I'm not sure how to review this? I am not usually a true crime buff (I only like cults! Not murders!) but I started reading the new book [b:Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties|43015073|Chaos Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties|Tom O'Neill|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1543561687l/43015073._SY75_.jpg|66837472] and the first chapter is basically "everything in Helter Skelter is wrong!!!" and I was like "OK seems like I should prob read Helter Skelter before I dig into this?" So...I did, IDK, it seems pretty compelling and like a wild story but now I gotta read Chaos to find out how it's all WRONG???

It did get a little overwhelming at times but again I am not usually a true crime fan so...not exactly my jam except like wow, what a weird collection of people.

Sincerely delightful.

hey is this book load-bearing walls because it HOLDS UP

http://www.frowl.org/worstbestsellers/episode-130-dealing-with-dragons/

hmmm is podcast->graphic novel the new trend? I guess that's fine? I really liked this season of the Wolverine podcast and I think some of its charm was definitely lost in translation? It has been awhile since I listened to the podcast and I think this wrapped up in fewer issues than the podcast had eps? I can't point my finger to any specific thing but it overall felt like things happened more abruptly here?

But this is fine, maybe especially for someone who doesn't want to listen to the podcast but wants a story about Wolverine + a cult + et cetera in Alaska?

This was a fun read! I think Gail Simone's writing really shines in small character moments, and there were plenty of them in here. There isn't exactly an arc to the volume, it's a few one and two-shots put together. I know the ongoing book was canceled at issue #10 :( But I'm glad we got this bit of fun from it.

I'm pretty sure I first heard Jacob Tobia on a podcast and was so charmed by them that I put their book on my to-read list. And I'm glad I did! This is funny and charming, but also moving. Tobia is great at unpacking gender trauma and microaggressions. This book has a great conversational tone that makes the pages just fly by, even when they're discussing more serious issues.

This is a book where I can tell that it's well-executed but just not my cup of tea. But I love the way it engages with privilege/oppression/slavery.

Reading this book made me feel like a legit conspiracy theorist



It is by nature kind of a frustrating book to read because so much of it is investigating dead leads or pieces of evidence that were ultimately destroyed? It gives you a real sense of how the 20 years of research involved made Tom O'Neill feel like he was losing it...

Reading this definitely convinced me that the CIA in the 60s was WACK (as it probably is now...) but O'Neill doesn't have enough information to make any clear conclusions. Which, I respect him for not exaggerating or drawing any false conclusions but it's also kind of unsatisfying to read a book whose conclusion is kind of just ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I guess I'd really only recommend this if you're really into like the grunt work of true crime investigations and/or Charles Manson?

I finally got around to reading this--I think I'd gotten a little burned on David Sedaris but this felt like a return to form, or maybe an evolution? More raw emotion than I'm used to from David Sedaris but still screamingly funny at times.

This is a really sweet rom-com! I especially like the way it handles the idea of work-friends vs school-friends and the kind of seasonal nature of teen life, especially with the way everything over senior year takes on this really heavy Last Chance To... vibe.

Faith Erin Hicks's art for this is spectacular--the characters are so distinctive and charming, and the pumpkin patch is so charmingly rendered. Lovely!