Wednesday Reading Meme for November 6 2024
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kitewithfishReading Journal Nov 6 2024
I was too busy last week to update, and, then, well the election happened and America is once again fucked, so, well, let's talk about books
What I’ve Read
The Power Broker Part II – Robert Caro – Audiobook narrated by Robertson Dean
This books continues to be fascinating and also a bit of a horror story about how institutional power lasts and lasts and lasts. And, uh, well, I wrote that bit before the election happened, and now the book feels a bit less interesting to continue with!
Mrs. Adams in Winter – Michael O’Brien – Audiobook narrated by Cassanda Campbell – This was a fascinating historical look at the state of Europe just before Napoleon got his ass off Elba. The Mrs Adams in question is Louisa Adams, wife John Quincy Adams, and it covers her move from Russia to join her him in France. This book is a nice mix of biography, travel story, and historical overview of the period. I had some minor distate with O’Brien’s focus on making sure we hear about which women in history were sexy and which people were fat, but well, he’s an English man, so, I’m not sure I could have expected better. He’s very compassionate towards the sufferings of Mrs Adams and women of the period, and covers some details about the history of Jewish people in the areas that she passes through in Russian and Prussia, which I appreciate.
What I’m Reading
The Archive Undying -12% (Going to restart, this did not work for me as an audiobook) - it's interesting but tonally a bit goofy
He Who Drowned the World – 55% - A very solid read so far
It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror – 46%
Power Broker – Audiobook Part 3 – 1%
Ash: A Secret History – 23%
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 5%
Count of Monte Cristo 48%
The Lottery and Other Stories – 31%
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation – 31%
What I’ll Read Next
Petals on the Wind
Swordcrossed
Strange Practice
The Centre -Sidiqi
I was too busy last week to update, and, then, well the election happened and America is once again fucked, so, well, let's talk about books
What I’ve Read
The Power Broker Part II – Robert Caro – Audiobook narrated by Robertson Dean
This books continues to be fascinating and also a bit of a horror story about how institutional power lasts and lasts and lasts. And, uh, well, I wrote that bit before the election happened, and now the book feels a bit less interesting to continue with!
Mrs. Adams in Winter – Michael O’Brien – Audiobook narrated by Cassanda Campbell – This was a fascinating historical look at the state of Europe just before Napoleon got his ass off Elba. The Mrs Adams in question is Louisa Adams, wife John Quincy Adams, and it covers her move from Russia to join her him in France. This book is a nice mix of biography, travel story, and historical overview of the period. I had some minor distate with O’Brien’s focus on making sure we hear about which women in history were sexy and which people were fat, but well, he’s an English man, so, I’m not sure I could have expected better. He’s very compassionate towards the sufferings of Mrs Adams and women of the period, and covers some details about the history of Jewish people in the areas that she passes through in Russian and Prussia, which I appreciate.
What I’m Reading
The Archive Undying -12% (Going to restart, this did not work for me as an audiobook) - it's interesting but tonally a bit goofy
He Who Drowned the World – 55% - A very solid read so far
It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror – 46%
Power Broker – Audiobook Part 3 – 1%
Ash: A Secret History – 23%
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 5%
Count of Monte Cristo 48%
The Lottery and Other Stories – 31%
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation – 31%
What I’ll Read Next
Petals on the Wind
Swordcrossed
Strange Practice
The Centre -Sidiqi
