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The Slow Reader Stephen Gower
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The Slow Reader is a book review podcast that covers books I'm reading at a pace that I'm comfortable with - which is a little bit slow. Listen in if you're looking for someone who reads at a pace closer to yours!
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Outsider by Brett Popplewell
Music in this episode: "Tree Fever" by Tha Silent Partner, from the album "Capsule Two: Plates For Nujabes (Another Platters Intermission)"
License: CC BY-NC-SA
The main review for this episode is "Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past" by Brett Popplewell. I read 8 other books between the last episode (Unreconciled) and this one. They are:
The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson) - 3/5
The Cartographers (Peng Shepherd) - 2/5
Skin and Other Stories (Roald Dahl) - 3/5
Moon of the Crusted Snow (Waubgeshig Rice) - 4/5
Spider-Man: Life Story (Chip Zdarsky, Mark Bagley) - 4/5
Han Solo and the Lost Legacy (Brian Daley) - 1/5
Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Silver Surfer (Roy Thomas, Stan Lee) - 1/5
Star Wars: Darth Vader - Black, White & Red (Various) - 3/5
You can read my thoughts about all of these books on my Storygraph page.
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Unreconciled
In today's episode, I talk about Jesse Wente's memoir Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance (Goodreads, Storygraph). Content warning: some discussion of racism.
Music in this episode:
"8" by Kahwe, from Library Beats (CC BY 3.0)
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Epileptic
In today's episode, I review the graphic novel omnibus "Epileptic" by David B (Goodreads, Storygraph).
Music in this episode:
"10" by Kahwe, from Library Beats (CC BY 3.0)
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The Big Bang Theory
Back for the Fall! I read and reviewed The Big Bang Theory: An Oral History by author Jessica Radloff. I enjoyed this book and gave it 4 stars. Listen to hear more!
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Red Team Blues
In this episode, I review Cory Doctorow's latest novel Red Team Blues, Kliph Nesteroff's We Had A Little Real Estate Problem, and some comments on my current read, Isaac Asimov's Asimov's Mysteries. Music in this episode is A Night on the Town by Stefan Kartenberg - CC-BY-NC-ND.
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The Caves of Steel
For this episode I read "The Caves of Steel" by Isaac Asimov. "Caves" is a murder mystery sci-fi story, though the mystery aspect is second fiddle to the science fiction background. This was a fun book to read and I am glad Josh Wetenkamp (https://twitter.com/wetjosh, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/science-fiction-shorts/id1466031504) recommended this to me last year.
Cory Doctorow's article about "time tax":
https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/10/my-time/#like-water-down-the-drain
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