reading
Scar Tissue
Anthony Kiedis & Larry Sloman
Why I'm reading: RHCP is one of my favorite bands of all-time. Heard Anthony's early life & road to fame is interesting to say the least.
The Price of Time
Edward Chancellor
Why I'm reading: It's about time for me to dive deep into what/how/why interest, you know?
Ball Lightning
Cixin Liu
Why I'm reading: Who would of guessed, me reading a Cixin Liu book. Well this books plot seemed interesting to me...especially since it has to do with extreme weather.
done
MistbornBook 1
Brandon Sanderson
★★★★☆
Sanderson makes a fantastic book with good fantasy (alchemy) and a great story with rebels fighting an unjust "Lord Ruler". Excited for the next 2 books in the triology
Well of AscensionBook 2
Brandon Sanderson
★★★★★
Wow... what a 2nd book for the triology. The rag-tag team that just overthrew the empire and Lord Ruler now having to face the consequences of actually dealing with the common peoples issues. Not only that, but having rival troops, Lords, and other Mistborn aiming at the city walls for dominance is a hell of a combination. Had a great time.
The Three Body ProblemBook 1
Cixin Liu
★★★★★
what an intro to this trilogy(RoEP). So much science and futuristic tech, while some serious morality issues being brought up
The Dark ForestBook 2
Cixin Liu
★★★☆☆
this one gets weird, but still good setup for final beast of a book. The whole series kind of asks the question: how would earth react if we know aliens are coming to invade in like 500 yrs
Death's EndBook 3
Cixin Liu
★★★★★
legit so wild, the ending still messes me up. great conclusion to probably my favorite trilogy ever. You get everything: sci-fi / aliens / engineering / war / love / morality / future human existence / alien-human interaction
An Atlas of Extinct Countries
Gideon Defoe
★★★★★
Very fun & quick read, maybe like a day or 2. It's also quick because it was super interesting to learn about these random countries that existed for like hours or even minutes lol. Defoe's writing style and humor is very enjoyable as well. FYI: Most of the failures of these countries is due to some King's son was trying to be relevant and then failed, rip.
Normal People
Sally Rooney
★★★★☆
Hailey told me i needed to read this. I finally got it done while on our trip in Europe...and let me tell you... the story is well-written. The only reason I am giving 4/5 is due to the ending, left a bit to be explained.
To Hold Up The Sky
Cixin Liu
★★★☆☆
Short Stories but by Liu..., I need to read all his books tbh. But in the end, this one was a bit boring and did not do it for me.
The Creativity Code
Marcus du Sautoy
★★★☆☆
Interesting to get the Ai perspective *prior* the explosion of ChatGPT
The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides
★★★★☆
fast paced book, ending pretty wild, quick read
iRobot
Isaac Asimov
★★☆☆☆
just eh, got stars from the sci-fi aspect alone, stories were a bit boring
Goodbye Descartes
Keith Delvin
★★★★☆
laws of thought and logic in the eyes of ancient Greeks. Interesting to read about what they thought about AI in the late 90's
Even Greater Mistakes
Charlie Jane Anders
★★☆☆☆
"the best sci-fi short stories" -people "most of the short stories are lame tbh" - me
back-log
To Hell with the Hustle
Jefferson Bethke
Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson
The Book of General Ignorance
John Lloyd & John Mitchinson
The Anxious Generation
Jonathan Haidt
The Hero of AgesBook 3
Brandon Sanderson