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Finished reading Babylon’s Ashes

Finished reading The Saint of Bright Doors

Finished reading Fathomfolk

Wants to read Mischief

Rated Moby Dick: or the Whale by Herman Melville, original classic paperback, 8/10

<div>Reading Moby Dick as a big group on Bluesky was absolutely the best way to finally get around to reading this literal behemoth of a book. If you once put it down as a teenager, with that too-cool-for-classics sneer, I recommend revisiting. It's gayer than you expect, funnier than you expect, completely unhinged in parts, and then Melville will hit you with a paragraph of true beauty. Subtlety? NOT IN THESE SEAS.</div>

Finished reading The Membranes

Finished reading Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Finished reading The Black Tides of Heaven

Finished reading Nemesis Games

Abandoned Psych: The Story of the Human Mind

Finished reading Cibola Burn

Finished reading Leviathan Wakes

Finished reading The Descent of Monsters

Rated A Deepness in the Sky 10/10

Finished reading The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love

Finished reading Mirage

Finished reading Leviathan Falls

Rated Moonflower, Nightshade, All the Hours of the Day 8/10

I liked this, but especially the second to last (and the longest) story, set in a mall-as-civilization with magic.

Wants to read Water Moon

Finished reading Iron Widow

Rated My Dead Dad Was in ZZ Top: 100% Real*, Never-Before-Seen Documents from the World of Rock and Roll 8/10

This is a funny, quick-read book that probably does better with readers who are familiar with the musicians referenced throughout. One does not need in-depth knowledge, but having spent time listening to both classic rock radio and the first incarnation of MTV’s 120 Minutes certainly helps. There are not a lot of music books that reference Yo La Tengo, Bob Seger, Fleetwood Mac, and The Butthole Surfers within such a short collection of pages.<br><br>Glaser’s previous writing credits include <i>Late Night with Conan O’Brien</i> and <i>Saturday Night Live</i>, and like those shows, not every joke is hilarious, but there were certainly enough to keep me reading. He rides the line between stupid-funny and witty-funny well, and it would be a good book to give to a music-loving friend with a sense of humor. Is it anything groundbreaking? Perhaps not, but I still really enjoyed reading it.<br><br>(Full review appears on <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-dead-dad-was-in-zz-top-by-jon-glaser.html">Glorified Love Letters</a>.)

Rated Convergence 6/10

Finished reading Spaced Out: The Tactical Evolution of the Modern NBA

Abandoned Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain

Finished reading A Psalm for the Wild-Built