Books

I'm reading "The Fort Bragg Cartel" by Seth Harp. It's about Delta Force and all the hidden criminal activity that goes on at the highest levels of the military. These guys are the most elite soldiers on Earth and they are constantly raping, murdering, boozing, doing drugs and selling drugs. And how the state spends a lot of money covering up their crimes. Also they're all racist and sexist.

It's a great book. Very well researched. Seth Harp is a former military turned investigative journalist. So he's the exact right person to write the book and he did a fantastic job.

I just finished reading a book called 'La crisis latente del Darwinismo' by Maurício Abdalla (which would be something like 'The Latent Crisis of Darwinism' in English). I loved this book so much. The author, who is a philosopher, explains the incompatibilities between the theory of evolution proposed by Darwin (and Neo-Darwinism) and recent scientific discoveries. He discusses alternative theories such as those suggested by Lynn Margulis or Máximo Sandín, which move away from competition as a key factor in evolution. Abdalla mentions how Darwinism was a theory molded by the ideology of its time: liberalism.

I'm currently reading Children of Ruin, I forgot some of the plot from the first entry, but the book puts you up to speed quick enough. I'll probably go for Heaven's Vault book 4 afterwards since it's finally out.

I am currently reading The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.

Thought about reading it in Italian as I am fluent enough, but boy am I glad I am not. Even in English it’s quite the read.

While I understand some of the criticisms around the various diatribes Adso goes on, I think it adds a nice texture. I think the Aristotelian dialogue is fascinating and paints quite a cool picture.

Almost done The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold. After flying through the first 15 "Penric & Desdemona" books over the last few weeks, this was a fitting follow-up.

It's quite good, though a bit darker in the middle than it started out. Only got 40 pages left, definitely finishing it today!

Dungeon Crawler Carl book 8, A Parade of Horribles just came out last night and I started in on it. Even with a recap at the start it's hard to remember all the characters and what was going on with them.

Restarted dungeon crawler carl since book 8 just came out.

Started Red Rising by Pierce Brown, I know it's a popular series but so far it reads like a YA novel, I'm hoping that changes as I keep reading, cause the YA stuff is boring and predictable

I, Jedi by Micheal A Stockpole. Depending on which legends list you go by, it’s either before or after the Jedi Academy trilogy. I’m assuming it takes place in that time frame and a little further.

So I may be reading it out of order, but hey. Luke’s gone and petitioned for his academy, which chronologically already happened.

Just started the second bobiverse book by Denis Taylor. They're a lot of fun.

Reading Project Hail Mary. I’m not really a reader and I bought this when I was drunk with friends. Had a flight coming and figured I might as well read it. I’m enjoying it.

I just started Persepolis Rising, book 7 of The Expanse by James SA Corey after a several years long break after book 6 because I was worried about a big time jump that happens and wasn't sure how the story would go because that's when the TV series ended also. I also just finished the final 12 Dresden Files books since early April so it's fun to get into Space Sci-fi after a long fantasy kick.