My Book Notes

Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial
Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial

This one was well outside of what I normally read, but I was utterly intrigued by it. In a time when the bad guys seem to always win, when bullies are rewarded instead of shamed, it's nice to read a book that starts by telling you that it will have a … MORE

Rating: 7.0/10
Completed — Feb 20, 2026
Joke Farming
Joke Farming

Explaining a joke is a great way to ruin an already imperfect joke. But I enjoyed this read on the process of creating jokes. The need to continually examine craft, and to refine based on those observations, is something that I've had to learn over my… MORE

Rating: 5.0/10
Completed — Feb 17, 2026
Wolf in White Van
Wolf in White Van

I grabbed this as a fan of Darnielle's music, and I was a bit hesitant due to buying musicians novels in the past. Still, I went in largely blind and was pleasantly surprised. Darnielle seemed to have addressed a time and a culture he was familiar wit… MORE

Rating: 6.5/10
Completed — Jan 23, 2026
Foundation of Ethics
Foundation of Ethics

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Completed — Jan 10, 2026
Foundryside
Foundryside

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Completed — Dec 27, 2025
The Stone Sky
The Stone Sky

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Completed — Dec 25, 2025
The Obelisk Gate
The Obelisk Gate

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Completed — Dec 13, 2025
The Fifth Season
The Fifth Season

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Completed — Nov 08, 2025
Philosophy 101
Philosophy 101

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Completed — Oct 26, 2025
Saevus Corax Gets Away with Murder
Saevus Corax Gets Away with Murder

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Completed — Sep 27, 2025
Saevus Corax Captures the Castle
Saevus Corax Captures the Castle

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Completed — Sep 04, 2025
Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary

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Completed — Aug 27, 2025
Saevus Corax Deals With the Dead
Saevus Corax Deals With the Dead

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Completed — Aug 17, 2025
Six Days of the Condor
Six Days of the Condor

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Completed — Aug 08, 2025
The Disposesed
The Disposesed

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Completed — Aug 02, 2025
The Word for World is Forest
The Word for World is Forest

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Completed — Jul 20, 2025
City of Illusions
City of Illusions

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Completed — Jul 15, 2025
Spartacus
Spartacus

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Completed — Jul 10, 2025
Planet of Exile
Planet of Exile

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Completed — Jul 05, 2025
Rocannon's World
Rocannon's World

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Completed — Jun 30, 2025
Black Leopard Red Wolf
Black Leopard Red Wolf

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Completed — Jun 24, 2025
Vulture Capitalism
Vulture Capitalism

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Completed — May 23, 2025
Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism

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Completed — May 10, 2025
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness

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Completed — May 03, 2025
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Cloud Cuckoo Land

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Completed — Apr 23, 2025
Metaphors We Live By
Metaphors We Live By

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Completed — Apr 12, 2025
The Bright Sword
The Bright Sword

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Completed — Apr 12, 2025
Demon Copperhead
Demon Copperhead

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Completed — Mar 22, 2025
Wind and Truth
Wind and Truth

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Completed — Feb 23, 2025
On Bullshit
On Bullshit

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Completed — Jan 20, 2025
The Black Company
The Black Company

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Completed — Dec 27, 2024
Debt: The First 5000 Years
Debt: The First 5000 Years

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Completed — Dec 23, 2024
The Creative Act
The Creative Act

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Completed — Nov 29, 2024
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

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Completed — Nov 24, 2024
Livesuit
Livesuit

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Completed — Nov 24, 2024
Dracula
Dracula

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Completed — Nov 07, 2024
How to Hide an Empire
How to Hide an Empire

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Completed — Nov 05, 2024
Heat 2
Heat 2

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Completed — Oct 27, 2024
A Teacher's Guide to Conversational AI
A Teacher's Guide to Conversational AI

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Completed — Sep 29, 2024
Pacific: The Ocean of the Future
Pacific: The Ocean of the Future

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Completed — Aug 31, 2024
The Mercy of Gods
The Mercy of Gods

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Completed — Aug 19, 2024
Ship of Destiny
Ship of Destiny

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Completed — Aug 08, 2024
On the Move
On the Move

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Completed — Jul 21, 2024
Mad Ship
Mad Ship

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Completed — Jul 21, 2024
Ship of Magic
Ship of Magic

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Completed — Jun 28, 2024
Anathem
Anathem

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Completed — Jun 20, 2024
Neuromancer
Neuromancer

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Completed — Jun 04, 2024
Brave New Worlds
Brave New Worlds

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Completed — May 27, 2024
The Burning God
The Burning God

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Completed — May 27, 2024
The Dragon Republic
The Dragon Republic

