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I go through phases - sometimes I'm bingeing science fiction or fantasy, sometimes it's classical literature like Moby Dick or Don Quixote. My tastes have historically been pretty dude-centric (Tom Robbins, Cormac McCarthy, Thom McGuane, Hemingway, Steinbeck) but I'm working on that.
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TimmyMac reviewed Girl and the Moon by Mark Lawrence (Book of the Ice, #3)
In the third exhilarating novel in this dazzling epic fantasy series, a young outcast will …
Didn't Click
3 stars
Something about this entire series didn't work for me. Lawrence's worldbuilding was great, as always, but I really found myself reading just to satisfy my need for completeness. All the pieces of the story were there - but something their assembly left me wanting more.
TimmyMac wants to read The Mountains and Waters Sutra by Shohaku Okumura
The Mountains and Waters Sutra by Shohaku Okumura, Dōgen
An indispensible map of a classic Zen text. "Mountains and waters are the expression of old buddhas."
So begins "Sansuikyo," …
TimmyMac rated An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States: 5 stars
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Today in the United States, there are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, …
TimmyMac finished reading An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Today in the United States, there are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, …
TimmyMac wants to read Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow (Martin Hench, #1)
Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow (Martin Hench, #1)
Martin Hench is 67 years old, single, and successful in a career stretching back to the beginnings of Silicon Valley. …
TimmyMac wants to read Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
During an interstellar war one side develops a language, Babel-17, that can be used as …
This seems right up my alley!
TimmyMac finished reading Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive, #4)
Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive, #4)
After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a …
TimmyMac finished reading Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive, #3)
Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive, #3)
The eagerly awaited sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling Words of Radiance, from epic fantasy author Brandon …
TimmyMac finished reading Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
The eagerly awaited sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Way of Kings.
Six years ago, the Assassin in …
Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, …
Lived up to the hype!
TimmyMac commented on Girl and the Moon by Mark Lawrence (Book of the Ice, #3)
In the third exhilarating novel in this dazzling epic fantasy series, a young outcast will …
Enjoying this much more than the last book in the series.
TimmyMac set a goal to read 20 books in 2023
TimmyMac rated Rainbows End: 4 stars
Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge
From the back cover:
World famous poet Robert Gu missed twenty years of progress while he nearly died from Alzheimer's. …
TimmyMac rated Logic Beach: Part I: 4 stars
Logic Beach: Part I by Exurb1a
Mathematician Polly Hare is missing. She leaves behind: one cat, one scarf, and a hypergeometric theory of everything with the …