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Finished reading True Stories

Rated Uncanny Magazine Issue 14: January/February 2017 4/10

<div>Though I appreciate what this mag is trying to do in terms of prioritizing different voices in fantasy writing, unfortunately it doesn't bring much that I enjoyed. I liked a few things in here well enough (the Santería poem the most, maybe), but groaned at a LOT of the stories. Overcooked prose, badly in need of trimming, bangs out a thesaurus' most "whimsical" adjectives when a simpler approach would do. One interview was better than the other.<br><br>Just not for me, but at least it wasn't all bad. And it was short. I'm sure other issues are better, but I'm not in a hurry to find out.</div>

Rated My Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner: A Family Memoir 8/10

Wants to read Akata Witch

Rated Hild 10/10

<div>I picked this up on the recommendation of a few people and I loved it. Great historical fiction that also doesn't feel as long as the book is. I will definitely read book #2.</div>

Wants to read How to Solve Your Own Murder

Finished reading The Terraformers

Rated Night 10/10

Rated Catch-22 8/10

Wants to read Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction

Rated A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction 8/10

Wants to read Games: Agency As Art

Wants to read Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

Finished reading Death of the Author

Rated The Toynbee Convector 10/10

Reviewed Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do

The message was good and clear, but the writing was tedious. Like Gladwell books, this one could be compressed to a short pamphlet. I liked the distinction between hedonism and eudaimonia, which was a very ancillary point in the book, but still new to me. I also liked the blue marble finish. But the meat of the book consists of an glorified enumeration of activities related to water.<br/><br/>https://smus.com/books/blue-mind/

Rated JavaScript: The Good Parts 10/10

Wants to read Akata Warrior

Rated Invisible Cities 10/10

Rated A Newborn Playbook for First Time Dads 10/10

Rated Too Much Happiness: Stories 9/10

Rated The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect 6/10

Rated A History of Future Cities 8/10

Finished reading Concepts and Categories: Philosophical Essays

Wants to read The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation