"Boys and Oil" by Taylor Brorby - Book Review

I discuss Taylor Brorby's memoir about growing up gay in rural North Dakota.
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Resources
- Moh's Scale of Science Fiction Hardness - tvtropes.org/p...
- Orson Scott Card's MICE Quotient - thewritersauru...
Bookstores if you don't have a local bookstore
- Otto's Bookstore - www.ottobookst...
- Tattered Cover Bookstore - www.tatteredco...
- Biblio - www.biblio.com
- Thriftbooks - www.thriftbook...
- Bookshop - bookshop.org
- Better World Books - www.betterworl...
- Blackwells - blackwells.co....
- Powell's Books - www.powells.com
- Mitzi's Books (Rapid City, SD) - mitzisbooks.com/
- Owl Bookstore (Bismarck, ND) - / bestbookstoreinbismarck
- Main Street Books (Minot, ND) - www.mainstreet...
- Zandbroz (Fargo, ND) - www.zandbroz.c...
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[@keraba1]

I see a lot of windmills during the drive. It would be interesting if ND could still be an energy producer, but pivot to sustainable sources.

[@WaskiSquirrel]

North Dakota has been called "the Saudi Arabia of Wind." We already have a large hydroelectric dam. We also have a lot of potential with wind and solar farms are on the increase.

[@teresaharris-travelbybooks5564]

I know you may have selected this book because of the North Dakota setting, but I think you might enjoy the books by Homer Hickam, specifically October Sky. It's about a young man who grows up in a coal mining community and wants to follow his own dreams, instead of going down the mine. This caused a lot of unhappiness between him and his father. His father feels like Homer looks down on him and what he's had to do, to support the family. All of Mr. Hickam's books are outstanding. I wasn't an athletic student in high school, and suffered for that. Basketball was highly valued in my school. Unfortunately, the school didn't have a track team, as I was a running, jumping prodigy. 😅

[@WaskiSquirrel]

The North Dakota connection is exactly why I bought this book. The good news is that October Sky is sitting out to be read this winter. My parents thought I would like it and gave me a copy.

[@christophermckellar1352]

Thanks. Nice change from pens. Now I can say I’m spending more time listening to book reviews than reading in addition to spending more time watching pen videos than writing with fountain pens. 😅

[@WaskiSquirrel]

I know the feeling! The pen videos save me money, but the book videos definitely cost me money!

[@archivist17]

There seem to be some audio issues from time to time.

[@Otrain82]

Agree, seems like audio is sped up. The beginning and ending were good. Audio over driving footage affected.

[@Johan-vk5yd]

I thought it was my phone glitching!

[@archivist17]

@@Johan-vk5yd tbh, I was unsure, which is why I was cagey in my remarks.

[@WaskiSquirrel]

I watched the video. I hear it too. I know it wasn't there when I edited, so the problem must have happened when I exported the video. I'll experiment to see if I can figure out what happened. Thank you for telling me about it!

[@barbarawhipple2016]

Jason-check your email about the typewriter!

[@WaskiSquirrel]

I did. Hopefully you got enough of my responses. Somehow our emails aren't going back and forth.