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**The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet, by John Green**
Despite the title, it’s a coffee-table book with short … it could’ve been newspaper columns on seemingly random technology or social phenomena. I didn’t realize that the author was the John Green from YouTube (Vlogbrothers); makes sense.
**Power of the Powerless, by Václav Havel**
Revisited again to see how relevant it is in this day and age, esp. on the 17th November (the anniversary of Czechoslovak “Velvet revolution”). And it is relevant indeed. The analysis of “post-totalitarian” society can be applied to large swaths of neoliberal society almost verbatim.
**Zvířátka a lidé, by Jan Obenberger**
A lovely collection of short essays on various animal species’ and how they relate to human society. Published in the 1940s, it’s somewhat dated, but also feels almost exotic.
Started and finished:
The Poppy War, by RF Kuang
The Dragon Republic, by RF Kuang
The Burning God, by RF Kuang
Finished: *The Original Frankenstein* by Mary Shelly (with Percy Shelly).
Started: *Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery* by Brom.
Finished:
*Thornyhold* by Mary Stewart (first read),
*Locked Roons* by Laurie R. King (fifth or sixth re-read)
*Finished*
**King Sorrow by Joe Hill**
I don’t think I liked this book. Initial idea was great, that hard left the story took was not. Too many pop culture references as well tying certain modern events to the book happenings. Became a 881 page slog. Halfway through I switched to the audiobook and it was lovely. The performers made it more bearable.