I finished an audiobook of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie. I’d read The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven years ago and really liked it. It took a while for me to get into Diary, I think largely because of Alexie’s narration, which seemed a little flat at first. I recalled Fistfight as having more humor. But once I got more used to Alexie’s narration, the (sad/ironic) humor similar to the first book came out more.
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Just finished The Score, by C Thi Nguyen, a professor of philosophy. On the face of it, the book is about gaming and play, but it’s really about values in the real world, and how we often outsource our values. For convenience, or because they’re forced on us (at work, say). With a lot of work related to how modern bureaucracy forces certain things that might be sub-optimal.
Was a great read as I continue to contemplate retirement and try to figure out my personal values and how to evaluate them. And figure out which games I might want to play or not play.
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Finishing up Caine Mutiny
I give your review a score of 4 1/2 stars out of 5.
I like the concept of “mistaking points for the point” mentioned in the Guardian review of the book.
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Good phrasing there. Yeah, lots of discussion around why points are great metrics… for games. And the many shortcomings (and benefits, yes) of points (metrics) in the real world. In my professional life I think an awful lot about developing metrics, so I might be a little more into this than some.
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Retirement Income for Life 3rd Edition by Frederick Vettese, FSA, FCIA.
Reading for a friend.
Greatly enjoyed this NYT magazine account of a data centre heist. The criminals were very creative!
Just started A Gentleman in Moscow. It’s off to a slow start.
I currently have 3 in-progress
Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel; a pandemic novel, but also not really a pandemic novel. For next Tuesday’s book club at the library.
A Guide to the Good Life, by Robert Irvine; a primer on Stoicism. I think this is the third time I’ve read through this.
Pronoun Trouble, by John McWhorter. A discussion of what we mean when we say I, me, you, he, she, it, we, they, them.
I finished Nemesis Games and am almost done Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb. Following that up with The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman.
Have you seen the HBO-MAX series? It was very good. And if yes, how does the book compare to the show?
Nope, haven’t seen it. I tend not to watch movies that I have read the book for, as the movie is usually a letdown. Similarly, I haven’t watched Project Hail Mary, as I read the book and Ryan Gosling as Ryland Grace is just… nope.
It was I believe an 8 part mini series.
They Stole A City by Lauren Collins.
I had not heard of the 1898 white supremacist coup of Wilmington, NC until a few years ago and wanted to know more about how it transpired. This book follows four families through a number of decades after the coup. Sobering but recommended read given the current revival of white nationalism.
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I was not impressed with it when I read it as a teenager but, given its 75th anniversary, I have requested Catcher in the Rye on my Kobo. Long waiting list for it but I am not willing to buy it.
Have requested from my library The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby: Inside a Billionaire Family’s Quest to Craft a Christian Nation. I expect it will both amuse and infuriate me, but probably mostly the latter.
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How to Archer.
Wife found the book in a nox in the garage. No idea why it was there.
Pretty funny, if you know Archer.
First bame Sterling, in case anyone here is confused.
Noted. Must read something about Black Wall Street as well as that also was not covered in my history classes.
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next genre Sci Fi
The First Men In The Moon - H G Wells
I finished The Curious Incident of the Dog In the NightTime. Based on the title and the first few chapters, I expected this to be a mystery book. The book was good, but I still ended up a bit disappointed because of my expectations and because I think it could have led to a really interesting mystery book. It’s really the POV of an Aspergers kid during a particularly trying time.