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			@ -3,13 +3,20 @@ title: "Books I Read in 2024"
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date: 2024-11-16T08:34:34-08:00
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publishDate: 2024-12-31
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tags:
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  - Books
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  - Reading
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---
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I enjoy reading quite a bit. Nevertheless, it's something I need to be
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intentional about incorporating into my life. I usually to finish a modest
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number of books in a year. Here's my list.
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number of books in a year. This year I made it to a nice round ten.
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A big theme of the year is the [Murderbot Diaries][murderbot]. My friend Jess
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recommended them to me a while back, and I finally got around to [All Systems
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Red][murderbot1] last year. I was hooked enough that {{< tess >}} bought me the
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subsequent three for Christmas last year. So you're gonna see almost all the
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Murderbot books on this list.
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[Bindle Punk Bruja](https://marthawells.com/networkeffect.htm) by Desideria Mesa
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: Mesa's debut novel is set in 1920s Kansas City and centers around Rose, the
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			@ -28,11 +35,6 @@ far-off planet. A gift from my sister.
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: Mystery, intrigue, gay ladies, and some incredible plot twists. Tess gave me
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this one.
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My friend Jess recommended the [Murderbot Diaries][murderbot] to me a while back
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and I finally got around to [All Systems Red][murderbot1] last year. I was
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hooked enough that {{< tess >}} bought me the subsequent three for Christmas
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last year. So you're gonna see almost all the Murderbot books on this list.
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[Artificial Condition](https://marthawells.com/murderbot2.htm) by Martha Wells
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: Murderbot investigates its past.
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			@ -47,9 +49,15 @@ GrayCris.
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: Continuing the Murderbot obsession, I picked up this one from a [Books
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Inc][booksinc] in San Francisco's Marina district.
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[I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom](https://marthawells.com/networkeffect.htm) by Jason Pargin
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: Anna and I decided to read this together, book club style. It's ridiculous so
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far.
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[I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom](https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250285959/imstartingtoworryaboutthisblackboxofdoom/) by Jason Pargin
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: Anna and I decided to read this together, book club style. It's a ridiculous
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romp across the US with some deep commentary on the perils of social media: how
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it promotes dogpiling in ways that can destroy lives, and the groupthink that
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arises from being terminally online.
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[The Full Moon Coffee Shop](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746333/the-full-moon-coffee-shop-by-mai-mochizuki/) by Mai Mochizuki
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: A cute, short read about a mysterious popup coffee shop that appears in Kyōto
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during the full moon.
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[murderbot]: https://marthawells.com/murderbot.htm
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[murderbot1]: https://marthawells.com/murderbot1.htm
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