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hobbsc

hobbsc@bookwyrm.world

Joined 1 year, 5 months ago

An erratic consumer of information. Find me on mastodon: @hobbs@dobbs.town

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2026 Reading Goal

hobbsc has read 0 of 4 books.

Cory Doctorow: Enshittification (Hardcover, MCD)

Enshittification: it’s not just you―the internet sucks now. Here’s why, and here’s how we can …

wrapped up part two. the tech workers section was too close to home. I've been under the spell of "vocational awe" before and it's terrible to think about those times. spot on...

I also learned two new words reading this: sufferance and hidebound.

Big fan of GITS. Just wrapped up the Lodan's hardback of the original late last year and I'd like to get into The Human Algorithm and Stand Alone Complex

wants to read Otherland by Tad Williams (Otherland (1))

Tad Williams: Otherland (Hardcover, 1997, DAW Hardcover)

Young people are having their minds stolen in cyberspace, part of a crooked scheme to …

Read this ages ago and it's begging for a re-read. One day I might finish the whole series.

Sylvia Engdahl: Enchantress from the Stars (Paperback, 2003, Firebird) No rating

Three civilizations from different planets in widely varying stages of development clash in what could …

Roughly halfway through and the plot feels a little on the nose but it also feels like a twist might be in the works!

This is the next book for our homeschool lessons so I'm trying to wrap it up before our son has to read it.

Cory Doctorow: Enshittification (Hardcover, MCD)

Enshittification: it’s not just you―the internet sucks now. Here’s why, and here’s how we can …

Getting into part two on pathology and it's refreshing because I assumed the whole book would be example rants.

I think he spent a little too much time with his ax grinding regarding Musk but his passion is not unwarranted, in my opinion.

Grant Cunningham: Protect Yourself With Your Snubnose Revolver (Paperback, Independently published) No rating

Started in on the chapter about holstering and drawing. Again the book is very elementary but I think that's the point. There's good info here about getting on target from a holster safely.

Grant Cunningham: Protect Yourself With Your Snubnose Revolver (Paperback, Independently published) No rating

Picked up this book because I enjoy revolvers as well as general books on firearms. I'm about halfway through the book at this point and it seems to be a mix of fuddlore and common self defense techniques. I was hoping it would discuss a variety of snub nosed revolvers but it sticks to the topic in the title (at least up to this point).

Sylvia Engdahl: Enchantress from the Stars (Hardcover, Atheneum) No rating

When young Elana unexpectedly joins the team leaving the spaceship to study the planet Andrecia, …

Yet another book from our son's homeschool curriculum. I'm about halfway through as of 2026-01-21 and I'm really enjoying this one as well. The curriculum we picked up has some real bangers in it.