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What Book Are You Reading XV - The Pile Keeps Growing!
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CLR James' Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution.
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Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing. A collection of personal essays by Lauren Hough. She wrote the viral "cable guy" essay from a few years ago.
Josu
Emperor
Nope.
For the time being I only have the intention of reading the first book.
It was in my to-read pile since 20 years ago, I have decided not to include more books in the pile until it is reduced, that's why I have started reading it now. Unless I consider it a masterpiece, I won't read the series.
Till
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A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
Space Aztecs, Slavs and aliens! The story is fine but i really appreciate the effort that went into fleshing out the Teixcalaanli language and culture.
Space Aztecs, Slavs and aliens! The story is fine but i really appreciate the effort that went into fleshing out the Teixcalaanli language and culture.
Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.
Yes,Tacitus?
I suspect the phrase to have been the inspiration of the title of the book @Till mentioned.
Josu
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Ended The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Dissapointing.
Being such a succesfull book I was expecting a better plot than the main character does everything better than the bad guy once and again.
I would have liked the background if the "memory" issue was not present
Starting Carl Sagan's The Dragons of Eden
Dissapointing.
Being such a succesfull book I was expecting a better plot than the main character does everything better than the bad guy once and again.
I would have liked the background if the "memory" issue was not present
Starting Carl Sagan's The Dragons of Eden
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The Age of Stonehenge by Colin Burgess. Oh my god it is dull as dirt. The book is about prehistoric Britain, and while the completely reliance on archaeology is always going to make it a bit dull, the authors writing style reduces everything to a drag. It has taken me forever to get out of the introduction chapter. Do not recommend. Some online reviews recommend skipping the first few chapters and moving straight on to the chapters on social organization, which I might do.
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On Thursday I finished reading:
Children of Ruin
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Adrian Tchaikovsky
This is an excellent follow on from his Children of Time that ought to be read first.
Children of Ruin
by
Adrian Tchaikovsky
This is an excellent follow on from his Children of Time that ought to be read first.
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Josu
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Ended Carl Sagan's The Dragons of Eden.
Good book, however I am starting to realize that I prefer the Carl Sagan in Cosmos than the writter Carl Sagan
Starting The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas
Good book, however I am starting to realize that I prefer the Carl Sagan in Cosmos than the writter Carl Sagan
Starting The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas
Such a grand tale!
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Two Terry Pratchett books I picked up from the apallingly bad sci fi and fantasy section of the local library: The Last Continent and The Truth.
The Truth was fairly underwhelming, it was an Ankh-Morpork story that was crying out to be a Watch story but instead sidelined the Watch for no good reason beyond wanting a different character to be in focus. Entertaining enough read, but fairly forgettable.
The Last Continent is probably the worst Pratchett book I've read as it is solidly in his period when he is shifting from being a parody writer to a story writer. Too much time is spent on parodying things I don't really have a reference for at the expense of the story. Plus, the main character is Rincewind who is a terrible character to base a story out of as his entire shtick is that he wants to avoid anything interesting happening to him so he spends the entire story reacting to everything as opposed to driving any events. The Wizards who comprise the second part are fun in small doses but not as the major B plot. About halfway through and I'm probably going to return it unfinished.
The Truth was fairly underwhelming, it was an Ankh-Morpork story that was crying out to be a Watch story but instead sidelined the Watch for no good reason beyond wanting a different character to be in focus. Entertaining enough read, but fairly forgettable.
The Last Continent is probably the worst Pratchett book I've read as it is solidly in his period when he is shifting from being a parody writer to a story writer. Too much time is spent on parodying things I don't really have a reference for at the expense of the story. Plus, the main character is Rincewind who is a terrible character to base a story out of as his entire shtick is that he wants to avoid anything interesting happening to him so he spends the entire story reacting to everything as opposed to driving any events. The Wizards who comprise the second part are fun in small doses but not as the major B plot. About halfway through and I'm probably going to return it unfinished.
Holdout by Jeffrey Klugger. Scientist on the International Space Station decides to stay aboard the station when trouble orders her to abandon ship with her crewmates. Fun story rooted in our current world.
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The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran contains the titular character's thoughts on various topics like Love, Giving, etc. This edition from Borzoi Books included 12 drawings by the author. The writing can be interesting, but the philosophy isn't earth-shattering for anyone who has encountered the concepts of dualism, self-determination, eternal recurrence, and the infinite.
One of my favorite books that is filled with useful words for many situations.
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