Category: Books
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Literacy 2021: Book 3: The Secret History of Mac Gaming
BookThe Secret History of Mac Gaming by Richard Moss Am I Mentioned In This Book?Yes (as one of the hundreds who contributed to the crowdfunding campaign) SynopsisThe history of video games for the Apple Macintosh from the first Mac to the Intel era. (None of the material was a secret). ProsContains lots of artwork from…
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Literacy 2021: Book 2: You Look Like a Thing and I Love You
I’m going back through the books I’ve read in 2021, so I have all my synopses in one place that’s not Goodreads. BookYou Look Like a Thing and I Love You by Janelle Shane SynopsisThe author of the hilarious AI Weirdness blog delivers an overview of machine learning, what it’s capable of, and in particular,…
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Literacy 2021: Book 1: The House in the Cerulean Sea
I’m going back through the books I’ve read in 2021, so I have all my synopses in one place that’s not Goodreads. BookThe House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune GenreMagical realist gay romance, possibly young adult? SynopsisA downtrodden case worker charged with inspecting orphanages for magical children is assigned to a special house…
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Literacy 2021: Call for suggestions
Back in 2008, I resolved to read 26 books by the end of the year. I didn’t even make it halfway. (It looks like I made an abortive attempt to try again in 2010, but stopped after one book. I suspect that was the year of a family emergency that threw off all my plans).…
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The Shape of The Sentence Is Death (Literacy 2021: Book 5)
Thoughts on the second book in Anthony Horowitz’s self-referential murder mystery series (mild spoilers)
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Bespoke Dissidence
An essay by Gregory Thompson intelligently and compassionately rejects the lie of far-right manufactured victimization.
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I Don’t Think You’re Ready For This Player
How the book Ready Player Two could be a teachable moment for the internet.
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The October Country
Ray Bradbury’s The October Country is something I should’ve read a long, long time ago.
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Good Bones
Thoughts on pledging to be better, and giving up on the idea that people are basically good, which was kind of a lousy idea anyway.
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The Word Is Murder, or, Write What You Know
Anthony Horowitz’s detective story “The Word Is Murder” is a page-turner, in both directions
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Two Things I Love About Piranesi
Entry for the 7th day of the 10th month in the year everything was relentlessly awful
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Ten Little Influencers
Thoughts about The Guest List by Lucy Foley, my constantly-changing opinions about snobbery, and the value of, well, trash