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august

  • Abroad in Japan, Chris Broad
    • @@ -10,9 +13,6 @@ some really funny stories. i also like how i can almost hear chris' voice in the writing.
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  • The Marsian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
    • this one took a while. started reading pretty much right after @@ -68,94 +68,87 @@

    december

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    • 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. -
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    • Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
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      + 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

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    • 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. -
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    • 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. -
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    • Celestial Bodies, Jokha Alharthi
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      + 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. +
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    • Snow Country, Kawabata Yasunari
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      + 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. -
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      • + 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. -
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      + I did not like the meandering writing and whacky + storylines that kept looping back onto each other. +

    july

    • Der stumme Tod, Volker Kutscher
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    • 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. -
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    • 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. -
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    • At the Mountains of Madness, H.P. Lovecraft
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      + 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. +
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    • Only Human (Themis Files #3), Sylvain Neuvel
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      + 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
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    • 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. -
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    • Convenience Store Woman, Murata Sayaka
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      + 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 -- cgit 1.4.1