This page contains a list of books I have read recently. Ideally, they would contain little excerpts about my experience reading them. But there is quite a big backlog.
Suarez, Daniel. August 2025.
Much of the graphic nature throughout the book cast a line of two forms: either a dazzling hook to bite, or, a dull lead stone crashing into the water with a distracting splash. However, the core conceptual ideas proposed, both in techological- and social-engineering stand the test of time.
Daemon reminds us of the gravitational power given to social networks and the flow of information through them. It provokes us to think about the possiblities available when these networks and information can be manipulated. Extrapolating this to now, where we have since seen the advent of bot hordes, retention algorithms, and endless generated content (personally tailored to you), it stands as another stark reminder of the manipulation we must ward off every single mouse-click.
Overall, the novel presents a compelling case to the power of social manipulation and was my most thought-provoking aspect of the novel. This of course blows past the spectrum of described technologies (AR glasses, self-driving cars, etc), and, interesting points in world order and governance (decentralized). If you can stomach the more graphic scenes, this novel provides an action filled view into a thought provoking world.
Lowry, Lois. July 2025.
Kurzweil, Ray. July 2025.
Roberts, Adam. June 2025.
Lowry, Lois. June 2025.
Weir, Andy. May 2025.
Sawyer, Robert J. May 2025.
Talabi, Wole. February 2025.
Weir, Andy. February 2025.
Fitzgerald, F Scott. January 2025.
Rooney, Sally. January 2025.
Suarez, Daniel. December 2024.
LeBrun, Cynthia. November 2024.
Butler, Octavia E. October 2024.
Taing, Mae Bunseng. October 2024.
Huxley, Aldous. Septemeber 2024.
Harari, Yuval N. August 2024.
Ackerman, Elliot. July 2024.
Bradbury, Ray. June 2024.
McDougall, Christopher. May 2024.
Tavares, Nathan. May 2024.
Butler, Octavia E. March 2024.
Shusterman, Neal. March 2024.
Atwood, Margaret. April 2024.
Zevin, Gabrielle. April 2024.
Atwood, Margaret. March 2024.
Herbert, Frank. March 2024.
Gibson, William. February 2024.
Stephenson, Neal. February 2024.
Hobb, Robin. January 2024.
Sanderson, Brandon. December 2023.
Bulgakov, Mikhail. Novemeber 2023.
Orwell, George. October 2023.
Orwell, George. October 2023.
Gibson, William. October 2023.
Liu, Cixin. Septemeber 2023.
Herbert, Frank. September 2023.
Stephenson, Neal. August 2023.