Hah! As if I have a defined TBR these days, so I’ll front-load this with upcoming releases. First the tease, per usual:
Social media platforms are therefore the most efficient conformity engines ever invented. They can shape an adolescent’s mental models of acceptable behavior in a matter of hours, whereas parents can struggle unsuccessfully for years to get their children to sit up straight or stop whining. Parents don’t get to use the power of conformity bias, so they are often no match for the socializing power of social media. (The Anxious Generation)
(1) The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt. Preordered this in April, haven’t focused on it. Restarted my read of it this weekend.
(2) Living in Wonder, Rod Dreher. On the need for enchantment, and the ways — good and bad — people are seeking it out. Preorder. I’m hoping to catch the book launch in October, since Rod and Paul Kingsnorth are doing an event together in Birmingham.
(3) Precipice, Robert Harris. My library has this on order but it hasn’t come in yet. Robert Harris is a -must-read for varied thrillers.
(4) Star Trek: Firewall, David Mack. The Seven of Nine Voy-Pic bridge novel. Not looking forward to the Picard setting, but Mack is a great author and Seven is one of Voyager’s most interesting characters. I have this one but haven’t finished it.
(5) Star Trek Strange New Worlds: Asylum, Una McCormack
(6) Selma’s Mayor, Jenney Eggertson. This is a biography of Mayor George Evans of Selma, which he had been collaborating on until his sudden death last spring. Mayor Evans was an inspiration to many in this area, myself included.
(7) All Power to the Councils!, Gabriel Kuhn. A history of the socialist uprisings that swept Germany at the end of World War 1. Will be part of a review series covering interwar Germany.
(8) Mountains of Fire, Clive Oppenheimer. I’ve been pecking at this for most of the year. The problem is the chapters are non-successive, so I read at random and have no idea how much of the book I’ve finished. Will have to do a straight re-read.
(9) A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, Becky Chambers.
(10) Confessions, St. Augustine. I’ve been meaning to re-read this to see how my take has changed after 12 years, but what sells is is that Anthony Esolen — the masterful translator of the Divine Comedy — published a translation late last year.
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I’m going to try to do this TTT, although like you, I don’t really stick to a TBR list. 😆
Really looking forward to your revisited thoughts on Confessions!
As am I! The last time I read Confessions I hadn’t converted yet. Read it in March, attended a service in late June, baptized in Oct and confirmed in April the following year.
I didn’t realize there were so many Star Trek novels out there! Wow. My husband is a huge Strange New Worlds fan. I’ll let him know there are books too. Thanks for the heads-up. Enjoy your Fall reading!
Happy TTT!
Susan
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Mwah hah, sooooooo many. Pocket Books used to do like 20+ a YEAR.
I think there’s around 300 Star Trek books from the various franchises. Of course more than a few are difficult to obtain/no longer in print….
I still need to read A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, too.
Thanks for stopping by earlier.
Lydia
I would love to read your #9, and enjoyed #10 a few decades ago.
Only 1 poetry as nonfic on my list: https://wordsandpeace.com/2024/09/24/top-ten-books-on-my-2024-fall-tbr-list/
I love seeing all of those Star Trek titles on your list!
Here is our <a href=”https://www.longandshortreviews.com/miscellaneous-musings/top-ten-tuesday-books-on-my-fall-2024-to-read-list/“>Top Ten Tuesday.</a>
Astilbe
Out of this list, A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet appeals to me the most but I’m also curious about Mountains of Fire. So you say the chapters are non-successive. Does each chapter just talk about a different topic or how is it organized?
Each chapter is on a different volcano, usually ones picked to highlight the different kinds of volcanoes and the processes at work that make them. 🙂
Ah okay I see, so it really can be a book you pick at slowly if you don’t forget the relevant scientific concepts you learn along the way 🙂 cool!
Yep! I need to sit down and focus on it.
Ok, good luck you got this! 🙂
Gosh I need to read more Star Trek, I have probably 100 of them but just feel like it’s a huge world and very intimidating to start reading into. Becky Chambers too, maybe for scifi month!
Her “Monk and Robot” stories were quick reads!
I hope you enjoy reading all of these.
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A lot of nonfiction on your list. #9 is still on my TBR too, but someday…
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2024/09/24/top-ten-tuesday-books-on-my-fall-2024-tbr/
I really didn’t love Mountains of Fire as much as I hoped to, though it certainly has a stunning cover. I think I’m just… not as interested in volcanoes as I think I ought to be?! Hope you enjoy all these!
That tease makes The Anxious Generation sound very intriguing. I hope you enjoy all these books and have a great week.
My TTT if you wish to visit – https://justanothergirlandherbooks.blogspot.com/2024/09/top-ten-tuesday-books-on-my-fall-2024.html
I loved Strange New Worlds, perhaps best of all the Star Treks, but I’ve never been delighted with book versions of the various series. I wonder if I should at least try this one.
And Living in Wonder sounds like a book I’d love, too.
This one comes out November 5, and I intend to read it pretty quickly. Una McCormack isn’t one of my favorite Trek writers, but she usually does fairly well.
I think I’ve only heard of one book from this list although one of the authors is also familiar. The one I’ve heard of is also on my TBR, the Becky Chambers one, and I’ve seen good things about it. I hope you enjoy all these books though and that you manage to get to that book launch.
I bought a ticket for it, so I hope so as well! I read a little Chambers earlier in the year, her Monk and Robot duology.
Hope you enjoy it then. Ah I remember seeing your post about it I think. I just didn’t realise it was also by Chambers.
Wow, with the exception of #9, I can confidently say I have heard of none of these…but that’s what keeps TTT interesting. Hopefully you’ll get to do your reread of the last one — revisiting books after a decently long period of time is such a rewarding experience.
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A Long Way is such a great read. Enjoy.