Books

I'm reading Outlive by Peter Attia, MD. It's sort of scaring me into building healthier habits. It's also provided a list of things I can talk to my doctor about such as additional screenings, some meds to try, etc. The question is, will my health insurance cooperate? Obligatory FREE LUIGI!

The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Teper

around 85% of the way through; it's homophobic, transphobic, arguably misandrist ... yet I'm having a hard time not enjoying a fantasy world where misogyny is subverted and eliminated ... call it a guilty pleasure.

(EDIT: finished the book last night, I liked it, but I probably wouldn't recommend it simply because it is so reactionary. Definitely wouldn't want people uncritically adopting similar views, lol.)

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

nobody expects sentient spiders

100% serious here:

Anal Pleasure and Health, by Jack Morin, Ph. D.

My therapist recommended it. Seems great for anyone to read if they have a butt, even if they have zero interest in the pleasure aspects the book discusses

I've been rereading a book I liked as a teen, called Metropolitan by Walter Jon Williams. It's pretty good, a little more eyebrow raising now as a wiser man (he's a white guy from New Mexico writing about two Black characters from made up future ethnicities which have some clear parallels to real world oppressed peoples, eh.......)

What surprises me most is how much of the story is a romance, it's very 50 shades, a working class woman and a billionaire fall in love. But the billionaire is kind of a leftist revolutionary and the woman is kind of a sorcerer but its future science magic. Anyway, neat stuff, but I'm amazed teen me put up with so much romance; the science magic is really rad though, i did remember that!

I started Victor LaValle's The Devil in Silver for the "Institutional" square of Book Bingo (and it seems well-written so far, don't get me wrong), but I'm taking a break in the middle to read some lighter fare.

I'm just trying to get through one row for Book Bingo instead of scattershot reading throughout the card, but my focus is all over the place.

Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

Lady Joker: Vol. 1 by Kaoru Takamura and it's kicking my ass right now. Almost 3 weeks in and just crossed the 400 page mark

Countdown to Zero Day. It’s about Suxtnet and how something like that was unprecedented during its time.

Becoming Earth by Ferris Jabr How life has impacted the formation of our planet.

Threads of Life by Clare Hunter History of needlework and embroidery.

Chokia Jazz by Francis Spufford Noir detective novel set in an alternate America in which the indigenous population wasn't wiped out by plauges.

Some very controversial shit. Lol

Finished The Truth of the Aleke by Moses Ose Utomi. Twistier and grimmer than the first book; hoping the third (when it comes out) will have a satisfying conclusion. One note: if you decide to read this one by itself, with the thought that you might read the rest of the series later, just be aware that it spoils the ending of the first book.

Started I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons by Peter S. Beagle. Light and fluffy fairy-tale-type story so far, without the melancholy undertones I remember The Last Unicorn (understandably) having. Reviews seem mixed about the second half, so we'll see how I feel about it when I get to that point!