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I read a lot, mostly in the form of audiobooks. I have enough audiobooks that I built an app to manage the files. Here’s what I’m reading, what I’ve read, and what I’m looking to read next.

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After on

by Rob Reid

Finished 2025-06-16

Mildly interesting plot written in an extremely insufferable voice. Almost DNF’ed. Stuck it out and it was … fine.
The Escape Room

by Megan Goldin

Finished 2025-06-04
Black PillHow I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics

by Elle Reeve

Finished 2025-05-31
When No One is Watching

by Alyssa Cole

Finished 2025-05-29
Marble Hall Murders

by Anthony Horowitz

Finished 2025-05-26
The Element of Fire

by Martha Wells

Finished 2025-05-23
Middletide

by Sarah Crouch

Finished 2025-05-18
The Colour of Magic

by Terry Pratchett

Finished 2025-05-15
Famous Last Words

by Gillian McAllister

Finished 2025-05-11

Chewed through the audiobook in two days so that’s gotta count for something. Not necessarily a stand-out thriller but it had me hooked all the same.
How Are You Going to Pay for That?Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics

by Ryan Cooper

Finished 2025-05-10

Lots of interesting stuff in this book. Oddly though the actual title of the book seems to be … not really the main thrust. The main thrust is all the things that need to be done; how those things are paid for seems to mostly be “it’s not actually that important” and I think that’s fair but it makes the book title kind of funny.
Red Team Blues

by Cory Doctorow

Finished 2025-05-08

Starts off interestingly. Then the protagonist has sex with a few beautiful women and several men tell him how much they admire him, and then the intrigue fizzles to an “I guess that’s it?” and then the book is apparently over.
The Pariah

by Anthony Ryan

Finished 2025-05-04
The Writing Retreat

by Julia Bartz

Finished 2025-04-26
Careless PeopleA Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

by Sarah Wynn-Williams

Finished 2025-04-20

I think this reinforced a lot of my existing feelings about Facebook and Zuck and despite my disdain for hand-wringing about “echo chambers” I do have alarm bells going off off when I notice that type of thing is happening: am I receptive to this info because it’s compelling and legitimate or because I want it to be true? I did not go in with any real preconception of Sandberg and her portrayal here was pretty shocking. Started out as a kind of “well I guess it makes sense that a powerful person behaves this way” but it gets worse and weirder as it goes on.

I intend to seek out some more info about some of the stuff in this book, but I will say very little in here seemed on its face to be unlikely to be true given other things I know or have heard—or if not “true” then at least an honest recollection of events.
Sunrise on the Reaping

by Suzanne Collins

Finished 2025-04-10

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After on

The Escape Room

Black PillHow I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics

When No One is Watching

Marble Hall Murders

The Element of Fire

Middletide

The Colour of Magic

Famous Last Words

How Are You Going to Pay for That?Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics

Red Team Blues

The Pariah

The Writing Retreat

Careless PeopleA Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

Sunrise on the Reaping

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After on

The Escape Room

Black PillHow I Witnessed the Darkest Corners of the Internet Come to Life, Poison Society, and Capture American Politics

When No One is Watching

Marble Hall Murders

The Element of Fire

Middletide

The Colour of Magic

Famous Last Words

How Are You Going to Pay for That?Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics

Red Team Blues

The Pariah

The Writing Retreat

Careless PeopleA Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

Sunrise on the Reaping