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The first two of these books are the dessicated husks of read books, books whose knowledge and delight have been sucked out. The last two books are sucks in progress, so to speak.
Suck is the right word to use when talking about Heinlein, too. I mistakenly thought the book was good. Obviously I need to eat more Omega-3 or smoke less crack or whatever, because it is teh suck. Bigtime. I think I wrote more in my notes on the book.
The parenting book was awesome, recommended in every respect except the bits around sex and alcohol. I'm not as Texan.
Atheism is fantastic, but slow going. It's very reminiscent of my first philosophy class, only without the "brain in a vat" and with a lot more of "if they say this, then they're logically inconsistent because ...".
Cities is also good. It's a 1984 economics book. She starts by pointing out how stagflation goes against every economic theory, then offers her own (that cities are the centerpieces of economies in ways that nations are not). It's interesting to learn about economics from (the first chapter is a summary of the other theories and it's VERY readable) and also just to explore this idea of cities central to economies. She's got another book where she goes into it in more detail, but I'm enjoying this one plenty.
