Books

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi. About halfway through, really enjoying it. The audiobook narrator is great.

How Music Works by David Byrne. It was recommended to me by a colleague when asked about good resources on learning more about music.

I'm only in chapter 3, so far it's been interesting. About how music has adapted since the introduction of recordings, about the shifting perceptions, not only in music but also showmanship, size of venues, choice of instruments. The current chapter is about the different recording media and their impact on the music.

All very interesting, although I do hope it will soon delve deeper into the nitty gritty: notes and intervals, progressions, and all the things I'm still totally unaware of.

I'm reading The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan, the fourth book in The Wheel of Time series. I'm starting to get a bit sick of the characters, frankly. Petty, angry, dishonest liars most of them, looking to make the worst decisions for any given situation. I still like the book, oddly enough, but I wish the characters like, grow up sometime soon.

Reading (listening to) War of the Noobs, and honestly it's getting a bit stale. It didn't hook or make me really laugh like earlier books on the series.

Recently finished This Inevitable Ruin, and DCC is always a good time.

Currently I'm reading The Rebel by Albert Camus. I was reading it last month but got interrupted by a hold being available from the library. I'm determined to finish it in the next week or so.

I've barely read or listened to anything for over a year, now suddenly I have 9 books/audiobooks on the go. Most are things that everyone has read or heard about anyway, and almost all are part of a series Ive talked about too much over the years so I don't have too much to say 🤷‍♂️

Audio:
The Wise Man's Fear by Pat Rothfuss when I'm jogging
Words of Radiance by Sanderson at work
Daughter of the Dragon by Michael G Manning at home

Books on rotation chapter by chapter:
White Night by Jim Butcher
River Marked by Patricia Briggs
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
The Hungry Isle by Emily Rodda
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

Manga: Uzumaki by Junji Ito

Currently in the middle of house of chains by Steven Erikson.

I just finished reading Dilla Time by Dan Charnas- it’s a must read if you’re a disciple of J Dilla.

I’m currently listening to War and Peace by Tolstoy

Can't believe I never got around to it on the first go-round, but Nick Hornby's "High Fidelity."

Just started The Orb of Cairado by Katherine Addison, as a palate cleanser. I expect it'll be cozy.

Finished Fever House by Ken Rosson. This started very fast-paced, but (imo) got bogged down by (interesting) flashbacks. I enjoyed it, but would have liked it to be shorter, somehow. Not sure I'll read the sequel, since this one swerved into a sub-genre I don't usually go for.

Almost done with The Tommyknockers on audiobook. Still reading Worm (by Wildbow), about 60% done

Adrian Tchaikovsky's latest: Shroud. So far, it hasn't grabbed me in the same way that Children of Time did, but I'm enjoying it and am interested to see how the worldbuilding goes.

I just finished The Grace Year by Kim Liggett and loved it, and am about to start Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology for my horror book club.

The Sword and Shield, the history of the KGB. I'm nearly half way through it, it's fascinating.

Never Split the Difference, a reread of what is typically called the best negotiating book. I've not read one better.