Burn by Peter Heller. Im digging it. I read The Dog Stars years and years ago. This dude can write a page turner.

The Dungeon Anarchists Cookbook.

Third book in DCC, I believe.

I’m enjoying The Princess Bride. It’s charmingly meta

Finished Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter (5/5), now reading My Husband’s Wife by Carla Kovach.

Henry David Thoreau - Walden

So far I only read the first chapter, Economics, and I’m not sure what to think of it. On one hand HDT clearly had a great capacity for identifying issues with society and capitalism, on the other hand his reaction to these feels like a capitulation, almost like a suicide. He diagnoses all those social issues, but instead of looking for a collective solution he takes the most individualistic course possible. He even states that this isn’t feasible for everyone and that wants others to go their own way. But if everyone lived his way there would be no human society possible. He states that cooperation isn’t really possible while at the same time taking advantage of cooperation (living on people’s land, help setting up the cabin, his mom washing his clothes, etc). The Indians who he praises so much were living under very cooperative social constructs, helping one another. Looking forward to seeing where this is going…

I just finished Platform Decay by Martha Wells, and am moving back to Dungeon Crawler Carl for book four The Gate of the Feral Gods By Matt Dinniman.

I’m listening to Pole Position a racing romance by Rebecca Carrey. It’s fine, I don’t know if it’s because I’m listening instead of reading it, but it’s dragging.

After this is done, I’ll probably listen to Ready Player One.

I finished two books this past week:

The Magician King by Lev Grossman (The Magicians book 2). I mostly enjoyed this one. I felt there was a lot of character growth in certain characters and a lot of exploration of mental health and healing. The ending soured me a bit, but I think I understand why the author went that route.

I also read Macbeth by William Shakespeare. I mostly knew the story already from pop culture, but it was nice reading the full thing. I think this is one of the more enjoyable and approachable plays of his that I’ve read.

I’m now on the last Magicians book, The Magician’s Land. So far I’m liking it quite a bit, but we’ll see how he sticks the landing.

Listening to Ward by Wildbow (again). Just redid Worm, they’re both so good.

• Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers
• An Anarchist FAQ

Finally Out - Letting Go Of Living Straight by Loren A. Olson, M.D. and
Before We Were Trans - A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam

They are the first two books I checked out at the library after coming out, if anyone has any other good recommendations by all means.

Nearly done with reading A Parade of Horribles, Matt Dinniman! It felt like it took a little while to get ramped up, but I’m enjoying the chaos as things continue to spiral. Unsure what I’ll read after this.

For my audiobook, I’m about a third of the way through Isles of the Emberdark, Brandon Sanderson, which may be my favorite of his special novels so far. Very cool to see how things are all tying together in the broader cosmere. Well thought out strategy on how to expand a short story. Only quibble is Sanderson still doesn’t seem to write natural dialog. It never feels like a something someone would actually say.

I read Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky which I enjoyed. I now started Children of Ruin, also by him.

Atomic Habits by James Clear It’s got some helpful advice but it reads like a Ted Talk. It’s like (axiom)(anecdote)(academic research)(broad over simplification or sweeping generalization)(summary conclusion).

There’s good advice and I’m sure if you follow it you may get results, but I wish it were more academically rigorous.

Starting the bra dragonlance chronicles. I feel its aged poorly.