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Third and last novella in the trilogy. Will Ada and Rian get together at last?

Some featherweight James Bond in space stuff

Easier than eating a can of Pringles

Stayed up late to finish it, woke up thinking about it still. I'm struggling with the ending. If you've read it, let's talk!

I'm already in the bag on this one. Heck, I even harvest serviceberries. Though if I'd had this on my journey maybe I would have come along faster. Very different than "The Overstory" but a similar political vibe, questioning the sensibility of capitalism by comparing to ecosystems and how Indigenous economies have operated for millenia.

I gave my left kidney to a stranger last year and this book would explain it to people who don't understand why. Essentially: I store my surplus organ in my brother's abdomen.

That sure was a short read! A subtle anticapitalist reflection grounded in nature and indigenous practices.

I just grabbed this from the library's Express Shelf. That means no renewals so I better start and finish it! Good thing it's short.

I disagree with much of what Harris says as a public intellectual figure. But I find compelling his synthesis of Buddhist practice and neuroscience into secular non-dual mindfulness, so giving this a shot.

The third book in this vein I've read this year, after Mcmindfulness and Why Buddhism Is True

They saved the koan "what's the sound of one hand clapping" for ending of the book... And for the first time in my life it made sense to me!

Most other koans still going over my head, of course, but I'll take some satisfaction.

Excellent literary fiction that sucked me into the mind of a multifaceted and very believable narrator. I loved the prose. There was one mechanism used very effectively along the lines of: '"Did she want ice cream?" She did.' Where the response is described simply, not provided as dialogue.

I loved the Willa character and hope I'm not entirely Nick. I'm definitely more Nick than Rocky though for better and for worse...

I started this on a family beach vacation and finished it just before I dropped my oldest kid at summer camp. I would have enjoyed this anyway but the circumstances added a nice layer on top.

It had been years since I'd read a Malcolm Gladwell-type book synthesizing research into pop science life advice. This was a pretty good entry: readable, short, interesting anecdotes. I tilt heavily toward being a generalist and this book praises that approach so it was satisfying in an intellectually-lazy way.

Reply All podcast did an episode on why diverse teams get better results, this felt similar (but applied to a single person, essentially making the parts of yourself and your life more diverse).