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Pretty Greene Leaves 🌿

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Dad, software engineer, physics grad. But really, I can't think of many better ways to get to know me than to see what books I've read.

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51% complete! Pretty Greene Leaves 🌿 has read 51 of 100 books.

Guy Gavriel Kay: Children of earth and sky (2016)

"The bestselling author of the groundbreaking novels Under Heaven and River of Stars, Guy Gavriel …

The meta-commentary interludes were a bit distracting, but I enjoyed this book on the whole. Kay's unique blend of very real-world geography with just-slightly-off naming gives him freedom to invent scenarios inspired by history, but still not required to be a part of it.

For the first time in English,all of Jorge Luis Borges's fictions collected in a single …

Reading this, I kept being reminded of Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. Lo and behold, not only was Susanna Clark partly inspired by some of the short stories in this collection, especially "The Library of Babel", but both she and Borges were inspired by the works of one Giovanni Battista Piranesi, an artist of twisting impossible labyrinths.

finished reading Golden son by Pierce Brown (Red Rising Saga, #2)

Pierce Brown: Golden son (Hardcover, 2015, Del Rey)

"With shades of The Hunger Games, Ender's Game, and Game of Thrones, debut author Pierce …

Although the list of characters (and some unfortunate similarities in names) can make the details of the plot hard to follow sometimes, the overarching story is still gripping and I had no difficulty powering through in 4 days.

Leo Tolstoy, Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear: War and Peace (Paperback, 2008, Vintage Classics)

"War and Peace centers broadly on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three …

I did it! I listened to all 61 hours in 2 weeks. I enjoyed it overall, though it was a strain putting aside everything else I might want to listen to.

And wow, Tolstoy really really hated the Great Man Theory of history. I wasn't expecting 10% of this book to be essays explaining why history is complicated and arises from the experience of everyday people.