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keeping track of my reading

2024 book done: _

2024 book goal: 12

Note: Click on a completed book to read my review

reading

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Scar Tissue

Anthony Kiedis & Larry Sloman

Why am I reading this?:
RHCP is one of my favorite bands of all-time. Heard Anthony's early life & road to fame is interesting to say the least.

Biography

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The Price of Time

Edward Chancellor

Why am I reading this?:
It's about time for me to dive deep into what/how/why interest, you know?

Non-fiction

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Ball Lightning

Cixin Liu


Why am I reading this?:
Who would of guessed, me reading a Cixin Liu book. Well this books plot seemed interesting to me...especially since it has to do with extreme weather.

Sci-Fi

done

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An Atlas of Extinct Countries

Gideon Defoe

★★★★★

Very fun & quick read, maybe like a day or 2. It's also quick because it was super interesting to learn about these random countries that existed for like hours or even minutes lol. Defoe's writing style and humor is very enjoyable as well. FYI: Most of the failures of these countries is due to some King's son was trying to be relevant and then failed, rip.

Non-fiction

2024

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Well of Ascension
Book 2

Brandon Sanderson

★★★★★

Wow... what a 2nd book for the triology. The rag-tag team that just overthrew the empire and Lord Ruler now having to face the consequences of actually dealing with the common peoples issues. Not only that, but having rival troops, Lords, and other Mistborn aiming at the city walls for dominance is a hell of a combination. Had a great time.

Fantasy

2024

Normal People

Normal People

Sally Rooney

★★★★☆

Hailey told me i needed to read this. I finally got it done while on our trip in Europe...and let me tell you... the story is well-written. The only reason I am giving 4/5 is due to the ending, left a bit to be explained.

Fiction

2024

To Hold Up The Sky

To Hold Up The Sky

Cixin Liu

★★★☆☆

Short Stories but by Liu..., I need to read all his books tbh. But in the end, this one was a bit boring and did not do it for me.

Sci-Fi

2023

The Creativity Code

The Creativity Code

Marcus du Sautoy

★★★☆☆

Interesting to get the Ai perspective *prior* the explosion of ChatGPT

Tech

2023

Mistborn Cover

Mistborn
Book 1

Brandon Sanderson

★★★★☆

Sanderson makes a fantastic book with good fantasy (alchemy) and a great story with rebels fighting an unjust "Lord Ruler". Excited for the next 2 books in the triology

Fantasy

2024

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The Three Body Problem
Book 1

Cixin Liu

★★★★★

what an intro to this trilogy(RoEP). So much science and futuristic tech, while some serious morality issues being brought up

Sci-Fi

2023

The Dark Forest

The Dark Forest
Book 2

Cixin Liu

★★★☆☆

this one gets weird, but still good setup for final beast of a book. The whole series kind of asks the question: how would earth react if we know aliens are coming to invade in like 500 yrs

Sci-Fi

2023

Death's End

Death's End
Book 3

Cixin Liu

★★★★★

legit so wild, the ending still messes me up. great conclusion to probably my favorite trilogy ever. You get everything: sci-fi / aliens / engineering / war / love / morality / future human existence / alien-human interaction

Sci-Fi

2023

The Silent Patient

The Silent Patient

Alex Michaelides

★★★★☆

fast paced book, ending pretty wild, quick read

Mystery

2023

iRobot

iRobot

Isaac Asimov

★★☆☆☆

just eh, got stars from the sci-fi aspect alone, stories were a bit boring

Sci-Fi

2023

Goodbye, Descartes

Goodbye Descartes

Keith Delvin

★★★★☆

laws of thought and logic in the eyes of ancient Greeks. Interesting to read about what they thought about AI in the late 90's

Non-fiction

2023

Even Greater Mistakes

Even Greater Mistakes

Charlie Jane Anders

★★☆☆☆

"the best sci-fi short stories" -people
"most of the short stories are lame tbh" - me

Sci-Fi

2023

back-log

hero_of_ages

The Hero of Ages
Book 3

Brandon Sanderson

Fantasy

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To Hell with the Hustle

Jefferson Bethke

Non-fiction

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Elon Musk

Walter Isaacson

Biography

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The Book of General Ignorance

John Lloyd & John Mitchinson

Non-fiction

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The Anxious Generation

Jonathan Haidt

Non-fiction

genre count

Sci-Fi: 0

Fantasy: 0

Mystery: 0

Nonfiction: 0

Tech: 0

Fiction: 0

Biography: 0