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Completed — May 04, 2024
The Poppy War
The Poppy War

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Completed — Mar 30, 2024
Lives of the Stoics
Lives of the Stoics

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Completed — Mar 20, 2024
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

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Completed — Feb 19, 2024
Death's End
Death's End

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Completed — Feb 04, 2024
Ultralearning
Ultralearning

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Completed — Jan 07, 2024
The Dark Forest
The Dark Forest

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Completed — Jan 04, 2024
The Big Money
The Big Money

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Completed — Dec 31, 2023
The Three Body Problem
The Three Body Problem

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Completed — Dec 19, 2023
The Boys in the Boat
The Boys in the Boat

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Completed — Dec 11, 2023
Determined
Determined

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Completed — Dec 05, 2023
1919
1919

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Completed — Oct 25, 2023
The 42nd Parallel
The 42nd Parallel

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Completed — Sep 30, 2023
Mythologies
Mythologies

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Completed — Sep 17, 2023
Superintelligence: Path, Dangers, Strategies
Superintelligence: Path, Dangers, Strategies

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Completed — Aug 26, 2023
Blade of Dream
Blade of Dream

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Completed — Aug 10, 2023
A Collection of Essays
A Collection of Essays

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Completed — Jul 18, 2023
The Professor and the Madman
The Professor and the Madman

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Completed — May 27, 2023
Earth Abides
Earth Abides

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Completed — May 17, 2023
The Leftovers: A Novel
The Leftovers: A Novel

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Completed — May 07, 2023
Across the Sand
Across the Sand

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Completed — May 05, 2023
Treasure Island
Treasure Island

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Completed — May 04, 2023
The Art of Fielding
The Art of Fielding

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Completed — Apr 28, 2023
The Origin of Storms
The Origin of Storms

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Completed — Apr 26, 2023
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

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Completed — Apr 18, 2023
The Deluge
The Deluge

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Completed — Apr 09, 2023
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

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Completed — Mar 26, 2023
The Memory of Light
The Memory of Light

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Completed — Mar 12, 2023
The Red Stained Wings
The Red Stained Wings

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Completed — Feb 26, 2023
The Towers of Midnight
The Towers of Midnight

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Completed — Feb 22, 2023
The Gathering Storm
The Gathering Storm

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Completed — Jan 31, 2023
The Half-Life of Facts
The Half-Life of Facts

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Completed — Jan 09, 2023
The Stone in the Skull
The Stone in the Skull

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Completed — Jan 06, 2023
Knife of Dreams
Knife of Dreams

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Completed — Jan 05, 2023
Age of Ash
Age of Ash

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Completed — Dec 28, 2022
Agency
Agency

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Completed — Dec 13, 2022
Crossroads of Twilight
Crossroads of Twilight

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Completed — Dec 12, 2022
The Peripheral
The Peripheral

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Completed — Nov 30, 2022
Winter's Heart
Winter's Heart

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Completed — Nov 26, 2022
The Path of Daggers
The Path of Daggers

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Completed — Nov 05, 2022
A Crown of Swords
A Crown of Swords

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Completed — Oct 17, 2022
Getting Started With Natural Language Processing
Getting Started With Natural Language Processing

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Completed — Oct 15, 2022
In Praise of Slowness
In Praise of Slowness

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Completed — Sep 30, 2022
The Lord of Chaos
The Lord of Chaos

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Completed — Sep 23, 2022
The Order of Time
The Order of Time

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Completed — Jul 02, 2022
The Gray Man
The Gray Man

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Completed — Jul 02, 2022
Mass Effect: Annihilation
Mass Effect: Annihilation

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Completed — Jun 08, 2022
The Fires of Heavan
The Fires of Heavan

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Completed — Feb 17, 2022
Levithan Falls
Levithan Falls

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Completed — Jan 21, 2022
The Shadow Rising
The Shadow Rising

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Completed — Jan 15, 2022
The Dragon Reborn
The Dragon Reborn

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Completed — Dec 15, 2021
The Great Hunt
The Great Hunt

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Completed — Nov 15, 2021
The Eye of the World
The Eye of the World

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Completed — Oct 15, 2021
Rhythm of War
Rhythm of War

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Completed — Jun 12, 2021
Crying in H Mart
Crying in H Mart

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Completed — Jun 09, 2021
We Only Find The When They're Dead: Vol One
We Only Find The When They're Dead: Vol One

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Completed — May 18, 2021
Seven Brief Lessons On Physics
Seven Brief Lessons On Physics

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Completed — May 16, 2021
Django for Professionals
Django for Professionals

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Completed — Mar 07, 2021