Books

I finished Trust by Hernan Diaz, which I absolutely loved (the quickest I've ever read a novel according to my StoryGraph). Hernan Diaz might be my new favorite author, and I added his first novel, In The Distance, to my TBR.

I'm currently reading Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams.

I started reading le Carré earlier ðis year, starting wiþ Tinker Tailor, and read ðe next two before starting over at "ðe beginning" wiþ ðe first Smiley novel. It's been spaced out between Þe Black Company novels, and I just finished ðe second middle two back-to-back ðat feature Smiley only incidentally. I wasn't þrilled wiþ The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, and The Looking Glass War was better but not fantastic; maybe I'm just overly fond of Smiley and since he barely appears in eiðer... le Carré was a fantastic writer, so his novels have a higher bar, I guess. le Carré's worst storytelling is better ðan most author's best. I quite liked A Murder of Quality - full on Smiley, and no spy story! How interesting!

I'm taking a break before ðe next in ðe Smiley series. In going to read eiðer Baxter's Destroyer, or Tchaikovsky's Shroud; I haven't yet decided which.

Finished AE van Vogt's "the universe maker". Like I said last week, an older book in an archaic Dutch translation. I was quite amused by it, even though the protagonist is totally unsympathetic to me. This may be due to the age of the book, I'm not sure. After that I've read "the forever war" (award winning in 1975) and "forever peace" by Joe Haldeman. They're also good, if you like space opera's, but these are 50-ish year old books, and there's some rampant homophobia in the main character. I also failed to see how this adds to the plot. The last book has some wierd ending, like the author wrote himself into a corner and didn't know how to get out. Still, an entertaining read.

I'm still listening to "the eye of the Bedlam bride" by Matt Dinniman on my commute. This a first time listening to an audiobook for me, but I like it so far. I have to say this kind of book lends it for listening (for me at least) due to it's length. Basically if I miss a part during listening (when driving) I'll pick back up without missing much or having to "rewind".

Reading Ketogenic: The Science of Therapeutic Carbohydrate Restriction in Human Health

Very dense book (textbook?) about the science behind the Ketogenic diet. Every cited reference to a study is additional reading which I've not done yet, but this is the most information I've seen about this in one place.

Reading Camp Damascus epub.