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Pixel wants to read Slow Down by Kōhei Saitō

Why, in our affluent society, do so many people live in poverty, without access to …

my friend gave me a copy of this book

Pixel commented on The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

Experiencing an epiphany within the most daunting prison of the monstrous Lord Ruler, half-Skaa Kelsier …

Warming up to the book. it's really not shaping up to be what i thought it was going to be. at least it's something i can understand more easily?

Pixel commented on How to Make Sense of Any Mess by Abby Covert

How to Make Sense of Any Mess (EBook, 2013, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform)

No rating

Everything is getting more complex.

It is easy to be overwhelmed by the amount of …

"When you discuss a specific subject, you subconsciously reference part of a large internal map of what you know.

Other people can't see this map. It only exists in your head, and it's called your mental model.

When faced with a problem, you reference your mental model and try to organize the aspects and complexities of what you see into recognizable patterns. Your ongoing experience changes your mental model. This book is changing it right now."

Pixel commented on The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

Experiencing an epiphany within the most daunting prison of the monstrous Lord Ruler, half-Skaa Kelsier …

the story is getting better, but still somewhat hard to follow.

Pixel started reading The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

Experiencing an epiphany within the most daunting prison of the monstrous Lord Ruler, half-Skaa Kelsier …

The opening is fairly unpleasant so we’ll see how this goes

Pixel reviewed Skyward by Brandon Sanderson

Skyward (2019, Orion Publishing Group, Limited)

Defeated, crushed, and driven almost to extinction, the remnants of the human race are trapped …

The real MBot stands for Mushroom not Murder

4 stars

Sure, she jokes that her ship with huge guns should really be classified as a fighter ship, a murderbot even. But no, the ship disagrees: with a partial fungal database, the stealth features must have been intended for swiftly foraging across the land. Fuck yes, finally some good mushroom loving representation in fiction, where mushrooms are cool and neat to check out - not mind controlling monsters.

I think a former classmate recommended the author to me. At first, I wasn’t sure if I was going to like it. YA can be really cringey, and there were the seeds that could have been hard cliches. A part of me worried it was going to be an attack on titan or hunger games. In the end, the story really matured to be unique along with commentary on classism. I could tell how committed the author was to building an immersive world …

Sure, she jokes that her ship with huge guns should really be classified as a fighter ship, a murderbot even. But no, the ship disagrees: with a partial fungal database, the stealth features must have been intended for swiftly foraging across the land. Fuck yes, finally some good mushroom loving representation in fiction, where mushrooms are cool and neat to check out - not mind controlling monsters.

I think a former classmate recommended the author to me. At first, I wasn’t sure if I was going to like it. YA can be really cringey, and there were the seeds that could have been hard cliches. A part of me worried it was going to be an attack on titan or hunger games. In the end, the story really matured to be unique along with commentary on classism. I could tell how committed the author was to building an immersive world and I found the flight combats surprisingly engaging. It wasn’t too overtly romantic either which was a relief. Still, it would be nice to have some queer trans rep given this is supposed to be a far flung future.

Fans of the murderbot diaries might enjoy this too. It’s not an incredibly difficult read but is very lengthy to keep you company for a while.

I’m dreading that the first two audiobooks are audible exclusives. The rest aren’t though!