Books of 2020

Here’s what I read last
year.

Red Moon by Kim Stanley Robinson
When Gravity Falls by George Alec Effinger
The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman
The Little Book of Black Holes by Gubser and Pretorius
The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis
Dr Futurity by Phili K Dick
why does E=mc2? by Brian Cox and Jeff Fordham
Heartbreaker by Maryse ( Read more... )

2019 books

My reading seems to have dropped off a little.  Sometimes that’s a result of the classics I pick - it takes me longer to get through those sometimes.  This year Middlemarch fell into that category.  Mrs Dalloway was better.  Anyway, here’s the list.  As always, if you want to know more about any of them, feel free to ask.

Crime and ( Read more... )

Here's the list for 2018.  As always, if you see anything here you'd like to hear about, let me know.

I read a few more classics this past year - that's Anne's fault.  She got me a scratch off poster with 100 essential reads, so I'm working my way through those.  I had already read a little over 20 of them, but that means at 5/year, it will still ( Read more... )

Here's the list for 2017, in roughly chronological order.
Let me know if you want to know about any of these.
{Fiction, unless marked with an (NF)}

The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery (NF)
Air Plants by Zenaida Sengo (NF)
We are all just completely beside ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler ( Read more... )

I found myself listening to more podcasts this year (almost all while walking).  Some of the books I read were ( Read more... )

Before I list what I read last year, I wanted to mention that I plan to make a real effort to post here on a regular basis this year.  I'm setting myself the goal of doing so once a week for the entire year.  So, if anyone is still reading livejournal, I hope that in the process of getting to know a bit more about me this year, I'll  get to know ( Read more... )

Here's the list of what I read in 2014 ( Read more... )

This list is a little shorter than the past couple years, but I'm pleased with the variety.  Now if I'd just remember it all.
If you're curious about any of these books, feel free to ask me about them.

Liars and Outliers ( Read more... )

I just finished a book by Tanya Huff - 'Valor's Trial'  It was published in 2008 and being 'that' type of reader (one who tends to read the intro and foreword and dedication) I noticed the author had dedicated this book to Mike Glicksohn.  Here's what she wrote ( Read more... )

Really enjoyed the warm weather today.  I've been a bit of slug for the past few weeks, which is unusual for me.  I don't have too much of a clue as to the reason(s) for it, but given how I felt today, it might have had at least a little to do with Michigan's preponderance of overcast winter days.  So today, I got busy and put together a couple ( Read more... )