Finished reading: Hell Yeah Or No by Derek Sivers.

A good book. I resisted reading it for a while (I’m not sure I was ready to hear what it had to say) but I bought this Friday, hoping that it would help me work through an important decision, and I think it did. 📚

Finished reading: On Writing and Worldbuilding by Timothy Hickson 📚

Another educational handbook on writing fiction, let’s see if I finally manage to put the advice into action.

Finished reading: Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor 📚

Leyendo ahora: The “Emden” (Classic Reprint) by Hellmuth Von Mucke 📚

Currently reading: Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls 📚

I assigned this for my Bible & Science course that begins this morning. As with most of his writings, it’s insightful and enjoyable.

Finished Reading: Born to Wonder by Alister Mcgrath 📚

Finished reading: Table for Two by Amor Towles 📚

I’ll read anything that Amor Towles writes. He’s one of my favorite living writers. This collection of six short stories and a novella hit the mark, though each left me wanting more, to know happens next. A master storyteller. ★★★★★

Finished reading: The Best of It by Kay Ryan 📚

I’ve been reading this without an ounce of haste for two years. Not once did I feel the need to hurry up and finish it.

Started reading: How To Know a Person by David Brooks 📚

Human beings need recognition as much as they need food and water. No crueler punishment can be devised than to not see someone, to render them unimportant or invisible. “The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them,” George Bernard Shaw wrote, “but to be indifferent to them: that’s the essence of inhumanity.” To do that is to say: You don’t matter. You don’t exist.

This sentiment is why I don’t like it when people refer to others as NPCs

Currently reading: Cunning Folk by Tabitha Stanmore 📚

Currently reading: Household Saints by Francine Prose 📚

Finished reading: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett 📚silly but a very fun read. Faeries, the Alps, and a neurodivergent heroine.

Finished reading: Moonbound by Robin Sloan 📚

Want to read: On Settler Colonialism: Ideology, Violence, and Justice by Adam Kirsch 📚

Currently reading: Moonbound by Robin Sloan 📚

Finished reading: The Last Orphan by Gregg Hurwitz 📚

Finished reading: The Big Roads by Earl Swift 📚

Overall an excellent history starting from the concept & ideation through the building of the interstate system. One of the most fascinating aspects is the funding & planning politics between states and the federal government.

Finished reading: Technofeudalism by Yanis Varoufakis 📚

Finished reading: Bombshell by Sarah MacLean 📚

Sarah MacLean is just so good. This is like… A 3.5 on the romance.io scale? The language is slightly (but only slightly) euphemistic; it’s pretty clear exactly what’s happening where.

Finished reading: Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang 📚

Finished reading: The Notebook by Roland Allen 📚. A good read for anyone who loves using a paper notebook. I found it engrossing. Lots of information about when paper notebooks came available. Recommended.

Finished reading: The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt 📚

I was generally familiar with most of what he wrote in here, as this has been an area of interest. Still, I’m glad to have read it to reinforce the ideas, and think it’s an important book that should be read widely.

Finished reading: Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song by Judith Tick 📚Interesting social history, worth reading.

Finished reading: Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America by W. Caleb McDaniel 📚Non-fiction about a Black woman, freed in the 1840s but then kidnapped and re-enslaved for 20 years who was then able to receive a pitiably small financial recompense from the enslaver.

Also finished reading: The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann 📚

Some thoughts (and a poem from Kay Ryan) here.

Finished reading: Mastering Emacs by Mickey Petersen 📚

Currently reading: The Community of the King by Howard A. Snyder 📚

Currently reading: Thinking on Paper by V.a. Howard 📚as a follow on from The Notebook.

Finished reading: Moby-Dick by Herman Melville 📚

I enjoyed this classic but could have done without the deep dive into types of whales and their anatomy.

Books Read: State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton 📚★★★☆☆

Finished Reading: Lake of Souls by Ann Leckie 📚

Want to read: The Skin and Its Girl by Sarah Cypher 📚

Finished reading: The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz 📚

A fantastic alternative timeline/time travel book. A bit unsettling though with how similar the fight for women’s rights matches today’s society.

★★★★★ James by Percival Everett 📚

I haven’t started and finished a book in a single day in a very long time. A memorable read, fast paced, and eye opening, even if it’s a fiction story. Everett is a master and I’m seriously disappointed in myself that I’m just now learning about him.

Finished reading: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson 📚 Downton Abbey🫖 + time travel🕰️

Finished reading: Anarchy and Polyamory by Dysophia 📚 As I said before, a very interesting reading!

Currently reading: The Lord’s Work in the Lord’s Way and No Little People by Francis A. Schaeffer 📚

Currently reading: The Man in the McIntosh Suit by Rina Ayuyang 📚

Found this while on vacation in Montreal. Finally getting around to a reading.

Currently reading: The Songs of António Botto by António Boto 📚 Estou a ler em português. A outra face do escritor, abrantino e amigo de Fernando Pessoa.

Currently reading: James by Percival Everett 📚

Found this on a a couple of book lists, beginning with Barack Obama’s. So far im loving it. Jim’s voice is captivating.

Finished reading: Translation State by Ann Leckie 📚

Such a lovely book about Presger translators and their capabilities (and their appetite)

Currently reading: The Anglo-Saxons by Marc Morris 📚

Finished reading: Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan 📚

I’d say 3.5/5

The ending was good if not a bit much on being perfect for everyone. That said I enjoyed it.

Currently reading: Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang 📚

Abandoned reading: Milk Teeth by Jessica Andrews 📚

Just couldn’t get on with the main character. Or the repetition of certain words - not sure if that was intentional or I just became fixated on it.

★★☆☆☆ Camino Winds by John Grisham 📚

Not nearly as good as the first one.

Finished reading: 怪獣8号 13 by 松本直也 📚

The story mainly focuses on the protagonist, Kafka, who is on a mission to rescue Mina Ashiro, who has been captured by Kaiju No. 9 in Tachikawa. His unwavering trust in his comrades and determination to move forward highlight his growth and strength of will.

📖 Starting to read The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison

Currently reading: Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang 📚

Currently reading: On the Edge by Nate Silver 📚

Finished Reading: The House by the Sea by May Sarton 📚

Finished reading: Uprooted by Grace Olmstead 📚

Started reading: Firefight by Brandon Sanderson 📚

Finished reading: Mitosis: A Reckoners Story by Brandon Sanderson 📚

Currently reading: All Things Are Full of Gods by David Bentley Hart 📚

Finished reading: Middlemarch by George Eliot 📚

Finished reading: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy 📚

Finished reading: The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang 📚

Lovely (and extremely spicy) story reminding me a bit of Cloud Atlas!

Finished reading: Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions by Ed Zwick 📚