RW Book Club

January 15, 2024

Have the next round of books to read for my book club assembled. 📚

Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence by Tim Parks
The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary by Sarah Ogilvie
The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Making of the New Future by Sebastian Mallaby
Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War by Pual Scharre
Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages by Guy Deutscher

Five books standing on a wooden dresser in front of a full bookshelf: Medici Money, The Dictionary People, The Power Law, Army of None, and Through the Language Glass.

December 31, 2021

Shelfie of next round of books my book club is reading: The Blocksize War (my pick), Empire of Pain, The Florentines paired with Aeschylus I (only first section), Addiction by Design, and Mni Sota Makoce. I’m looking forward to all of them! 📚

Stack of six books on a dark table: The Blocksize War, Aeschylus I, Addiction by Design, Empire of Pain, The Florentines, and Mni Sota Makoce.

October 12, 2021

My book club enjoyed a delightful walk in Wood-Rill SNA tonight discussing Nature & Walking by Emerson and Thoreau.

Narrow wooden boardwalk trail winding through a lush autumn forest with yellow, orange, and green foliage at Wood-Rill SNA

Forest edge at Wood-Rill SNA in peak autumn color, with red and orange maple trees lining a dry meadow under a cloudy sky.

Tall deciduous trees with green and yellow autumn foliage in Wood-Rill SNA, a fallen log on the forest floor below

Narrow leaf-covered trail winding through a dense Minnesota forest with trees showing early autumn color changes

July 29, 2021

I sat outside for two hours tonight with my book club and now my eyes are burning. The air is very smoky.

IQAir Breathable app widget showing AQI 197, labeled Unhealthy for PM2.5, recorded at 9:00 PM today.

July 16, 2021

POAP 533122 at R/W Book Club: Klara and the Sun.

June 16, 2021

My book club met in person for the first time since Jan 30 2020. It was great to see everyone “IRL” and discuss Ishiguro’s “Klara and the Sun”. Great book, great conversation, and a great group of people to be with.

January 18, 2021

Starting to read The WEIRDest People in the World by Joseph Henrich. My book club is reading this. Looks interesting, and long. 📚

The WEIRDest People in the World hardcover book by Joseph Henrich resting on a white surface next to a handwritten note.

February 6, 2019

Book: Scale

My book club just finished reading Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies by Geoffrey B. West. This was a dense book focused on the concept of scaling, in the abstract. The author did a …

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January 23, 2019

Just signed up for a 4th site on Blot. This one will be to finally get a decent site for my Book Club.

December 20, 2017

Another super fun Book Club meeting tonight! Good conversation about Daemon by Daniel Suarez.