Just finished Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, which of course was the inspiration for the hit Broadway show. Truly a fascinating life, where sometimes fact is stranger than fiction. It makes one wonder what might have happened had Hamilton's life not been cut short.
This quote stood out to me:
"His faith in Americans never quite matched his faith in America itself." It was like he had a crystal ball.
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I'm also listening to 'Player of Games' by Iain M. Banks.
This is okay so far, somewhat better than 'Consider Phlebas' but Banks sure takes a while to get the momentum of the story moving. I think the weakest part is Gurgeh, who really isn't that interesting of a character - but maybe that's typical of the hoi polloi in the Culture.
This week I'm reading 'Lessons in Chemistry' by Bonnie Garmus.
This is for our staff book discussion last week and I'm enjoying it sort of okay. It is largely falling into the same meh territory that most popular fiction falls for me.
As I mentioned earlier this week, I've seen the TV show and really liked it. I think it is a rare occasion of it being better than the book.
Good morning. My #FridayReads is Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams. #books (And maybe the book should be titled Terrible People.)
Alastair Reynolds, The Prefect #FridayReads
Last night I finished reading the book (15 of 2025) Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell. My son gives it 4.5 stars and had me round down to 4 stars for Goodreads. I would rate it 3 stars, but I'm not the target audience.
I'm also still reading and enjoying Where the Forest Meets the River by Shannon Bowring.
Since I finished one audiobook this morning, that means I get to start my next tonight.
The plan is to head back to The Culture with 'The Player of Games' by Iain M. Banks. Hopefully it is better than 'Consider Phlebas' which just sort of meandered to nowhere.
I also finished 'City of Stairs' by Robert Jackson Bennett on audio during my drive into work this morning.
Great epic urban fantasy book with a lot more change to the status quo than I remember when I read it years ago. I recently read 'The Tainted Cup' and it's interesting to see how he's developed as a writer.
This week I'm reading 'The Tower of the Swallow' by Adrzej Sapkowski.
It is the 4th book (or 6th if you count the anthologies) in the Witcher Saga that I've been slowly working my way through.
This one is a bit of a tough read, because it has been absolutely brutal for Ciri and no one in the book seems to like each other. It's also doing some weird timey wimey stuff. At least I'll be ready for the next Netflix season whenever it comes.
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Good morning. My #FridayReads is Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams. #books
Joan Beaumont, Australia’s Great Depression: How a Nation Shattered by the Great War Survived the Worst Economic Crisis It Has Ever Faced #FridayReads
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The Harder I Fight the More I Love You by Neko Case (2025 Grand Central Publishing) https://tinyurl.com/5n82ezyn
What are you reading?
An American Civil War spy drama ("epic" but I'm not so sure about that) that kicks off at a Passover seder? Sure, why not. It's timely, that's for sure. The writing is a a little choppy, and the main character seems to be a bit of a schlub, but I think I'll stick with it. #FridayReads #AmReading #Books #Bookstodon #Audiobooks #Fiction #History #CivilWar #Mazeldon @bookstodon
Good morning. My #FridayReads is Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams. #books
Robert Boyce, The Great Interwar Crisis and the Collapse of Globalization; Clarkesworld 223; Interzone 298 #FridayReads
"I’m deeply skeptical of any book that doesn’t begin with a corpse." - Bill Ackerman, from Peter Swanson's "All the Beautiful Lies"
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Andei décadas a evitar ler #UrsulaKLeGuin .
Sabia que mais cedo ao mais tarde iria ler os #Despojados, e depois de o ter feito no ano passado... este ano volto ao ciclo #Hainish.
Started The Swallows by Lisa Lutz, and I'm already 20% into it and liking it so far. It's like an anti-Dead Poets Society, but where DPS kind of ignored private school cliques, - all the students seemed to mostly get along - Lutz leans in hard and it's far more interesting (don't get me wrong: I 
Dead Poets Society). My main complaint is that the long list of characters - students and teachers - is hard to track in the #audiobook. #Bookstodon #Books #AmReading #FridayReads @bookstodon #Fiction
Good morning. My #FridayReads is The Antidote by Karen Russell. I'm in the home stretch. #books
Richard Griffiths, What Did You Do During the War? The Last Throes of the British Pro-Nazi Right, 1940-45 #FridayReads
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