Library

A living record of my recent reads, game plays, and thoughts on miscellaneous media. All learnings and inspiration feed into to my Thoughts. Got a book/game/whatever you think I should check out? Drop me a note

2021

Midnight in Chernobyl

Rating: ★★★★☆ // Ideas: ★★★★☆ #history #nonfiction #russia #science

The Golem and the Jinni

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ // Ideas: ★★★☆☆ #fantasy #historical #immigration #magicalrealism

The Goblin Emperor

Rating: ★★★☆☆ // Ideas: ★★☆☆☆ #fantasy #fiction

Lirael

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ // Ideas: ★★★☆☆ #fantasy #fiction #ya

Dune

Rating: ★★★☆☆ // Ideas: ★★★★☆ #classic #epic #fiction #scifi #spaceopera

Radical Technologies

Rating: ★★★☆☆ // Ideas: ★★★★☆ #dystopia #nonfiction #technology

Lawrence in Arabia

Rating: ★★★★☆ // Ideas: ★★★☆☆ MiddleEast #WW1 #history #militaryhistory #nonfiction #politics

The Devil and the Dark Water

Rating: ★★★☆☆ // Ideas: ★★☆☆☆ #fiction #historical #mystery #nautical #whodunnit

The Raven Tower

Rating: ★★★★☆ // Ideas: ★★★★☆ #fantasy #fiction #shakespeare

Once Upon a River

Rating: ★★★★★ // Ideas: ★★★★☆ #fiction #folktale #historical #lush #magicalrealism

Cambridge Introduction to Narrative

Rating: ★★★★★ // Ideas: ★★★★★ #narratology #nonfiction #storytelling

The Hidden History of Burma

Rating: ★★★★☆ // Ideas: ★★☆☆☆ #history #nonfiction #politics

The Shadow of the Wind

Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ // Ideas: ★★★☆☆ Spanish #fiction #historical #lush #mystery

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Rating: ★★★☆☆ // Ideas: ★★★★★ #epistolary #fiction #novella #romance #sciencefantasy #scifi #spy #timetravel #weirdfiction

2020

Killers of the Flower Moon

Rating: ★★★☆☆ // Ideas: ★★☆☆☆ USA #history #mystery #nonfiction #truecrime

Bad Blood

Rating: ★★★★☆ // Ideas: ★★☆☆☆ #business #nonfiction #siliconvalley #technology #truecrime

Perdido Street Station

Rating: ★★★☆☆ // Ideas: ★★★★★ #fantasy #horror #urbanfantasy #weirdfiction

Storm Front

Rating: ★★★☆☆ // Ideas: ★★★☆☆ #fantasy #fiction #mystery #noir #urbanfantasy

The Honjin Murders

Rating: ★★★☆☆ // Ideas: ★★☆☆☆ #fiction #mystery #whodunnit

Underland

Rating: ★★★★★ // Ideas: ★★★★★ #fav #history #lush #nature #nonfiction #post #science #travel

Mexican Gothic

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ // Ideas: ★★★☆☆ #fiction #gothic #historical #horror #ya

Gardens of the Moon

Rating: ★★★★☆ // Ideas: ★★★☆☆ #epic #fantasy #fiction

Piranesi

Rating: ★★★☆☆ // Ideas: ★★★★☆ #fiction #weirdfiction

Sabriel

Rating: ★★★★☆ // Ideas: ★★★☆☆ #fantasy #fiction #magic #undead #ya

Central Station

Rating: ★★★☆☆ // Ideas: ★★★★★ anthology #cyberpunk #fiction #scifi #weirdfiction

Follow This Thread

Rating: ★★★★☆ // Ideas: ★★★★★ #labyrinth #nonfiction #pretty

The Spy and the Traitor

Rating: ★★★☆☆ // Ideas: ★★☆☆☆ #coldwar #history #nonfiction #russia #spy

The Wandering Earth

Rating: DNF // Ideas: ★★★★★ DNF #anthology #apocalypse #scifi #shortstory

A Song for a New Day

Rating: ★★★☆☆ // Ideas: ★★★☆☆ #dystopia #modern #music #plague #prescient

Batman: Year One

Rating: ★★★☆☆ // Ideas: ★★☆☆☆ #comic #comics #noir #superhero

Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

Rating: ★★★☆☆ // Ideas: ★★★★☆ #cryptography #fiction #modern #mystery #technology

Fictions

Rating: ★★★★★ // Ideas: ★★★★★ anthology #fantasy #fiction #mystery #shortstory #weirdfiction

The Etymologicon

Rating: ★★★★☆ // Ideas: ★★★★★ #humor #language #linguistics #nonfiction

On Fairy Stories

Rating: ★★★★☆ // Ideas: ★★★★★ #essay #fairytale #fantasy #nonfiction #storytelling #storytellingBooks

Smith of Wootten Major

Rating: ★★★☆☆ // Ideas: ★★★☆☆ #fairytale #fantasy #fiction #shortstory

Orconomics

Rating: ★★★☆☆ // Ideas: ★★★★★ #dnd #economics #fantasy #fiction #humor #satire

Cage of Souls

Rating: ★★★★★ // Ideas: ★★★★★ #fantasy #postapocalypse #sciencefantasy #weirdfiction

The Soul of an Octopus

Rating: DNF // Ideas: ★★★★☆ DNF #memoir #nature #nonfiction

This Savage Song

Rating: ★★★★☆ // Ideas: ★★★☆☆ #dystopia #fantasy #fiction #urbanfantasy #ya

Mere Christianity

Rating: ★★★★☆ // Ideas: ★★★★★ #nonfiction #philosophy #theology

King Leopold's Ghost

Rating: ★★★★★ // Ideas: ★★★★☆ Africa #fav #history #nonfiction

City of Brass

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ // Ideas: ★★☆☆☆ #fantasy #fiction #ya

Servant of the Underworld

Rating: ★★★☆☆ // Ideas: ★★★★☆ aztec #fantasy #fiction #mystery #mythology

Dracula

Rating: ★★★☆☆ // Ideas: ★★★☆☆ #classic #fiction #historical #vampire

Sophie's World

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ // Ideas: ★★★★★ #fiction #nonfiction #philosophy #unique