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Wants to read Holocaust House

Wants to read Tudor England: A History

Finished reading The Mercy of Gods

Rated My Cat Yugoslavia 7/10

<div>Liked, but wasn't love. Your mileage may vary. I listened to the audiobook, and both narrators do a good job.</div>

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born in Lyon, France, on June 29, 1900.
The Little Prince was written and illustrated by him during exile in the United States and first published there in 1943; today it is one of the most translated works of fiction in the world.

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Wants to read Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error

Rated Theodor Viehweg e a Ciência do Direito - Tópica, Discurso e Racionalidade 7/10

Finished reading Leviathan Falls

Wants to read The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values

Wants to read An Instance of the Fingerpost

Rated Doctor Who: UNIT - Dominion 8/10

<div>Honestly more like a 3.5, but I enjoy &lt;spoiler&gt;Alex MacQueen's Master&lt;/spoiler&gt; so much, let's round up.</div>

Finished reading The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar

Wants to read Personal Memoirs

Rated Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety 8/10

Wants to read There Is No Antimemetics Division

Rated The Ordinal Society 9/10

Wants to read The Book of Legendary Lands

Rated The World We Make 8/10

My review for book 1 was less than enthusiastic, but I'm glad I continued through for completeness sake and read this book. While it was a good 100 pages less, it was definitely more interesting and packed a lot more in the plot. Mostly, I think it was tighter and the previous book had already established all the characters, so it was able to get on with the action. It didn't surprise me to read in the Acknowledgments that Jemisin had both struggled to finish book 1 and wasn't sure whether to write any more in the series. The rise of Trump and the occurrence of the COVID pandemic understandably effected New York City massively and therefore effected a series that was a love letter to it. She is right, though, in having pushed through because in the end this is a fictional version of the city and it could include or exclude any aspect.<br/><br/>I personally read it as an analogy of racism and fascism incursions in current times and it works without bringing in either of those events. If anything, when Jemisin probably somewhat lost her way in finishing book 1, much of that book could also be tightened or parts removed and merged with book 2. Together they would make a great stand-alone book. The plot in book 2 included more interaction with the other city avatars and thankfully a lot less of the NYC avatars together and bickering. That was so off-putting for me in the first book. It would've been great to see more of the other city avatars, more interaction with them than just Mannahatta going hat in hand for help, one by one, before the big final major scene. And that final scene, as Neek says, damn! respect! It never occurred to me that outcome could happen, but it also was written to seem not possible.<br/><br/>It just occurred to me that The Great Cities series would've worked where each book could be a stand alone for different cities, either the ancient history cities or the new soon-to-come cities in the Americas. The tragedy of Atlantis, even if you know how it ends, would still be worth at least a novella! Actually, the idea of individual city books makes me think of the Anne Rice series The Vampire Chronicles. I suppose it can still be done albeit in a different medium since the reason I made sure to read these books right away was because of the news that its rights had been bought to make a series. I hope it actually happens. So many possibilities remain with this creative view of cities.

My new #book is now out and about in many #bookstores. A few #bookreviews have appeared that I'll share in this thread.

The Trees of My Country: A Natural History of India in 50 Trees
https://shankarraman.in/2026/05/24/my-new-book-the-trees-of-my-country/

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Reading Leaves of Grass

Wants to read Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States

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Rated Orbital 6/10

Rated Black River Orchard 9/10

Rated East of West, Vol. 3: There Is No Us 10/10