Readings:
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Ultra-processed Food by Chris van Tulleken
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The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Caroll
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The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson, 3rd book in the 2nd era of Mistborn
Still the same books as last week. I don’t think it was a good idea to start 3 books at once, I am probably going to focus of Bands of Mourning, which has become really interesting. Still have about 1/3rd of the book to go though.
What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?
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Not sure I’ll finish this one, but currently I’m reading Magna Carta by David Carpenter. It’s a pretty heavy historical book on - you guessed it - the Magna Carta, an important British legal document written on 1215. I picked this one up from the library refuse bin for a nominal fee. I suppose I felt inspired to read more on the document since it established that the king is not above the law and habeas corpus. Principles that some unnamed countries should consider.
- Currently finishing up Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. I’ve been looking to read more Science Fiction, and had heard Brandon was a staple, so I went to the library and picked one of his books almost at random. Turns out it was Fantasy. Still a blast though, I have enjoyed it a lot.
- Earlier this week I also got inspired by the new show and picked up A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. I have read A Song of Ice and Fire way back (all that we got at least), but never read any of his other stuff before.
This is kinda part of a new shift to “go back” to reading more fantasy and science fiction again. The last years I have mostly read contemporary stuff and non-fiction. Over Christmas I read both Children of Time (very good, but not quite as captivated as many others) and I re-read A Game of Thrones (even better than I remembered it), and it has kinda rekindled my love for reading.
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Lots of modern cyberpunk seems to have come from this book.
Neuromancer was one of the first sci-fi books I ever read and it convinced me the genre was worth reading.
My phone broke, so in the last week I read 8 books in the Executioner pulp series from the 70s, Larry Niven’s “Destiny’s Road”, and Warthog: Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War.
I love Larry Niven’s writing. In this book he created a lot of world, and there are corners that we never got to see. Good stuff.
Warthog was a really well-written book based on interviews right after the Gulf War. It’s one of my favorite military planes. I got pretty attached to the pilots by the end of the book.
Still working my way through Katabasis by RF Kuang.
I am enjoying it, it does not feel as, I guess, academic as Babel did in that most of what is talked about academically in the book is around classic literature and philosphies about hell.
I think one thing that is going to annoy me with book will be the same as Babel, we have this alternate reality where magic plays a major role in things and i want to explore that so much more. How does it work? How was it discovered? How did it affect things? The book makes direct reference to WW2 and if magic is real to an extent how did it change thingsm
I’m reading Network Effect by Martha Wells. It’s the fifth book in The Murderbot Diaries series. I love it so far and 30% done with the book currently.
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu.
Its a fast read, 12 short stories and I’m a bit more than half way through. I’ve been taken in by several of them.
Working my way through The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman, it’s the second book in the Book of Dust trilogy.
I’m loving it. So much.
Just discovered Cory Doctorow and started “the internet con” very good so far
Carl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman
A a sequel, it’s a wild ride, like the first book in the series. Page turning is happening. Wish I read faster, is all…
I’m not book bashing by any means but if you enjoy the books you should give the audiobooks a shot, they evolve into quite the literary dramas.
I read The Fifth Season and am now onto The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin.
The first book was pretty dark and covers some themes I’m not used to reading about (child death from mother’s perspective). I found that a bit shocking but very emotional.
The magic and world building is very interesting and I’m pretty hooked. I think the first book is better so far but will see how it ends in the third one!
The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu, about halfway through its really good. Its book 2 of The Remeberance of Earth’s Past trilogy
After two failed reads so far in the year, I’m just over 10% into Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It’s been good so far, but clocking in at ~600 pages means there’s parts of the world building I’d prefer were a little shorter. Overall, it’s been good so far.
I started the 10 book series of X-Wing Rogue Squadron. Seems to be Top Gun in space. I always enjoy a good space shoot up.
Yesterday, I finished up the last book of the trilogy Silo. Wonderful read.
After the first XWing book I’ll hit up some Nebula winner short stories to alternate with X-Wing for a little variety.
I’m partway through Sipsworth. The main character is a bit sad but personable and I’m curious about the mouse. My partner says to expect things to get exciting.
I’m looking forward to the next Murderbot from Martha Wells — sarcastic cyborg who mostly hates humans but also ends up saving them.
Also looking forward to the next in the Nampeshiweisit Series by Moniquill Blackgoose which apparently is coming very soon. A boarding-school-with-dragons adventure but with lots of Native / queer folks, exploring a slightly alternate timeline of American colonization.
