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A cracking mystery so far, I really appreciate how the author is managing the information each character has (and does not.) Also I wasn’t expecting such an accurate description of a migraine in a random mystery book.

Just barely started in at the tail end of a flight. The cast of characters is intriguing so far. Marsh has been compared to Sayers and Christie, hoping this one lives up to that hype.

The distinctions drawn between power, strength, and violence, and how they interact in unintuitive ways was really interesting. Definitely going to collect some choice lines from this section.

I’ve been told to read Arendt for years and am finally doing it. Did get momentarily jump-scared when she got super racist about black student rebellions, which is apparently a known thing about her.

Finally the cover is making sense. Even in the 70s they had an inkling that ai was going to be bad news.

Way more dolphins and diving than I expected from the “robot getting laser blasted” on the cover.

Gabbed this off my TBR shelf before an outing today. Off to a rousing start. Interesting to see information privacy concerns we deal with today in very concrete terms be contended with in 1976.

My edition has 294 pages, not the 250 listed on the only edition here.

Finally picked this back up, most recent essay was very strong.

Lots of solid essays, but finally hit a dud. Won’t dwell on it, but was surprised given the quality of the others.

These essays continue to be very solid.

I picked this up based entirely on the pitch and the beautiful binding. So far I’m enjoying it, particularly having multiple academics writing each section which provides a good variety of styles. I’m only started already have plenty to think on.

This book continues to develop interesting characters, and come up with fresh horrors at a good clip!

I do like how each character’s backstory is getting fleshed out in vignettes. Also the author really doesn’t pull punches when killing side characters, which is in keeping with the whole tone.

After meaning to read this for ages, I finally started in on this on the way back from a vacation. So far it's a good medieval horror show / roadtrip, but there's plenty of book left.

This is dense, I’m reading at about 1/3rd of my normal speed.

Got gifted this book by a thoughtful friend. I honestly haven’t spent enough time with poetry since undergrad, so it will be a welcome exploration.

The plot thickens!

Okay, Lord Peter is growing on me. I appreciate the thought process being a bit less fantastical than some fictional detectives.