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About ingres77

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I've been doing this since 2015, and though I'm not going to read a hundred books a year, I plan on doing this for the foreseeable future. I also maintain the Cannonball Read database, and make infrequent updates on our reading habits.

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2020 stats round-up!

January 17, 2021 by ingres77 20 Comments

  There are times in life when you’re riding pretty high. You think well of yourself. Any task is within your reach. Oh, you’re almost 40 years old and want to learn how to play a musical instrument for the first time in your life? Sure, why not? Pick up that guitar and start teaching yourself. Oh, you drifted through six years of learning the Russian language and walked away knowing only a handful of phrases and the first stanza to one song? Sure, sign […]

Filed Under: News from MsWas Tagged With: ingres77, stats

Post by ingres77 · Genres: News from MsWas · Tags: ingres77, stats ·
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There are serious criticisms about this book, and your mileage may vary – but I found it worthwhile, if not necessarily convincing

How to Be An Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi

January 8, 2021 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

I came at this book obliquely. I think I tried reading Stamped from the Beginning a couple years ago, but it didn’t really grab me. Going into this, I only had a vague sense of what he’s arguing for here, but I wasn’t fully convinced. It just seemed a little silly to me that everything has to either be “racist” or “antiracist”. And I disagree with his idea of amending the Constitution to reflect this – the implications of that are…complicated. To back up a […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: How to be an Antiracist, ibram x. kendi

ingres77's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: How to be an Antiracist, ibram x. kendi ·
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I touched madness in my youth, and it has stayed with me

At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft

December 31, 2020 by ingres77 2 Comments

At his worst, HP Lovecraft was a racist Anglophile who droned with an incessantly archaic and enigmatical prose that was shifted towards the purple. His characters could be bland and forgettable, and his plots often served no further purpose than presenting an unknowable horror to destroy the minds of these lifeless homuncular denizens of the Lovecraftian realm. I don’t read a lot of HP Lovecraft. But at his best, he can pull you into a dark and unpleasant reality, barely glimpsed beyond the horizon. A […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: At the Mountains of Madness, H.P. Lovecraft

ingres77's CBR12 Review No:71 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: At the Mountains of Madness, H.P. Lovecraft ·
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Everyone is secretly terrible – but there is hope for even the poorest of souls

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson

Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson

Oathkeeper by Brandon Sanderson

December 26, 2020 by ingres77 8 Comments

I’ve never read a Brandon Sanderson book I didn’t like. He’s insanely prolific, which sharply contrasts him with some of his colleagues, and is sturdy and reliable. And (I say this every time I read a book of his), I really just accept the fact that I’m going to like them and that everyone is right: these are good books. Maybe it’s just the contrarian in me, but I’m always skeptical. And The Way of Kings was no different. I bought this book….maybe five years […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: brandon sanderson, edgedancer, Oathkeeper, the cosmere, The Way of Kings, words of radiance

ingres77's CBR12 Review No:70 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: brandon sanderson, edgedancer, Oathkeeper, the cosmere, The Way of Kings, words of radiance ·
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Two powerhouses of speculative fiction do not necessarily equal a great story.

The Original by Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal

November 27, 2020 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

I could’ve sworn I’d already reviewed this novel, but I apparently haven’t. I read it about a month ago, and I barely remember it. Because of that, I had to look up the plot write-up on Amazon: “In the near future, humans choose life – for a price. Injectable nanite technology is the lifeblood that flows through every individual wishing to experience the world through the lens of their own theme. While death from mortal wounds is still possible, life is made easier in a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: brandon sanderson, Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal, Mary Robinette Kowal, The Original

ingres77's CBR12 Review No:66 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: brandon sanderson, Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal, Mary Robinette Kowal, The Original ·
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