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Finished:
**This Inevitable Ruin, by Matt Dinniman**
Started:
**Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage, by
Alfred Lansing**
Continued reading: The Colour of Magic, by Sir Terry Pratchett.
I didn’t get much read this week though as I’ve been focusing on my own creative projects.
Finished:
**Reproductives Rites, by Sophia Saint Thomas**
**Reproductive Wrongs, by Sarah Ruden**
**Maid for the Marquess, by Melanie Moreland and Scarlett Scott**
**Rumbles, by Elsa Richardson**
**Found by the Lake Monster, by Lillian Lark**
**Entity, by Meg Smitherman**
**Ladies in Hating, by Alexandra Vasti**
**The Map and the Territory, by Michel Houellebecq**
Nearly finished. I feel conflicted about Houellebecq’s style; it’s certainly unusual. The text itself is quite substantial though; the main theme is commodification of art.
**Foucault’s Pendulum, by Umberto Eco**
Started.
**Debt: The First 5,000 Years, by David Graeber**
One of my all-time favs. I’m rereading the chapter on colonization as a timely refresher.
Finished:
Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler
Great read – lots to think about, but ultimately a hopeful-ish ending even though you know the characters face an uphill battle. I’m unsure if I’ll read the sequel or not.
Not started a new book yet since I think I fancy a thriller – The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, maybe? Or The Day of The Jackal?
Finished
**The Coroner’s Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence, by Terence Keel**
**Ebony Gate, by Julia Vee and Ken Bebelle**
**Midnight Timetable: A Novel in Ghost Stories, by Bora Chung**
**Blood Jade, by Julia Vee and Ken Bebelle**
Continuing
**Asimov’s Guide to the Bible, by Isaac Asimov**
**The System of the World, by Neal Stephenson**
**Touch, by Claire North**
Started
**The Shootist, by Glendon Swarthout**
Finished: **Butter, by Asako Yuzuki**
This was way overlong and melodramatic. Could’ve been much shorter for a better, more streamlined storyline.
Starting Today: **The Antidote, by Karen Russell**
I’ve been in a bit of a reading rut and feeling unfocused and uninspired so I’m hoping this new read will help. I’ve liked Russell’s work in the past but it’s been years since I’ve read any work of hers.
Just wrapped up **The Blade Itself, by Joe Abercrombie** and bloody hell, what a ride. Been putting off this series for ages but finally dove in and Logen Ninefingers is already one of my favourite characters ever written. Starting **Before They Are Hanged** tonight because I need to know what happens next!
Continued: Dune, about half way through
Continued: Project Hail Mary, on the last hour of the audiobook and going to see the movie on Wednesday!
Finished:
Cemetery Boys, by Aiden Thomas
Exquisite Corpse, by Poppy Z Brite
Hijab Butch Blues, by Lamya H
Finished:
[**The Strange Order of Things, by Antonio Damasio**](https://hardcover.app/books/the-strange-order-of-things/reviews/@JDM_books?referrer_id=24134)
**Tailored Realities, by Brandon Sanderson**
**Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut**
**Damned, by Chuck Palahniuk**
**Decline and Fall, by Evelyn Waugh**
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Made more progress on **Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson**. I’ve never felt like a bigger nerd than how much I enjoyed the chapter “Courting” with the math about how horny he is.