My reading fixation took a pause the last week of September as I watched the Shogun (2024) adaptation and became a bit obsessed with it.

How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell, Rebecca Gibel (Narrator)

The core anti-capitalist message of this book is good but the delivery was severely lacking. The author prefaced the book saying that her upbringing and residency in California drove the book. It lacked alternative, every man perspectives. She spent a lot of the book reviewing and extracting from other philosophers, writers, and artists. There isn’t any action plan or tips which tell you how to actually resist the attention economy. While these aren’t needed, the content of the of this book does not help its title. It’s a bunch of privileged, liberal essays. I did not like the narration either. It was too rote and cold.

1.25-2.00x. Sept 18-22, 2024.

Dracula by Bram Stoker, narrated by a full cast including Alan Cumming and Tim Curry

Started reading this via email from Dracula Daily in May. I sometimes listened to the re: Dracula podcast as well. I knew I’d get impatient. I am the kind of reader who reads books in a couple of sessions. In mid September, I found the full cast audiobook which was great so I would listen to that by itself or in tandem with the Standard Ebooks epub. It’s hard to determine how much I listened to on audio and how much was ebook or email.

I enjoyed this book and I do not like horror. Stoker created a very engaging scary story. It was spooky and featured an interesting cast. I wish there had been more Mina and even poor Lucy. I liked the Dracula Daily format but I still prefer to read novels in a shorter amount of time. Good pacing and I am glad I finally read this classic.

1.25-2x. Read on Kobo Libra 2. May 3-Sept 27, 2024.

Love Is My Favorite Color by Nina Laden, Melissa Castrillón (Illustrator)

Recommended by book club friend J. Very lovely illustrations from Castrillon.

Sept 29, 2024.