Books

Updated: 2024-01-20

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Here is where I will track the books I read. Every book I've started since January 2024 will be listed with a start and end date. I may give some brief thoughts as well (I may talk more in depth about certain books on my blog). I also will keep track of my TBR here (scroll down), although that's more to keep track of things rather than a promise. Think of this page as my own personal goodreads

Books started since January 2024

Book Title Author Start Date End Date Thoughts
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini 2024-03-09 2024-03-16 I truly can't express everything that this book made me feel. The characters, the emotions, the hope are both heartwrenching and hopeful at the same time. I throw around the word "masterpiece" a lot, but this is one of those few books where it's fully true.
The Spider Queen Austin McConnell 2024-01-25 Incomplete Incomplete
A Slow Regard of Silent Things (reread) Patrick Rothfuss 2024-01-21 Incomplete Incomplete
Fare Magazine Issue 14: Mexico City Fare Magazine 2024-01-21 2024-02-04 I don't know how much of a book this counts as but its roughly the thickness of one. Looking at it's culture through the lens of food, this mag made me feel like I was in Mexico City. Seeing the sites, talking to the locals, and most of all, tasting the food. (ignore the terrible punctuation in this... i don't want to fix it right now!)
Intimate Direct Democracy: Fort Most, The Great Dismal Swamp, and the Human Quest for Freedom Modibo Kadalie 2024-01-12 2024-02-01 A facinating dive into the history of the directly democratic communities that emerged from stolen Indigenous land and stolen African & Indigenous Labor in the Great Dismal Swamp and St. Augustine Florida (Fort Mose) between the 15 and 1700s. As it dives into these places it gives important historical context for the West African and Indigenous people's in an extremely interesting way. I especially value Kadalie's willingness to explicitly call the United States a nation founded on defense of slavery and not 'a great experiment in democracy'. While Americans were creating a psudo-democracy defending the interests of the rich, true democracy was being practiced on the prefieries of the Empire(s) by those they hated most. This is a must read, espicially if you live in the Southeast.
The Wise Man's Fear (reread) Patrick Rothfuss First week of January? 2023/01/16 I want the new one so bad. They are so fricking good. I think I'll read the novellas now. I haven't got around to the new one yet.
The Name of the Wind (reread) Patrick Rothfuss Sometime After Christmas Right around New Years With every reread I see why I love the Kingkiller Chronicle so. They are truly a masterpiece.

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