Read White Night by Jim Butcher. Book 9 of Dresden Files. The start felt weaker than previous books, but it picked up after a little while, and ended up pretty good overall. In general, every new Dresden Files book feels better than the last one, but with this one, I would say while it’s good, it isn’t better than previous one (Proven Guilty).

Also started reading Side Jobs by Jim Butcher. These are short stories in the same world. I have read all the ones until White Night (the book I just read). Will keep this book in ‘Currently Reading’ pile and read the next stories after reading the respective novels.

Read The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. The story was weird, specially the ending. Couldn’t decide what to make of it. So will just leave it at that.

Currently reading Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch. Book 2 of Rivers of London series. Urban fantasy featuring a “magic cop” in London. I loved the first book, and have only just started this one. Have hardly read 5 pages yet.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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  • hoopdupe@fedia.io
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    3 months ago

    Contemplating Oblivion by Keith Wiley. This is a self-published book, but I understand that the author has previously had nonfiction work published elsewhere, including peer-reviewed publication.

    This is a far-far-future scifi novel in which all human minds have been “fortified” aka uploaded for around a million years and are not associated with biological bodies. It’s an interesting setting that the author uses to explore the nature of consciousness and humanity’s eternal struggles against fear of the unknown and religious zealotry. I’m really enjoying the exploration of such a distant reality and the notion that we may never get away from some of our most primitive social dysfunctions.