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The Books I Read in September

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Last month I made an off-by-one error and posted the list on August 30th, leaving a day not covered. The Troll Mountain was read on August 31st. So technically, I read 9 books last month but this post will cover 10.

Best books from last month:

  1. Dodger – there are books you can imagine when you close your eyes. The imagination takes you to a warm place. Dodger has that feeling. I gave it 5*, and it sits like that.
  2. Bion 1&2 – looking forward to book 3, which is supposed to be 70% complete, according to the publisher
  3. The Sunlit Man – Brandon Sanderson got a boost by the nice cover and illustrations

Worst book:

  1. The Sum of All Men – I gave it 4/5 but all that I remember in the weeks following the completion of that book is the horror of the main magical skill. The forceful extraction of people’s skills. I wouldn’t touch the continuation with a flagpole.

WCEU Sofia 2014

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Photo by Vladimir Petkov – Kaladan

Facebook just reminded me that WordCamp Europe in Sofia took place 10 years ago. Many great memories came back to me. As a member of the local team, I spent many hours per day in my car during the weeks leading up to the event, handling all sorts of errands—printing t-shirts, badges, stickers, sponsor deliveries, and such. I stepped in dog poop while collecting speakers from the airport. My car smelled terrible, and I had no idea why. Brrr!

These t-shirts were unusually good I shipped the same to either Seville or Vienna.

Rain

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The Sunday walk didn’t get to 10k steps. It rained and I had to settle with a few cat and flower photos.

Last time I hiked regularly, I wouldn’t skip a week for bad weather. Couldn’t imagine going to the mountain to soak and get cold.

The red flower is Begonia, taken near DCC-22, Sofia. Kudos to however keeps this tiny garden.

The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson

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I read this book out of order. Should’ve read Dawnshard first.

The world of Canticle has a sun so close that it melts the rocks and causes a constant fire storm that travels around the world with the day. A somewhat advanced civilization exists in a constant motion, running away from the dawn. Nobody can see the sun because they’ll immediately burn. The legends tell the story of a Sunlit Man, who can survive the sunlight and bring great change.

Brandon Sanderson experimented with The Sunlit Man. It has too much of everything. Magic, explanations, aliens. It won’t become my favorite Sanderson book but it’s fine and the world is magical.

4.5*/5