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Going to try one (and only one) 2023 resolution: finish reading 24 books... any reading recommendations?
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Book 1/24: Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande. Interesting reflection on how families, doctors and medical/elder care institutions react to the processes of aging and dying. Insightful and story-filled take on what living and dying well means. 👩‍⚕️ Verdict: would recommend.
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Book 2/24: The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake. Magic, mystery, competition, secretive society… if you liked The Night Circus, The Rook, or Harry Potter, would recommend. Verdict: can’t stop, won’t stop, and the sequel might be my next read.
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Book 3/24: the Atlas Paradox, also by Olivie Blake. I preferred the first book, but could not resist speeding through the sequel! Verdict: intellectually interesting, however I’m ready for my next read.
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Book 4/24 Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo (sequel to Ninth House). If you like magic and murder mystery (books like the Rook), this series is for you. Verdict: strongly recommend, wish I could keep reading this series 🐍
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Book 5/24: Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson. If you want history, biography, science and surprising amounts of drama, this one is for you 🍿 Verdict: long, but learning-filled.
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Book 6/24: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. Took a while to get into this; once in it I couldn’t stop. One afterword tidbit: original intent was to be a graphic novel; Neal mentioned he might’ve spent more time coding than writing. For a retro-futuristic and relevant take on the Metaverse, read this 🏍️
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Book 7/24: The Perfect Mile by Neal Bascomb. Confession: this was a reread, and wow this book held up. About the quest to break the 4-minute mile barrier and the three men in pursuit of the “impossible.” Strongly recommend for running, history, and/or biography fans 🏃‍♂️
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Book 8 of 24: House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds. Fascinating futuristic SciFi take on life, and the “Machine People” feel particularly relevant given recent AI advances 🤖 Recommend for SciFi and Star Wars fans.
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Book 9/24: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. Like a modern Faulkner, the story is told in such a distinctive voice and character. It’s vivid, sometimes painfully so 🐍 Could not put this one down until I finished reading it.
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Book 10/24: Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson. This was a slower burn relative to other reads and I slightly regretted reading it on Kindle because black and white didn’t do the images justice, however it was a fascinating book 🌊
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Book 11/24: The Lonely Century by Noreena Hertz. A thoughtful reflection on modern society and loneliness, both the root causes and potential solutions. Full of interesting examples and stories, from SF’s sadly now closed Mission Pie to Amazon’s Alexa and AI/robots more broadly 🥧
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