From 5603448c3de59b70387c094bc9dc70bf4516746b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Günzler <r@gnzler.io>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 16:28:49 +0200
Subject: update books
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Signed-off-by: Robert Günzler <r@gnzler.io>
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 site/books.html   | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/inc/books.htm | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+)

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>
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