August 2023 Reads
The Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson - If read as one tome, this trilogy comes out to near 2,000 pages of hard science fiction...yet...
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- Jul 25
July 2024 Reads
The Slynx by Tatyana Tolstoya: This odd novel was written by Tolstoy's grand-niece. I didn't know what to expect from it. The book is...
- Jul 1
June 2023 Reads
Didn't get through too many books this month. Maybe July will have some beach reads? Create Dangerously by Albert Camus I've loved Camus...
- May 31
May 2023 Reads
Nazywam sie Kabelek, Jamnik Kabelek by Michalak Gierwiallo This was a children's book, written in Polish, about a sausage dog who is...
- May 26
Book Recommendations from AI
I've gotten some great recommendations from friends and colleagues; there are many books I've come to love that I would have never picked...
- Apr 30
April 2023 Reads
Death and the Afterlife by Sam Scheffler "Afterlife" here refers to the fact that after your life, life still goes on. People continue...
- Mar 31
March 2023 Reads
Weasels in the Attic by Hiroko Oyamada This novella is a poignant glimpse of womanhood, and how it shapes not only the sex but society as...
- Feb 28
Feb 2023 Reads
Peyton Place by Grace Metalious This was one of those classics that I disregarded for years because it sounded boring. But, goodness, it...
- Jan 31
Jan 2023 Reads
It's already an amazing reading year, folks. Some January highlights: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez This is an...
- Dec 27, 2022
The Joy and Sorrow of Rereading
I've started rereading books. It's something I was adamant about not doing for the longest time. Life is short, and I'll never be able to...
- Dec 15, 2022
My Favorite Books This Year
If you're hoping to read more in 2023, check out my favorite reads from this year for inspiration. In no particular order: The Day of the...
- Nov 30, 2022
November Reads
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson - Told in the second person, this novella focuses with intense clarity on what it means to fall in love...
- Nov 1, 2022
October Reads
We Spread by Iain Reid - What better way to start off October than with some suspense? Reid's previous novel Foe is one of my favorite...
- Oct 5, 2022
Design for the Real World
I'm always hesitant to pick up a design book that's more than a decade old. Victor Papanek's Design for the Real World was published in...
- Sep 30, 2022
September Reads
I didn't get to read as much this month as I would have liked; September's words were snatched between meetings and quickly devoured on...
- Aug 30, 2022
August Reads
As much as I plan on focusing my reading every month, I tend to pick up anything that comes my way. August was no exception. Jude the...
- Aug 22, 2022
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
How can you not like a book with a title like that? The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is considered a sci-fi classic, and Heinlein is often...
- Aug 21, 2022
Second Time's Not the Charm
One of my friends said that an author's first book will always be their best: it's a culmination of life experience and artistic drive,...
- Aug 5, 2022
The Statistics of Literature
Did I spend an hour organizing my Goodreads books into genre-based shelves? Yes, yes I did. I'm always trying to diversify my reading. I...
- Aug 1, 2022
July Reads: A Month of Sci-Fi
This month, I got as far away from the heat as I could: mentally, at least. What better way to cool off than with some sci-fi escapism?...
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