Finished Starsight by Brandon Sanderson. Second book in Cytoverse series. Loved the way the series progressed, though didn’t liked the post-ending much. Going to start the novella soon.
Started Three Days to Never by Tim Powers. It’s a standalone sci-fi. Don’t remember who recommended Tim Powers or when, but he was mentioned in my list, so got couple of his books. I have just started the book, something is happening, but I am not sure what, so no idea what to think about it yet. Let’s see how it turns out.
What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening lately?
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Decoding Your Cat & How to Read a Book.
Decoding Your Cat is actually written by the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists, and it’s about general cat behavior, behavioral issues, the issues cats face in addressing behavioral issues, how to train your cat and debunking cat myths [For example, contrary to popular belief, cats don’t actually see us as “clumsy cats”. They know we are a different species, but still use cat body language to communicate— though they’re still apt to mimic when they can]. Every chapter has anecdotes so that you can get an idea of how conflicts play out between cats and humans. I have already finished this book last month, though I review it every now and then to refresh what I know, but mostly because of the cute cat pictures. Also, I wanted to recommend this book.
I’m only a fourth into “How to Read a Book” by Mortimer J. Adler, and unfortunately I still haven’t done pre-reading on it (ironic, given that the book says that it’s one of the first kinds of reading that you must do) so I’m just plowing through it, but from my impression it’s an interesting read that offers information that you would otherwise not reflect on. Well, besides the tips on how to read, it tells you why, and those parts are the most interesting to me. I’m currently on the part about words vs terms, and it gives me an insight of how words are used as terms in text from different fields. There are many definitions of a word, but in technical books some words are important that they specify one term, though one term can be described by more than one.
My book club is going to discuss Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte this week. I finished pretty early, so I’ve been listening to The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch. It’s also standalone sci-fi, though it’s doing the thing I don’t so much like where it oversimplifies some of its key tech. The prologue was fantastic!
Seconding the excellent prologue in The Gone World. I had a couple of quibbles with the rest of the book, but overall really liked it when I read it. Hope you end up liking it, too!
Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
After a reccomendation on here, I’m working my way through the World War series by Harry Turtledove. Currently halfway through Striking The Balance. Excellent series but I must admit to skimming in places in this volume. I feel that it’s been padded out a bit. Will keep on though and finish the series. Excellent author and really does go into alternative history scenarios with detail.
Also, as I have since about 1967, constantly reading The Lord Of The Rings ;-)
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
And so it begins! 😀 How are you liking it? I tried reading it a while ago, and got confused, and gave up. Have been meaning to start again but haven’t gotten around to it yet.
