Finished reading: Empire of Ivory by Naomi Novik 📚

The series remains fun if a bit too YA for my tastes. That said, I definitely intend to continue the series.

Finished reading: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova 📚

Super academic historian nerds run afoul of the original fanged one. Kostova is a master of immersion, of being able to transport me fully into the world of the book. I feel like I have memories from the story, as if I lived parts of it.

Finished reading: Saga: Compendium One by Brian K. Vaughan 📚

Epic and masterful. My brain needs time to digest this. And what a cliff hanger of an ending.

Finished reading: The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova 📚

Beautiful, powerful characters and story that engaged my heart and mind.

Currently reading: The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova 📚

I’ve got The Historian on hold at the library and decided to see what else Kostova has written which is how I found The Shadow Land. It is wonderful! Her characters are bringing Bulgaria to life. The plot is good and though I have no idea where it is going it doesn’t even matter. I just enjoy spending time these people.

Finished reading: The Exchange by John Grisham 📚

Bleh. Kept waiting for this book to get smart or have a twist and instead it just ended with no real ethical or intellectual exploration of the issues involved.

Currently reading: Saga: Compendium One by Brian K. Vaughan 📚

Half way through and Saga is totally living up to the hype. It is incredible.

Finished reading: The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin 📚

Going to pause the re-read here and pick it up again over the holidays.

Finished reading: The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin 📚

Ged’s humility is inspiring.

Finished reading: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin 📚

Read the whole series two decades ago. Laura I were watching Um, Actually and they had an Earthsea question which inspired me to read them again. I had forgotten just how gifted and unique Ursula K. Le Guin was. The prose in this series is like nothing else.

Finished reading: Dust by Hugh Howey 📚

Strong, fun finish to the Silo trilogy. I’m really curious to see what the Apple TV series does with the story.

Finished reading: Shift by Hugh Howey 📚

The “Silo” series continues to be fun. It is also a deeper read than I expected.

Finished reading: Holly by Stephen King 📚

Loved it. Fairy Tale is still my favorite of King’s recent books but Holly is close second.

Finished reading: The PARA Method by Tiago Forte 📚

Required reading along with Building a Second Brain for knowledge workers making the transition to Wisdom workers. Said differently if you hoard information instead of using it to empower yourself and others, these books are for you (and me).

Finished reading: Wool by Hugh Howey 📚

Better than the show and the show is pretty damn fun.

Finished reading: Fantastic Adventures: Ruins of the Grendleroot by Michael Shea 📚

This is a 5e adventure book available as an audiobook. I don’t know if there are other such campaign/adventure books available as audiobooks but there should be. It was so helpful to my adhd brain to hear it and read it (I’ve got the pdf version).

Finished reading: The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson 📚

A just about perfect adventure read for these late summer evenings.

Finished reading: Unlocked by George Mumford 📚

Powerful. The last two chapters did my hopeful agnostic heart and mind a lot of good. Unlocked made my “read again” list. These books are ones that I go through slowly and take lots of personal notes.

Currently reading: Unlocked by George Mumford 📚

Reading George Mumford’s books is always life changing for me. I’m halfway through Unlocked and I can feel shift happening.