An Atlas of Extinct Countries

Gideon Defoe

★★★★★

Very fun & quick read, maybe like a day or 2. It's also quick because it was super interesting to learn about these random countries that existed for like hours or even minutes lol. Defoe's writing style and humor is very enjoyable as well. FYI: Most of the failures of these countries is due to some King's son was trying to be relevant and then failed, rip.

Well of Ascension

Brandon Sanderson

★★★★★

Wow... what a 2nd book for the triology. The rag-tag team that just overthrew the empire and Lord Ruler now having to face the consequences of actually dealing with the common peoples issues. Not only that, but having rival troops, Lords, and other Mistborn aiming at the city walls for dominance is a hell of a combination. Had a great time.

Normal People

Sally Rooney

★★★★☆

Hailey told me i needed to read this. I finally got it done while on our trip in Europe...and let me tell you... the story is well-written. The only reason I am giving 4/5 is due to the ending, left a bit to be explained.

To Hold Up The Sky

Cixin Liu

★★★☆☆

Short Stories but by Liu..., I need to read all his books tbh. But in the end, this one was a bit boring and did not do it for me.

The Creativity Code

Marcus du Sautoy

★★★☆☆

Interesting to get the Ai perspective *prior* the explosion of ChatGPT

Mistborn

Brandon Sanderson

★★★★☆

Sanderson makes a fantastic book with good fantasy (alchemy) and a great story with rebels fighting an unjust "Lord Ruler". Excited for the next 2 books in the triology

The Three Body Problem

Cixin Liu

★★★★★

what an intro to this trilogy(RoEP). So much science and futuristic tech, while some serious morality issues being brought up

The Dark Forest

Cixin Liu

★★★☆☆

this one gets weird, but still good setup for final beast of a book. The whole series kind of asks the question: how would earth react if we know aliens are coming to invade in like 500 yrs

Death's End

Cixin Liu

★★★★★

legit so wild, the ending still messes me up. great conclusion to probably my favorite trilogy ever. You get everything: sci-fi / aliens / engineering / war / love / morality / future human existence / alien-human interaction

The Silent Patient

Alex Michaelides

★★★★☆

fast paced book, ending pretty wild, quick read

iRobot

Isaac Asimov

★★☆☆☆

just eh, got stars from the sci-fi aspect alone, stories were a bit boring

Goodbye Descartes

Keith Delvin

★★★★☆

laws of thought and logic in the eyes of ancient Greeks. Interesting to read about what they thought about AI in the late 90's

Even Greater Mistakes

Charlie Jane Anders

★★☆☆☆

"the best sci-fi short stories" -people "most of the short stories are lame tbh" - me