From 3c588cb48d4d3026c8a00faa8732c0655328e63c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Günzler Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2026 10:33:53 +0200 Subject: * MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Automated-commit-by: commitall Signed-off-by: Robert Günzler --- src/inc/read_2024.htm | 107 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 107 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/inc/read_2024.htm (limited to 'src/inc/read_2024.htm') diff --git a/src/inc/read_2024.htm b/src/inc/read_2024.htm new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d7cecfb --- /dev/null +++ b/src/inc/read_2024.htm @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@ + +
+ 2024 +
+

december

+
    +
  • Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson +
    + had I not read Ready Player One and Neuromancer before, + this would surely have left a better impression. + the part about the sumarian virus is creative but feels + forced at the end when it is used to resolve + everything. +
    • +
+

november

+
    +
  • Celestial Bodies, Jokha Alharthi +
    + read this while in iceland. basically a family history + focused on the women. i had no background on oman's + history or society. super interesting from that angle. + sometimes a bit slow and confusing, since it's jumping + around the timeline. +
    • +
  • Snow Country, Kawabata Yasunari +
    + i am a sucker for japanese novels and their erie vibe. + this one has it too. so many small details that feel + meaningless on the surface but add some much to the + experience of the book. +
    • +
+

october

+
    +
  • Busy Doing Nothing, + Rek Bellum & Devine Lu Linvega +
    + somehow i fell down the rabbithole (lol) of rek & + devine's world this month. their log is fascinating and + inspiring. much of their stuff makes you want to set + out to sail yourself, and much of this book does too, + but then there is also details (like the wave incident) + that make you say: hell no. +
    • +
+

august

+
    +
  • DROPPED + Illuminatus! Part 1: The Eye in the Pyramid, Robert Shea +
    + I did not like the meandering writing and whacky + storylines that kept looping back onto each other. +
    • +
+

july

+
    +
  • Der stumme Tod, Volker Kutscher
    • +
  • At the Mountains of Madness, H.P. Lovecraft +
    + the story was mildly scary but entertaining. he kind of + overused "scary" adjective-noun pairs: cosmic fear, + blasphemous mountains. i don't understand how the pov + character thinks his report will hold back further + exploration of that region of antarctica. i would actually + expect it to inspire more attention. +
    • +
  • Only Human (Themis Files #3), Sylvain Neuvel +
    + i did not like this compared to the other two entries + to the series. mostly takes place on the world of the + creators of the "mechs". the style feels off compared + to the first novel when we were seeing the story evolve + through the eyes of the unnamed character. +
    • +
+

june

+
    +
  • Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut
    • +
  • Neuromancer, William Gibson
    • +
  • Convenience Store Woman, Murata Sayaka +
    + i admit, i probably started this out of nostalgia after + coming back from japan. it's a cute little story that + nicely shows how weird japanese society can be. +
    • +
+

+ i left my ereader at a cafe on the 1st of january of this year + while traveling in south korea. i only got a replacement in june. + that's why there is a 6 month gap where i did not read anything + this year. +

+
+
-- cgit 1.4.1