Not one of life's great readers but making the effort to get into a routine that gets me away from the laptop, phone and TV more often. I'm loading up my bookshelf with books I've both already read plus books I've got lined up to read. My reasoning is, everything I've read I'll likely read again so I'll record the progress here when I get to it a second (third/forth) time.
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In this New York Times bestselling “imperative how-to for creativity” (Nick Offerman), Adam Savage—star of Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters—shares his golden …
"Mo's latest assignment is to assist the police in containing an unusual outbreak: ordinary citizens suddenly imbued with extraordinary abilities …
rugby: sort of like American football only with less body armour and more biting and gouging
"For outstanding heroism in the field (despite himself), computational demonologist Bob Howard is on the fast track for promotion to …
"For outstanding heroism in the field (despite himself), computational demonologist Bob Howard is on the …
I'm thinking on the fly, here. (Although now that I'm in middle management I think I'm supposed to call it 'refactoring the strategic value proposition in real time with agile implementation', or, if I'm being honest, 'making it up as I go along.')
— The apocalypse codex by Charles Stross (Laundry Files, #4)
Bob Howard, geekish demonology hacker extraordinaire for "The Laundry," must stop ruthless billionaire Ellis Billington …
"my nemesis was going so fast I couldn't read her number plate because of the Doppler shift"
I had a proper laughing out loud moment when I read this.
Heading off on hols again on Monday so it'll be back to leisurely reading by the pool with a cold drink in hand.
"For outstanding heroism in the field (despite himself), computational demonologist Bob Howard is on the fast track for promotion to …
Bob Howard, geekish demonology hacker extraordinaire for "The Laundry," must stop ruthless billionaire Ellis Billington …
Only the second time through for The Jennifer Morgue and while the overall story arc was familiar, still a lot of the details I had forgotten so fun rediscovering them again.
Bob Howard, geekish demonology hacker extraordinaire for "The Laundry," must stop ruthless billionaire Ellis Billington from unleashing an eldritch horror, …
Bob Howard is a computer-hacker desk jockey, who has more than enough trouble keeping up …
I think this is my third time reading the book and still enjoy it to this day. This might be the fastest I've read the book though. 2 days seems like a record for me. The joys of being on vacation with nothing else to do.
