BOOKS
The Ministry of Time - Kaliane Bradley
Kaliane Bradley
This book started off slow and while it sped up a bit, it was never a breakneck paced science fiction thriller. It's firmly a character driven story that has some science fiction as a background to h
Of Boys and Men - Richard V Reeves
Richard V Reeves
The main idea that Richard V Reeves is trying to get across is that men are in crisis now, and that acknowledging the crisis that men are having doesn't negate any compassion and equality we still ne
Temeraire - Naomi Novik
Naomi Novik
While this book was recommended to me (from a source I can’t remember) as an excellent fantasy novel that added dragons to the war between Britain and France during Napoleon’s time, I can’t continue
A Witch’s Sin - Daniel B Greene
Daniel B Greene
Welcome to a world of technology embedded in your body, where ads can blare at you at any time and an open window means you’ve granted permission for a drone to broadcast further ads into your person
Farsighted - Steven Johnson
Steven Johnson
This was read for book club in July. Join to get all the discussion on the book. While Johnson has some good ideas we can put into practice, he takes far too long telling us stories to get them
The Burnout Society - Byung-Chul Han
Byung-Chul Han
While there are many great ideas to pique your interest, I couldn’t help but think that I needed to read all the other philosophy the author cites to fully make sense of his arguments. This is clearl
The Other Valley - Scott Alexander Howard
Scott Alexander Howard
The story starts off slow and a bit sad as we follow 16-year-old Odile who is a lonely girl after her only friend moved to a different part of town. Her life starts to look up as she is befriended by
Clear Thinking - Shane Parrish
Shane Parrish
Shane Parrish, of Farnham Street fame, brings us a book that is intended to help us think clearly. The first half is all about defining the enemies of clear thinking and the second is about putting c
Limit of Vision - Linda Nagata
Linda Nagata
This book explores the evolution of human-kind as the combine with LOV's, artificial brains designed by humans, in what at times appears to be a race to "beat" AI and at times feels like a slapped to
Wildwood Imperium - Colin Meloy
Colin Meloy
This is the third book in the Wildwood Chronicles and we pickup shortly after the events of the third book where Prue and the residents of Wildwood banded together to thwart the plans of the former Q