Books

Just began A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes. It is about the end of the Trojan war and possibly the aftermath (? Not sure yet) from the point of view of the women of Troy and Greece. Currently at Chapter 10/43, enjoying it so far. Interesting getting the female perspective of the ancient (mythological?) war.

This is the first non-fantasy/sci-if book I’ve read in a while. Will be getting back to that after this probably, I never seem to deviate too far from those genres.

Heh, I'm still going at de Beauvoir's magnum opus, the second volume to be exact. However, I did read in the meantime al-Kawakibi's works and I am in the midst of writing an essay analyzing the employed language in relation to the inflitration of Western modernity into the Ottoman Empire.

I hope I can finish de Beauvoir by the end of the month (very unlikely) so I can get my hands on Capitalism as Civilization: A History of International Law by Ntina Tzouvala.

I'm trying to start the Spanish translation of Conn Iggulden's series on Rome at the moment. I read the English version a long time ago and enjoyed it. I've been struggling to get into anything recently, fiction or nonfiction. So I'm hoping that a book I know that I'll like will get me going again.

Still, I've been slowly working through Roland Boer's excellent, Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: A Guide for Foreigners. But I can only manage a section of a chapter at a time. I'm just busy really, and my attention span is currently in pieces.

The book I'm eager to read is Dig Where you Stand. Translated into English not too long ago. I think it's about workers' inquiry.

I just finished reading Dark Matter by Blake Crouch. It's a fiction novel about the multiverse and I highly recommend it. It's a pretty easy read and I had a hard time putting it down each time.

I was supposed to have read Mao's On Practice for the Matrix reading group, but it was a busy week and I never got around to it. I'm hoping to get through it as well as On Contradiction this week.

I like a good mix of fiction and non-fiction. Sometimes I get burnt out reading theory and it's a good sign for me to pick up something fun from my fiction list. Next up is another one from Blake Crouch called Recursion.

I read more non-fiction, but I like to throw some fiction in from time to time as a palette cleanser.

I am currently reading the Sand series by Hugh Howey (he did Wool as well). I don't like it quite as much as I liked Wool, but it is still pretty good. I love a good post-apocalypse.

Non-fiction, I just finished The Revolution Betrayed. I am not remotely a Trotskyite, but I do sometimes like to read things I disagree with to strengthen my own arguments.