Not much change at my end. A bit further in the books, but still reading the same books:
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Ultra-processed Food by Chris van Tulleken
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The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Caroll
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The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson, 3rd book in the 2nd era of Mistborn
What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?
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I recently finished listening to Watership Down by Richard Adams, read by Peter Capaldi. ~11 hours long, if Libro FM was right.
I’ve been listening to him at work, and Peter Capaldi making animal noises and accents just maaaaade my days :3
I don’t often read books and I checked this thread just out of curiosity cause it popped up. I have heard of Watership Down, though, and now knowing the audiobook is by Peter Capaldi, I now know how I want to experience this book if I ever get around to it: the audiobook!
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I just finished “Cannibals are Human: A District Officer’s Wife in New Guinea” by Helen McLeod.
It’s a very interesting book about the wife of an Australian district officer who was trying to curtail inter-tribal warfare between PNG highland tribes during the decades when PNG was an Australian mandate.
The woman herself is quite admirable hiking 100kms in the highlands mostly barefoot and covered in leeches. It also describes the state of tribal warfare as it stood, in objective terms, without being too derogatory or dismissive. It emphasizes the truly vast differences between regional tribes, their farming prowess, and the existential threat that looms over all of them from centuries of war. It also doesn’t wrap everything up in a neat bow at the end. The Australian governance wasn’t perfect, the influence of western technology and medicine was paradigm-shifting and both good and bad, independence was a shitshow, but the author considered it a painful necessity.
Is it a good book for someone who has no idea about any of the things you have mentioned?
It would be helpful to learn about the pre-war colonial divisions of the island of New Guinea (it was divided into 3 sections, Dutch, German, and British), the wartime significance of New Guinea (Japanese foothold and March to Port Moresby, US airbases in Hollandia) the handover of West and the postwar UN decision that PNG should be an Australian mandate (many underdeveloped but war-impacted areas were made ‘mandates’ of colonial, great, and middle-powers. In the context of the time, Australia was considered a ‘middle power’) until independence was viable.
That gives you some context as to why Australians, Germans, British, and Dutch are romping all over the island.
But otherwise, it is a pretty encapsulated story of a handful of individuals that’s easy to follow
Ahan, thanks for the info.
Empire of the Dawn, the third book in the Empire of the Vampire series that just recently dropped. Which I am quite digging, a big epic fantasy series about vampires that is really engaging and well written.
An acquaintance of mine recommended it to me, but the last book wasn’t out then. Is the series finished now or are there more book in the series?
Also, what are you opinions about the whole series?
I am still midway through the last book so not quite done yet, but so far absolutely amazing series. If you liked the Netflix Castlevania show its got kind of simmilar vibes.
Thanks. That sounds fun, will pick it up.
Re-reading house of leaves since it’s been so long and just started Dracula for a book club
How is the re-read going? Will you do anything different? Like completing a chapter or going back and forward?
Yeah it’s been like 5 years so far I remember some of it but I definitely missed some footnotes from last time. It’s basically brand new loving it so far
The Maid’s Secret by Nita Prose, and I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy.
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