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2023-10-292023-10-29

Reading List 4

It’s a cloudy and windy day here in Toronto with a temperature of 6C (42.8F). This time around I am writing this while sitting at my desk at home. I’ve spent the morning after breakfast going through my unread queue in Inoreader while my playlist of “Just the Instrumentals Please” plays. It really is a ideal day for staying indoors and catching up on some reading.

Before I do my usual list of links, I did read two books this month that I’d like to mention. The first was Heroic Hearts, a collection of fantasy short stories edited by Jim Butcher and Kerri Hughes. The second was On Antisemitism, a collection of essays from various authors on the topic of Palestine activism and antisemitism, put together by the Jewish Voice for Peace. That was research reading for a blog post I wrote for the Ten Forward blog which you can read here.

Oh also, in case you missed the last reading list, you can find it here.

2023-10-232023-10-23

Recommended For You

Recently I signed up for Storygraph, a service for recording what books you read, sharing them with friends, writing reviews and most importantly (according to the site’s own copy) getting recommendations for books you want to read in the future. I wanted something to better keep track of my reading, something better than me adding entries into a Google Sheets spreadsheet.

2023-10-152023-10-15

Reading List 3

Fall is properly here in Toronto and I am very much enjoying it, even the rain.

I write this post sitting at Dineen Coffee in downtown Toronto, this cafe was recommended to me by my sister. I am enjoying a nice matcha latte. I’m really into matcha these days.

Alright let’s get into the links!

2023-10-052023-12-30

Media Diet – September 2023

I watched a single video essay, Art in the Pre-Apocalypse by Jacob Geller. As usual with Jacob Geller video essays I always come away with a lot of food thought.

I also finished Baldur’s Gate 3 which was a game that did get a full written review from me. A fantastic time.

I also started and dropped Starfield which was not a good time. It is a Bethesda game in all the good and bad ways. Thoroughly confirmed that I don’t indeed the Bethesda style of game. Meh.

I read a bunch of online articles/essays which you can find linked in reading list 1 and reading list 2. I also read one book while I was on vacation, Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree, nice and cozy read.

I watched some TV shows while on vacation, I watched the second season of Foundation, the first season of Hijack and most of the third season of Ted Lasso. All of these are Apple TV Plus shows which I signed up for one month of to watch Foundation but ended up watching the others.

Season two of Foundation was kinda meh, there were some good bits but overall I continue to be disappointed in the show. Hijack was a very enjoyable thriller. The third season of Ted Lasso has been good so far and is a noticeable improvement from some of the slumps in the second season. I hope they stick the landing with the ending.

That’s all from me this month, see y’all next month.

2023-09-172023-09-17

Reading List 2

As summer draws to a close, so begins one of my most favourite times of the year. Autumn or fall, whatever you call it is a beautiful transitory time just before the chills of winter truly set in. Here are some things I read since our last reading list that will keep you occupied during this time.