Kutath – C.J. Cherryh
We get the end of the Faded Sun Trilogy, with Kutath and the fate of the mri, Regul and humans in the balance. Though only the mri are bound to this single arid old world of Kutath. Duncan fully inhabits his mri learnings and humans get to see the real face of the Regul.
Genre: Science FictionStyle: Fiction
Take Back the Fight – Nora Loreto
This was our first book for book club in 2026. Reading in progress come back for a review.
Genre: feminismStyle: Non-fiction
Shon’jir – C.J. Cherryh
Back into the Dark the mri go following their holy relic that holds the path back to their real home world. There have been over 80 darks each lasting multiple generations and between each dark there has been service in war, many lasting thousands of years. We now get to reckon with just how old…
Genre: Science FictionStyle: Fiction
Kesrith – C.J. Cherryh
This is the first book in one of my favourites series of all time. For many years I read my tattered paperback copy which contained all three volumes to start each year over the holidays. In book one we meet our characters. The mri are a race of humanoid warriors who were contracted into fighting…
Genre: Science FictionStyle: Fiction
Notes on Being a Man – Scott Galloway
Scott Galloway uses this book to try and help men solve the key problems plaguing them today. He says society is creating a generation of men that are lonely, not economically or emotionally viable in society, and adrift without purpose. Galloway thinks that this can be solved by men doing the three things that they’re…
Genre: MenStyle: Non-fiction
Write Useful Book – Rob Fitzpatrick
This book is firmly aimed at authors who want to write a self-help book. In fact the author calls out Malcolm Gladwell as the type of author you don’t want to emulate if you want to be a successful author, which they define as an author that lives off their writing. Though they also say…
Style: Non-fictionThe Web Beneath the Waves – Samanth Subramanian
Samanth Subramanian gives readers a look at the relatively obscure world of undersea internet infrastructure which has remained largely the same since they started laying cables for telegraph traffic. In many cases it’s still the same companies contracted to lay the cables as did the job for the last 50 years. What struck me was…
Genre: InternetStyle: Non-fiction
The Affluent Society – John Kenneth Galbraith
In progress review to come.
Genre: EconomicsStyle: Non-fiction
On Revision – William Germano
If you want to write non-fiction then William Germano’s book is one you should put on your list to read. Germano walks us through what it means to revise. It’s not fixing spelling, or doing a final polish, revising is all about understanding what your writing actually does instead of what you think it does.…
Style: Non-fiction
All Systems Red – Martha Wells
I’d heard about this series for a while but didn’t really know what it was about until I watched the Apple TV season and it was excellent there. So I put the book on hold at my library and got it yesterday and it did not disappoint. We follow Murderbot as he realizes he has…
Genre: Science FictionStyle: Fiction
