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.
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Enshittification: it’s not just you—the internet sucks now. Here’s why, and here’s how we can …
I deployed an instance of Audiobookshelf in my homelab and this seemed like a good first book to try it out on.
In 1894 Laura Ingalls Wilder, her husband, and her seven-year-old daughter Rose leave the Ingalls family in Dakota and make …
My father-in-law left this at our house for me to read. So far the writing is... not great. Seems like it might be fun though.
In previous books, Holocaust historian Timothy Snyder dissected the events and values that enabled the rise of Hitler and Stalin …
The year is 1946, and the Lee family has moved from Metropolis’ Chinatown to the center of the bustling city. …
During their first four years of marriage, Laura and Almanzo Wilder have a child and fight a losing battle in …
Yet another self-help-type book that's maybe padded a bit with anecdotes, but there's enough solid advice in here that's communicated well that I do recommend this book.
Yet another self-help-type book that's maybe padded a bit with anecdotes, but there's enough solid advice in here that's communicated well that I do recommend this book.
Artificial Condition is the follow-up to Martha Wells’s Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New …
I read the first of these a long while ago. I was worried that losing the relationships with the characters from the first book would weaken the experience but here we see Murderbot develop new relationships fairly quickly. It feels like satisfying growth from the first book even if Murderbot would deny it.
Definitely recommend.
Declare (2000) is a supernatural spy novel by American author Tim Powers. The novel presents …
This one was just interesting enough for me to keep going, and I'm glad I did because it really got its hooks in me toward the end.
But it really could use some trimming up. The main character is pretty bland for most of the book and only seems to perk up once his role in the greater plot is fully revealed.
I did like the author's "game" here of taking real people and events and filling in the "gaps" in the record with supernatural nonsense. The feeling that this story could be the hidden backdrop to some real life events in WWII and the Cold War was a big part of the appeal.
In short, it can be a bit of a slog and it's overly long but if you can make it to the end it's worth it.
This one was just interesting enough for me to keep going, and I'm glad I did because it really got its hooks in me toward the end.
But it really could use some trimming up. The main character is pretty bland for most of the book and only seems to perk up once his role in the greater plot is fully revealed.
I did like the author's "game" here of taking real people and events and filling in the "gaps" in the record with supernatural nonsense. The feeling that this story could be the hidden backdrop to some real life events in WWII and the Cold War was a big part of the appeal.
In short, it can be a bit of a slog and it's overly long but if you can make it to the end it's worth it.
Fifteen-year-old Laura learns that living away from home and teaching school can be a bit frightening when most of the …
