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Ji FU

fu@millefeuilles.cloud

Joined 2 years, 1 month ago

Trying to find a better way to track books I want to read than a random spreadsheet. I had used readinglog.info which was provided by my local public library until they shut down the program. Luckily, I regularly backed it up via their CSV export. I've used Library Thing for years, but adding books for "To Read" really screwed up a lot of the other features of the website, like recommendations, etc. I really love Free Software & the Fediverse particularly. My primary social media account is on Friendica @fu@libranet.de for now everything I post here is automatically "re-tooted" there.

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reviewed Batman, No Man's Land by Greg Rucka

Greg Rucka: Batman, No Man's Land (2000, Atria) 4 stars

Gotham City, leveled by a massive earthquake, has become a lawless battleground, and to make …

Good adaptation in novel form of comic book event

4 stars

Rucka was one of the authors who contributed to the late 90s "Batman No Man's Land" event over the course of 83 separate comics. He writes the novelization in a way that gets the story across while still wanting to go out and buy 83 twenty-five-year-old comic books.

The story goes that an Earthquake destroyed much of Gotham City, and then a hurricane and because it would cost so much to repair, and Gotham was already notorious for being a government sink hole due to all the crime the feds declared it a No Man's Land and was cut off from the rest of the country, blew up the bridges, put mines in the seas and told Gotham good luck and good riddance.

The normal baddies stayed behind: Joker, Two-Face, Penguin, Poison Ivy & Black Mask. Plus the to be expected regular dudes just trying to make it in gangs. …

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Jenny Lawson: Let's Pretend This Never Happened (AudiobookFormat, 2012, Penguin Audio) No rating

Overview: When Jenny Lawson was little, all she ever wanted was to fit in. That …

I just found out that the lady who wrote the ridiculously amazing story about Beyoncé. the giant metal chicken that has brought our family joy every time it shows up in the Facebook memories feed wrote a book. Definitely need to read this one.

And if you aren't familiar with Beyoncé. the giant metal chicken take 10 minutes out of our day to read and laugh for days to come. thebloggess.com/2011/06/21/and-thats-why-you-should-learn-to-pick-your-battles/

Michael MacCambridge: Lamar Hunt (Hardcover, 2012, Andrews McMeel Pub.) 5 stars

The definitive and official biography of one of the 20th century's most important and beloved …

This is the other non-fiction I might pick up next. I borrowed it from the library years ago, and it was due before I finished. I got it for Christmas that year and I'm worried that if i don't pick it up soon I'll forget where I left off.

Elena Paravantes: Mediterranean Diet Cookbook for Beginners (Paperback, 2020, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated) 4 stars

With 100 recipes and practical advice, this is the only guide you'll need to get …

A potentially lifesaving cookbook.

4 stars

I don't normally review cookbooks, but this one was necessary. Earlier this year my doctor recommended I take up a primarily Mediterranean diet to help with my heart failure and obesity. I picked this cookbook up from the library because it sounded like a good place to start. This is the only book I ever liked so much that I purchased a copy before the library book was even due. So far, we have liked every recipe we've tried in the book, and in the 6 weeks I've been using it as my primary source of meals I've lost over 20 lbs., and my blood pressure has remained in check. I'm only giving 4 stars rather than 5 as Paravents isn't actually the best author. In particular in the introduction part, she talks about how to grocery shop and includes that when choosing whether to purchase something ask yourself if …

David R. George III: Revelation and Dust (DS9-Relaunch #28) (Paperback, 2013, Pocket Books) 2 stars

After the destruction of the original space station by a rogue faction of the Typhon …

Not George's best work

2 stars

While this is the 28th book in our continuing mission of the crew and station of Deep Space Nine since the T.V. Series finale it's also the first in the "side-quest" THE FALL series. As such David George III spends a lot of the first half of the book trying to bring new readers up to speed as well as detailing the new Deep Space Nine to all of us. He did so in an interesting fashion through a memorial service and a dedication, but it wasn't particularly thrilling and really easy to put down. Got a little better in the second half but it was odd explanation of getting around security by using a "projectile weapon" rather than a phaser and a weird, intertwined story of an experience inside the celestial temple.

I'll probably pick up the next one, but probably not soon.