Well, 2019 is over, and I say good riddance to bad rubbish, overall. So many trash things happened this year that when I discovered Notre Dame burned down this year, I had to fact-check it thrice. (It did though.) (Not over it.) On the positive side, I read a lot of terrific books, and there are many more awesome books in the offing for 2020 — which will be a separate post, of course! Here’s a list of my favorite reads of the year, listed in the order in which I read them. There are thirteen of them, which I…
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Review: Punishment without Crime, Alexandra Natapoff
Published 6 Mar 2019
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Gin Jenny
Reading a good book — nobody will be surprised to hear I think this — is one of the most purest pleasures in this life, and Alexandra Natapoff’s Punishment without Crime is so so so good that I kept having to reschedule things in order to keep reading it. Natapoff is looking at the misdemeanor offenses that make up a massive percentage of the US criminal system. She examines the many ways the misdemeanor system violates the dignity and rights of those caught up in its net, and proposes solutions to ensure that all citizens receive justice. I can’t say…
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