Literature

To sleep in a sea of stars.

A very interesting sci-fi book that was a little slow for the first 50 or so pages but then really took off after that. It's honestly caused meany sleepless nights as I stay up far too late reading because I just can't put it down.

Currently reading The Wandering Inn: Volume 7 by Pirateaba.

I am reading "Maskiner som tenker: Algoritmenes hemmeligheter og veien til kunstig intelligens" (Machines that think: The algorithms' secrets and the way to artificial intelligence) by Inga Strümke. I have learned many new terms, as well as artificial intelligence's history and fundamental concepts.

Currently listening to Red Rising by Pierce Brown on Storytel. Only 3h into it yet but enjoying it so far at least :)

I finally managed to read through Gardens of the Moon recently which I really liked, so now I'm on to Deadhouse Gates.

I'm currently re-reading Transgender Warriors by Leslie Feinberg, for Pride Month!

I just started reading the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch. I am loving the dry humour and the perfect snapshot of London. It took me entirely too long to get to these due to going through an urban fantasy burnout, so I'm pleased I have so much to look forward to.

Currently reading Thinking Fast And Slow. Have been wanting to read something like it for a while now but my motivation just doesn't kick for me. I aimed to finish this book at some point this year

Currently in the middle of "Empire of the Vampire" (German translated version) by Jay Kristoff. Story is about a medieval fantasy world where the sunlight gets one day blocked by thick fog and the vampires start to conquer the whole world. Great dark fantasy.

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers. Wonderful, with characters lovingly rendered. Something like cozy solarpunk?

Jessica the Wizard Eats a Third Horse by Jason Steele (of Charlie the Unicorn renown) is my alt-read at the moment. He posted about his novelettes on his Patreon, and I bought the bundle of 4 on itch.io. Gloriously silly. I can't remember ever laughing so hard while reading before.

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman for non-fiction. I'm hopeful it jibes with my flavor of ADHD. I heard him on Adam Conover's podcast and it sounded like an antidote to all the methods and systems I've tried before.

Neuromancer. It's okay so far.

I just finished Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle. I LOVED it.

I just completed The Terror by Dan Simmons and I am currently reading the second book in the Malazan series by Erikson, Deadhouse Gates.

Malazan is amazing.

I found quite difficult to assess the Terror. It was quite a long read for the first 700 pages, then I really enjoyed the last 2 hundreds. But in retrospect I appreciate this slow pace so ... I am not sure about my judgement. In the end I am glad to have read it. I also learned a lot about people and cultures of the Artic circle.

After the Malazan novel I will probably follow upon the third one, but I could also switch back to (re) reading Iain M. Banks or reading Peake's Ghormenghast for the first time.