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Dr Ms Kat

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finished reading The Confusion by Neal Stephenson (The Baroque Cycle, #2)

Neal Stephenson: The Confusion (Hardcover, 2004, William Morrow) No rating

In the year 1689, a cabal of Barbary galley slaves -- including one Jack Shaftoe, …

34.5 audiobook hours but it's finished! I'm actually pretty keen to get onto the final book of the cycle now. Shall I go back to physical rather than audiobook?

finished reading Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson (Baroque Cycle, Volume 1)

Neal Stephenson: Quicksilver (Paperback, 2004, Arrow Books) No rating

A novel of history, adventure, science, invention, sex, absurdity, piracy, madness, death and alchemy that …

I finished it! And it wasn't a trial at all, I quite enjoyed it. It probably helps that I already have a passing interest in this period of history and I was engaged in what the main characters got up to.

commented on Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson (Baroque Cycle, Volume 1)

Neal Stephenson: Quicksilver (Paperback, 2004, Arrow Books) No rating

A novel of history, adventure, science, invention, sex, absurdity, piracy, madness, death and alchemy that …

I'm over 200 pages into this now and quite enjoying it, but I've definitely been making some concerned/horrified faces along the way.

finished reading Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee (The Machineries of Empire, #1)

Yoon Ha Lee: Ninefox Gambit (EBook, 2016, Solaris)

When Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for her unconventional tactics, Kel Command …

I'm glad I dropped the last book and started on this. Calendrical heresy is such an intriguing concept.