is password.</p>
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<p dir="auto">I've never seen the movie, but I'm planning to watch it once I finish. Lady Chablis is one of the most interesting people so far. I like how the author spent 150+ pages getting to know Savannah before really getting to the point.<br />
Eastwood probably wouldn't have been my choice for director. Dark humor isn't typically his forte.<br />
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<p dir="auto">I remember working in a book store when this was all the rage.<br />
Fun fact–in the movie adaptation (which is just okay), the drag queen Lady Chablis is portrayed by herself.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Reading this one now. About midway through and it's very interesting so far:<br />
Draft Barron Trump</p>
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<p dir="auto">Not any time soon. I'm on another mission. <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f602.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--joy" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":joy:" alt="😂" /></p>
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<p dir="auto">Try to find Locke and Key!<br />
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<p dir="auto">And I'm off to go hunt some goddamn comics. <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f602.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--joy" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":joy:" alt="😂" /></p>
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<p dir="auto">Yeah, I get it. Glad she didn't show up in Better Call Saul.<br />
Anyway, I picked up the Jessica Jones novel by Lisa Jewell at the library today. Stocking up on reading material because 12-18 inches of snow this weekend… and power outages not completely out of the question <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f628.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--fearful" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":fearful:" alt="😨" /><br />
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<p dir="auto">Couldn't stand her character in BB, but that was actually a job well done, because I have trouble watching her in anything else. <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f923.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--rolling_on_the_floor_laughing" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":rolling_on_the_floor_laughing:" alt="🤣" /></p>
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<p dir="auto">Well, she's hot, so that helped for me <img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f602.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--joy" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":joy:" alt="😂" /><img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f602.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--joy" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":joy:" alt="😂" /><img src="https://filmglance.com/discuss/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f602.png?v=8570fb93240" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--joy" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":joy:" alt="😂" /><br />
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