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I've been distracted by the Muhammad Ali documentary lately, but I finished re-reading Hons and Rebels last night. Very satisfying book.
NB: The equinox arrived. Summer has fleeted. This thread may be put to bed now and a new edition commenced. I'll think about it later today, but please feel free to forestall me by starting one yourself. I'd thank you for it.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 23 September 2021 16:16 (two years ago) link
one month passes...
the mezzanine by nicholson baker - first read 20 years ago. has not aged well but very good at what it does.
the kingdoms by natasha pulley - alt history (what if napoleon had won). dreadful.
the new sally rooney - not as good as the other two. much less interested in reading her opinions in epistolary than teenage soap opera.
amazon unbound - overly sympathetic look at bezos/amazon since ~2010 (there's a part 1 from 90s-2010, but i haven't read it). despite being overly sympathetic, it's crazy how bad they are for the world when you see it laid out. amoral criminality notwithstanding, some interesting business operations stuff (i work in tech).
a thousand ships by natalie haynes - i read madeline miller last year and this is follow-up from that. enjoyed it!
stubborn archivist by Yara Rodrigues Fowler - short debut from young brazilian british writer set in london/sao paolo. nothing really happens and i liked it a lot.
looking glass war - minor le carre. not his best obviously. very straightforward plot. i thought i'd like that, because i find some of his plots borderline incomprehensible. it turns out i like being baffled, and this one in particular felt very slight.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 25 October 2021 16:14 (two years ago) link