Continuing to crush one audiobook after another this month. I've been lucky to hit a string of really great listens. I'm trying to push beyond my prior run of sci-fi books with ones like Orphan X, which was my favorite book this month. I've fallen behind on my podcast listens recently and I've only really been keeping up with Hello Internet and Cortex.
In other news, my favorite YouTuber Casey Neistat has quit daily vlogging. He also sold his startup Beme to CNN for $25M. I couldn't be happier for him but no more vlogs means a big disruption to my daily morning routine. Bittersweet. I wish him all the best.
In other news, my favorite YouTuber Casey Neistat has quit daily vlogging. He also sold his startup Beme to CNN for $25M. I couldn't be happier for him but no more vlogs means a big disruption to my daily morning routine. Bittersweet. I wish him all the best.
Audiobook Recommendations:
 | Stories of Your Life and Others This is a collection of short stories, mostly great ones. The movie Arrival (trailer below) is based on one of these short stories. I haven't seen the movie yet but judging by the trailer there are some key differences in the direction of the story. Regardless, I recommend reading or listening to this before watching the movie, as always. |
 | We Are Legion (We are Bob) This is the first book of a new series, which is great news. Great concept around artificial intelligence based on human intelligence - literally. Looking forward to book 2 sometime soon. |
 | Orphan X Jason Bourne meets the Boondock Saints. Also the first of a new series. I'm surprised how great the action scenes were depicted and it almost felt like I was watching a movie in my mind while listening to it. Narrated by Scott Brick, who is awesome. I had a few qualms with some minor details that didn't really make sense but it didn't detract from the plot so they were forgivable. For example, there's a boy who sends messages to his upstairs neighbor by flying a balloon up to his window. Does the boy have a canister of helium in his room? Regardless, this is probably my favorite book of this month. |
 | The Junkie Quatrain I read this purely based on how much I enjoyed 14 and The Fold, but I frankly did not enjoy it nearly as much. It's a clever take on the zombie apocalypse scenario in a collection of connected short stories from various perspectives. However, I think my love for the book The Girl With All The Gifts really detracted from my potential to enjoy this book. |
