Alex Parker Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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1977 Jim Steranko cover for "The Creeping Death," referencing a different original 1942 Shadow novel cover by George Rozen, for "The Book of Death." https://t.co/wPBRIhZ6Hm

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This Canada Day I happen to be reading a detective book, Steve Hamilton's "Blood Is The Sky," that mostly takes place in Canada.

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When bring your son to work day gets awkward....Batman and Red Hood. Variant cover for Batman: Urban Legends #1 by David Finch. https://t.co/kZ5dn8bL8I

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Every time someone mentions "Prey" I think they're talking about Michael Crichton's 2002 nanotech thriller.

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DC Comics relaunch of (no longer teen) Titans--Jim Lee variant cover of first issue, out yesterday. https://t.co/AYVaHrKhPy

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Alan Moore's birthday. In 2019 I wrote about how his "The Killing Joke" continues to be one of the most pivotal Batman stories--for better or worse. https://t.co/4R870MHCqm

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Reading Drama City by George Pelecanos--almost nothing happens for the first half, but it's not boring in the slightest. Guy's a master.

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Having read David Graeber's "Debt: The First 5,000 Years" earlier this year is helpful--not sure I agreed with most of it, but some interesting interrogation of the debt concept. https://t.co/70IOZhBoVI

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I'm halfway thru "The Verifiers" by Jane Pek. Started out very strong, but now I'm struggling with how the protagonist is either insane or insanely stupid.

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Two new books out about women who choose to be childless--"Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother," by Peggy O'Donnell Heffington, and "Women Without Kids: The Revolutionary Rise of an Unsung Sisterhood" by Ruby Warrington.