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2026 Reading Goal

2% complete! Eli has read 2 of 100 books.

Cory Doctorow: The Internet Con (Hardcover, 2023, Verso)

When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their …

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Really enjoyed this book. Gives excellent examples of how the Internet is broken, and monopolies lock people in to the services they are used to using. Very insightful and further reinforcing why I am on the way out of the systems as much as I can. Unfortunately, it is impossible to completely break free, but voting with money and opting for alternatives is a great start for sure. Would highly recommend this short book, especially in audio format read by the author.

Virginia Woolf, a Room of One’s Own Ultra Lined Journal (Embellished Manuscripts)

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Quite an interesting feminist piece from 100 years ago. How things have changed, yet some things not so much. She considered the freedom of women, freedom to earn money, to own anything, and freedom to write. Poetry as the primary choice, but in reality, any prose. Still relevant to these days, but allowing a great insight into how we've progressed within this time span.

Cory Doctorow: Unauthorized Bread (Hardcover, 2019, Head of Zeus)

New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow's Unauthorized Bread -- a novella about immigration, the …

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Quite good few short stories! Some spoke to me more than others, like the first one of smart appliances and jailbreaking them, and the illusion of choice for those not in a position to choose for the aim of money, of course.
Thought provoking ideas for sure.

Chloe Dalton: Raising Hare (2025, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)

A moving and fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural …

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This book is absolutely beautiful. A personal experience seeing a leveret abandoned and taking it in to try to rehab. Against all odds, the leveret survives and despite leaving and exploring the wilderness around, she keeps on returning and trusting the author and her company and home to birth her leverets.
Having the leveret impacted Chloe's life more than she ever thought possible, just showing how interacting with the wild and nature can have profound effects, particularly as we keep moving away from it. The adventures, the observations she made really touched my heart and reinforced my reasons for not eating animal, such gentle and curious beings.
Absolutely wonderful book.

Amanda Montell: The Age of Magical Overthinking (Hardcover, 2024, Atria Books)

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The title doesn't really give a true insight into the book. Whilst she does mention the over thinking several times, it seems to go more in the footsteps of her other books. So it got a hit repetitive in a way and giving similar examples and stories. Whilst written to be quite engaging, it just felt a bit like false advertisement and superficial.

J. R. R. Tolkien: The Children of Húrin (2007, HarperCollins Publishers)

The ‘Great Tale’ of The Children of Húrin, set during the legendary time before The …

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A bit too similar to the LOTR series, and whilst parts of it I enjoyed, it didn't feel too engaging as just too samey and epic without always making sense.