Fairly impressed at how many books I read in 2023. What a gift to have the time to read so much!

2/2: I also read the Quantum Thief trilogy. It was very entertaining scifi!! It’s very dense but worth the effort.

1/2: I read “ One Hundred Years of Solitude” which really is one of the best books ever written. Anyone that claims to like literature must read this. I finally did, and was left mostly speechless.

Because I’m that kind of slacker on the social media… a few wrap up notes for 2023:

Read the Roboteer trilogy by Alex Lamb (“Roboteer”, “Nemesis”, and “Exodus”. A fun scifi space opera, but a little on the long side!

“The Name of the Game is a Kidnapping” by Keigo Higashino. A decent crime novel by a great Japanese crime novelist…

“The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair. Finally read this after several previous starts. This is a hard book to get through but it’s worth it. Sadly it feels just as relevant in 2023 as in 1906. This and the USA Trilogy are going to be bouncing around in my mind for a long time.

“Hellspark” by Janet Kagan. If you like sci-fi and haven’t read this… go read it! It’s a real underrated masterpiece. I don’t normally like endless series of sequels, but the characters and constructed world made me wish for dozens of more books :)

Back on the toot wagon and getting my head straight after a couple of months of family drama… catching this thread back up on some recent books that I’ve read: