BOOKS
Translation State - Ann Leckie
Ann Leckie
Translation state takes a look at what it means to be human, and in this case, what it means to belong somewhere. We start meeting our 3 main characters, Enae, Reet and Qven and slowly are exposed to
The Promise of Access - Daniel Greene
Daniel Greene
Daniel Greene looks at the politically expedient idea that the problem with the workforce is that they don’t have access to computers (technology) and the skills to use said electronic devices. This
The Three-Body Problem - Cixin Liu
Cixin Liu
Sure it's an interesting idea, but I'm not sure if it's the translation or the original writing…I just didn't like it. The most interesting thing was the protein folding idea for turning things into
Gardens of the Moon - Steven Erikson
Steven Erikson
Welcome to a land of magic and gods that sometimes walk among humans, at the very least they spend a bunch of energy influencing human affairs to their liking. We start by joining the Malazan Empire'
Liberty's Daughter - Naomi Kritzer
Naomi Kritzer
Liberty's Daughter is about Beck Garrison, a teenager living on a libertarian seastead which is part of a collection of seasteads with varying rules. Some have no rules at all, so drugs are openly ma
Ruined by Reading - Sharon Schwartz
Sharon Schwartz
Ruined by reading was a very different book than I expected. I didn't expect this memoir on the affect of reading to the author's life to be a keep but it continually asked thought provoking question
Never Enough - Jennifer Breheny Wallace
Jennifer Brehney Wallace
In Never Enough we take a look at how the achievement culture that is prevalent in society today is harming children as they are pushed to compete more, achieve more, all in a quest to get into the "
The Sunlit Man - Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson
This is the final book in the 4 books Brandon Sanderson wrote in "secret" during the COVID 19 pandemic. In this one we follow Nomad who has skipped to a world that has such intense sun that it scorch
Beneath the God's Tree - S Kaeth
S. Kaeth
This was me second visit to S Kaeth's fantasy world, the first being Between Starfalls. I again found the world interesting and the story generally well written. If I have any critisim of the book it
Everything and Less - The Novel in the Age of Amazon
Mark McGurl
This is a fairly academic look at how Amazon has affected the world of literary fiction, and genre fiction. It takes a brief look at the enshittification cycle that Amazon is embarking on as it chang