Out of the shadows (Timea Nagy)

The panama papers (Obermayer and Obermaier)

DIY hydroponics garden. how to design and build an inexpensive system for growing plants in water (Tyler Baras)

men and grief (Staudacher)

dune

The Essential Rumi. It is the first time I’ve read poetry in a log time. I’m enjoying it more than I anticipated.

I’m reading The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. The writing style is smart and absolutely enjoyable, it feels like it was written during the times it portrays.

I just started re-reading Neuromancer by William Gibson, and I might start reading The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin alongside it.

Listening to the audiobook of Ursula K LeGuin’s The Farthest Shore with my partner and we’re really enjoying it!

I’m wrapping up Jane McAlevey’s A Collective Bargain, which is a great read especially if you have a vested interest in improving your working conditions. I am also trying desperately to catch up on my comics a little lol

On hold is Michio Kaku’s Hyperspace- I was super into it until I needed to instead read a book about workplace bargaining. Still super into it especially with the recent announcements about grav waves and neutrinos.

Up next, I’m itching to read Junji Ito’s adaptation of No Longer Human, a 1948 novel written by Osamu Dazai.

Just finished Nightcrawling by Lelia Mottley which is a fictional retelling of the Oakland PD sex scandal. Man holy fuck it left me feeling empty inside.

Not sure what book to read next after this one. I’m sitting at over a hundred titles in my TBR shelf lol

Jack Reacher 3 - Tripwire by Child Lee. Solid book, 4/5.

This probably won’t be popular here, but I recently listened to the audiobook Spare, Prince Harry’s autobiography. I’m not a fan of the monarchy, I think the whole thing is weird and awful.

However, there’s no denying Prince Harry has lived a unique life so I was curious. I thought it was pretty good overall. We’re only getting one side of the story but god his family is fucked up.

Their nicknames for him and his brother, growing up, were Heir and Spare. He was told from a young age that if his brother ever needed an organ or anything, he was expected to step up.

He also grappled with his mother’s death for his whole life and missed her dearly. He made up different conspiracy theories that she was somehow still alive to deal with the trauma.

And the queen seemed kinda ok overall, which surprised me a bit. She had her stuffy downsides but she seemed much better than the fucked up messes that his father and brother were.

Also, being famous from the time you’re born sounds terrible. He inherited a lot of amazing things, but not all sound great.

While it wasn’t the best book ever, it was interesting and I’m glad I checked it out (literally from the library, lol).