Books

I just finished This is How You Lose the Time War today. It's a pretty short read, but I think it's as good as everyone says.

Just finished Terry Pratchett's Discworld Book 1 "The Colour of Magic" which I freakin' loved, and now I'm about halfway through John Sandford's "The Investigator" which takes up the story of Letty Davenport, Lucas' adopted daughter. It's a good read and hard to put down.

Neurodharma: New Science, Ancient Wisdom by Rick Hanson (a little dry, but interesting in small doses)

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne (cozy fantasy, low stakes)

Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire (2nd book in a duology, compelling characters)

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari (Also a little dry, but the audiobook format makes it easy to consume while doing other things)

Sayonara Gangsters by Takahashi Genichiro - it is a weirdness fest of post modern Japanese literature. I love every chaotic page.

Roadside Picnic

The original story that was the inspiration for the S.T.A.L.K.E.R series.

I'm rereading the "swords" series, by Fred Saberhagen. Been about a decade since I've gone through, and it's almost like a first read because I don't remember all the details after so long

Definitely worth reading if you like scifi/fantasy at all.

I just finished Awaken Online: Armageddon by Travis Bagwell and I'm looking for something new. Armageddon was excellent, though now I gotta wait for the next one :(

My nonfiction/heavy book right now is Hitler’s Northern Utopia: Building the New Order in Occupied Norway by Despina Stratigakos. The evolution of fascism is terrifying.

I"m about 1/3 to 1/2 of the way through Translation State by Ann Leckie. Pretty good story set in the same universe as her other Imperial Radch novels.

Dragon's Egg from Robert L. Forward. I heard about it on the fediverse, and I am really glad I did. It's a hard sci-fi book about the interactions between humanity and a highly intelligent alien species that lives on a neutron star with 67Billion Gees.

I just finished the Powder Mage series by Brian McClellen. Entertaining books with an interesting setting and the outline of an interesting magic system, pretty quick read. Everyone does seem implausibly treacherous, however. You can definitely tell McClellen worked with Brian Sanderson, very similar style.

I also finished The Fifth Season, by N. K. Jemisin, which I enjoyed.

Just finished the Mayo Clinic Guide to Pregnancy . Pretty sound pregnancy book.

Also reading through The Cornish Coast Mystery by John Bude. It's part of the British Libraries Crime Classics which I'm hoping to work through. It's actually a little simple. It shows a piece of evidence and then walks you through all the possibilities and investigators thoughts. Its also telegraphs what happens heavily at the beginning and then red herrings in a very plodding way for the rest of the book. It's really a 1920s police procedural.

I'm also reading a book called The Dao of Montessori but it's a bit heavy for an entry into that teaching philosophy.

Paladin's Grace - by T Kingfisher

I'm about 80% finished with it, but I'm pretty sure my wife pulled a fast-one on me by recommending it. The characters are unique, and the author is fairly insightful and funny - but I'm pretty sure this is a really soft-core romance just building to a sex scene at some point followed by a 'happily ever after'.

I'll report back when I finish it.

I'm almost finished with my re-read of Deaths End, the last book of the Rememberence of Earth's Past series. It's just as good as the first time I read through! The Three Body Problem, book one, got kind of popular a bit ago. It's great sci-fi, with a writing style I've never encountered before.

I'm in the middle of yet another reread of Glen Cook's Black Company series, just finished the 2nd one. Decided to take a break from the series with something I don't normally read - mysteries. Reading Agatha Christie's first Poirot novel and having a great time.

I'm reading Moby Dick and i kind of hate it. The narrator switches at unusual points and the story is paused more often than not so that the author can go on long winded digressions about random things tangentially related to whaling. The only point in it's favor is that the prose is very pretty.

Just started Gene Wolfe's The Shadow of the Torturer after seeing some good reviews about his Book of the New Sun series, going in blind though and it's pretty slow so far. Let me know if you liked it and think I should keep going

I just started Harlan Coben's latest "I Will Find You" I'm about 20% into it and I'll probably finish it by Wednesday, or Thursday at the latest. Then I'll have to find another similar-sized book to finish out my week.

I'm a fan of most of Harlan Coben's stuff, some of his Myron books were slower than I cared for and I didn't care at all for the Myron spinoff about his nephew, let's just say a lot of his newer work isn't as good to me. This one is better than his series-type books about Win or Wilde that he's made lately. I mostly find his books to be fun and quick thrillers.

Edit: Wait, it's July? Did I miss June? /s