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Happy husband, dog dad, feline flunky, loony lefty, tired transit technician.

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This Is How You Lose the Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone. The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine, by Rashid Khalidi. Debt: The First 5000 Years, by David Graeber.

This Is How You Lose the Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone. The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine, by Rashid Khalidi. Debt: The First 5000 Years, by David Graeber.

My June-July reads. #booksky

02.08.2025 21:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Free your mind of the idea of deserving, of the idea of earning, and you will begin to be able to think. -Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed

Free your mind of the idea of deserving, of the idea of earning, and you will begin to be able to think. -Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed

I'm almost done with Debt: The First 5000 Years, and it had a great quote from the next book on my TBR pile. #booksky

01.08.2025 01:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sounds heavy. This and Wild Seed are next up on my TBR. I'm debating which to read next.

21.07.2025 03:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Three books: Grievers, Maroons, and Ancestors, my Adrienne Maree Brown

Three books: Grievers, Maroons, and Ancestors, my Adrienne Maree Brown

Just got these in the mail. Having recently read Emergent Strategy, I'm curious to check out Adrienne Maree Brown's fiction. #booksky

21.07.2025 00:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just noticed your bookmark. I love Third Place Books!

19.07.2025 23:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For me it's the light rail, but yeah, same.

19.07.2025 20:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just picked it up the other day! Looking forward to starting it as soon as I finish my current reads.

19.07.2025 01:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I really liked the vibe of these. I'll have to reread them again eventually. It's been more than a decade already.

18.07.2025 04:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cool cover. I just bought the whole Patternist series. It's next on my reading list.

18.07.2025 04:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My latest haul from the bookstore.

My wife and I got to see Susana Morris talk about her biography of Octavia Butler. It was really interesting hearing her insights into Octavia. And she signed our copy!

#booksky

17.07.2025 04:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth, by Wahinkpe Topa and Darcia Narvaez

Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth, by Wahinkpe Topa and Darcia Narvaez

20-day TBR book challenge. Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read shelf, pile, list... wherever! One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers.

20/20

#BookSky #bookchallenge
#20TBRbookchallenge

16.07.2025 01:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's kind of how I felt about Ged in A Wizard of Earthsea.

15.07.2025 17:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fifth Season, Dawn, and Time War are three of my favorites!

15.07.2025 04:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I read this a couple months ago and quite liked it. Curious to know how you feel about the ending when you finish it.

15.07.2025 04:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cat peering over the top of the book The Left Hand of Darkness

Cat peering over the top of the book The Left Hand of Darkness

Ivy says it's time for pets, not reading. #booksky

15.07.2025 03:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Ancestors, by Adrienne Maree Brown

Ancestors, by Adrienne Maree Brown

20-day TBR book challenge. Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read shelf, pile, list... wherever! One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no expectations, just covers.

19/20

#BookSky #bookchallenge
#20TBRbookchallenge

15.07.2025 01:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What are a few things from it you think people ought to know?

14.07.2025 02:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do you expect me to learn Greek too, for the new testament? I mean, I'd love to if I had that kind of time on my hands, but I'm afraid not.

13.07.2025 22:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I haven't started reading it yet per se. I've heard a little over a quarter of it via the Bible Brothers podcast, but I'll start over from the beginning when I actually read it. I have the KJV and NLT versions, in English.

13.07.2025 22:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Holy Bible

Holy Bible

20-day TBR book challenge. Choose 20 books on your current To-Be-Read shelf, pile, list... wherever! One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

18/20

Some explanation on this one: I'm an atheist, just curious what all the fuss is about.

#BookSky #bookchallenge
#20TBRbookchallenge

13.07.2025 21:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Indeed. I've read all her novels but the Patternist series.

13.07.2025 19:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Current reads: The Hundred Years' War on Palestine, Debt: The First 5000 Years, The Left Hand of Darkness

Current reads: The Hundred Years' War on Palestine, Debt: The First 5000 Years, The Left Hand of Darkness

Summer reading stack: The Books of Earthsea, The Shock Doctrine, Homage to Catalonia, Wild Seed, The Dispossessed, The Philosophy of Social Ecology, Ancestors

Summer reading stack: The Books of Earthsea, The Shock Doctrine, Homage to Catalonia, Wild Seed, The Dispossessed, The Philosophy of Social Ecology, Ancestors

My current reads and my summer stack.

13.07.2025 18:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Advice many of us doomscrolling on bluesky should probably take to heart ๐Ÿ˜…

13.07.2025 17:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Book spines of The Broken Earth trilogy: The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, and The Stone Sky, by N. K. Jemisin

Book spines of The Broken Earth trilogy: The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, and The Stone Sky, by N. K. Jemisin

In The Broken Earth trilogy, the characters have internalized a lot of the violent oppression and abuse the world has subjected them to, and struggle with how to survive and resist without resorting to the same evils.

13.07.2025 17:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien

Dune, by Frank Herbert

Dune, by Frank Herbert

I liked your blog post. It's interesting how the book shifted your perspective on god.

Makes me think of Octavia Butler. "God is change."

Here are a couple of my older repeat reads:

13.07.2025 16:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Bookshelf with eleven N. K. Jemisin books.

Bookshelf with eleven N. K. Jemisin books.

#booksky #favoriteauthor

13.07.2025 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Currently part way through these three.

13.07.2025 16:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy Sunday! Hoping to finally catch up on some reading and relaxing today. This last week was exhausting.

13.07.2025 15:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I've barely had time to read the last couple weeks. Hoping to catch up a bit on my current reads today.

13.07.2025 15:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm 60% through reading this. Definitely something more people should read.

13.07.2025 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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