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Mat

okwithmydecay@ramblingreaders.org

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2024 Reading Goal

75% complete! Mat has read 9 of 12 books.

David Wallace-Wells: The Uninhabitable Earth (AudiobookFormat, 2019, Penguin Books Ltd) 4 stars

It is worse, much worse, than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is …

Sobering and thorough analysis of the climate crisis

4 stars

As I progressed through this audiobook, I wasn't sure how I was going to review it. When it comes to the climate crisis, it's not the kind of book you want to read, as it explains the horrors ahead of us if we don't address it urgently. Part two, which makes up the bulk of the book, goes into great detail of the various ways the earth could be rendered uninhabitable, and was a gruelling read at times. Part three was my favourite part of the book, discussing the capitalism, history, philosophical aspects, and how technology will and won't save us from climate change.

Naomi Klein: On Fire (AudiobookFormat, Penguin Books Ltd) 4 stars

Daunting yet inspiring and hopeful

4 stars

Before listening to this, I didn't know much about The Green Deal, and by the end of the book I was inspired and hopeful of the transformation it could be bring to society and the economy.

The book is quite sobering at times, as Klein discusses the challenges ahead, and the limited time to act. However, it feels very much like a call to arms to demand the stop of new fossil fuel extraction, preempting groups such as Just Stop Oil.