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| author | Robert Günzler <r@gnzler.io> | 2025-10-23 16:28:49 +0200 |
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| committer | Robert Günzler <r@gnzler.io> | 2025-10-23 16:29:02 +0200 |
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update books
Signed-off-by: Robert Günzler <r@gnzler.io>
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diff --git a/site/books.html b/site/books.html index a20ca7f..1c56946 100644 --- a/site/books.html +++ b/site/books.html @@ -39,6 +39,30 @@ <ul> <li>Freiheitsschock, Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk</li> </ul> + <h2 id="oct25">october</h2> + <ul> + <li>The Burning Shore, Wilbur Smith</li> + <blockquote> + while it kept me awake until 3am for 3 days i really disliked the + tonal shift between the second and third acts. how can he portray the + lifestyle of the san the way he does and then have centaine tear up + their sacred place of ancestor worship for diamonds. then the in-world + justification, that it will provide "good water" for her son. to me is + just blatant sugarcoating of an act that clearly violates the memory + and principles of the people she has her life to thank for. though she + had already all but forgotten them, when it was time for the story to + move on from including o'wa and h'ani. + <br> + another gripe with the writing i've had is the way the female lead is + written. it is so obvious, that the author is a man of the last + century... centaine in both instances immediately falls for the male, + that is so clearly set up to be her love-interest. + <br> + The book + <i>is</i> + from 1985, that might put some of this into perspective. + </blockquote> + </ul> <h2 id="sep25">september</h2> <ul> <li>The Passage, Justin Cronin</li> diff --git a/src/inc/books.htm b/src/inc/books.htm index fbb57b3..c25f20c 100644 --- a/src/inc/books.htm +++ b/src/inc/books.htm @@ -5,6 +5,30 @@ <ul> <li>Freiheitsschock, Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk</li> </ul> + <h2 id="oct25">october</h2> + <ul> + <li>The Burning Shore, Wilbur Smith</li> + <blockquote> + while it kept me awake until 3am for 3 days i really disliked the + tonal shift between the second and third acts. how can he portray the + lifestyle of the san the way he does and then have centaine tear up + their sacred place of ancestor worship for diamonds. then the in-world + justification, that it will provide "good water" for her son. to me is + just blatant sugarcoating of an act that clearly violates the memory + and principles of the people she has her life to thank for. though she + had already all but forgotten them, when it was time for the story to + move on from including o'wa and h'ani. + <br> + another gripe with the writing i've had is the way the female lead is + written. it is so obvious, that the author is a man of the last + century... centaine in both instances immediately falls for the male, + that is so clearly set up to be her love-interest. + <br> + The book + <i>is</i> + from 1985, that might put some of this into perspective. + </blockquote> + </ul> <h2 id="sep25">september</h2> <ul> <li>The Passage, Justin Cronin</li> |