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ssweeny

ssweeny@bookwyrm.social

Joined 2 years ago

Software engineer from #Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Opinions are my own, not those of my spouse, employer, child, or pets. In fact there are few areas in which we agree.

Interested in #FOSS and #Linux, as well as federated social nonsense like the #Fediverse and #XMPP and #Matrix

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2025 Reading Goal

60% complete! ssweeny has read 15 of 25 books.

ND Stevenson: Nimona (Hardcover, 2015, HarperTeen)

From the Publisher:

A National Book Award Longlist Title

The graphic novel debut from rising …

Better than I remembered.

I remember reading bits of this comic on the web way back when, but I fell away from it for some reason and never came back to finish it.

Having seen the Netflix movie recently I was reminded of how much I liked this comic and finally sought out the collected edition.

The story is great, very quick pacing. It's origins as a webcomic are pretty clear in the structure. Very quick "chapters" early on which develop into a fuller and deeper story as we get more into the lore and the characters.

Highly recommended!

Laura Ingalls Wilder, W: LITTLE TOWN ON THE PRAIRIE (1971, Harper Trophy)

Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and …

Little Town on the Prairie

Pretty consistent with the rest of the series so far. Delightful for the most part.

Unfortunately there is a scene where a bunch of white townsfolk perform a minstrel show in full blackface. That prompted a nice long conversation with the kiddo.

Joseph Nguyen: Don't Believe Everything You Think (2022, Joseph Nguyen)

Don't Believe Everything You Think

I thought the separation of "thoughts" (ideas that come to you in a more passive sense) and "thinking" (active interrogation of thoughts that often lead to doubts and fear) was pretty interesting.

As someone who spends way too much time in my own head there was a lot in this book that resonated with me and I plan to try to put some of the advice into practice.