notsofastanymore
Former West Virginian, lifetime Mountaineer. I read and listen to books, run, and lots of other stuff for fun. Something of a technological platypus for work.
- 6th book of 2026 Perfect Puppy in 7 Days by Dr. Sophia Yin. This is research for the new puppy we are getting in a little over a month. It’s a quick read, and a nice starter for the first week we will have our new puppy. I look forward to the challenge, but think training my kids will be harder.
- I just finished Twelve Months by Jim Butcher as book number 5 of 2026. This series is one of my most re-read, and I really enjoy the entire story. I found this installment very different from the previous ones, but extremely enjoyable. 1/3
- The first few chapters feel a bit uneven, but that could be part of the theme of grief and recovery that permeates the novel. The prior books are all set over a few days, and this one encompasses an entire year. 2/3 1. That is huge shift in pace for a writer to manage.
- 2. It might be jarring for a lot of readers to not see pretty much constant action. Me, I enjoyed the slowdown. It gives the story time to breathe. There were times reading, that I thought, this could almost be a soft onboarding point for new readers, but I wouldn’t recommend it. 3/3
- I’m almost finished with my current book. I think next, I’m going to read The Audacity of Hope by @barackobama.bsky.social. Current events, and the state of the world make me yearn for something better.
- Reposted by notsofastanymoreI wish Democrats would start just speaking the truth: “ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king. This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
- Currently charging everything with a battery in my house, just in case we lose power during the snow or ice storms this weekend. That way, we can charge my kids’ iPads off of them.
- Fourth book finished of 2026 The Endurance Artist: Lazarus Lake, the Barkley & a Race with No End by @jaredbeasley.bsky.social. I expected to be interested in Lazarus Lake and the history of the Barkley Marathons, but I was blown away by the how engrossing it was. 1/4
- I found myself wanting to continue long into the night. A marathon of reading, if you will. The writing style is captivating and inspiring, but the scene from within the races themselves are induce a mix of fear and a wish that I had the physical ability to join in. 2/4
- The biographical elements of Laz’s (Gary Cantrell) life, serve to frame the real center of this. The fight between a person and themselves to keep going when their body has nothing left except pain and will. 3/4
- I would recommend this for anyone who has ever run, hiked, swam or participated in anything that got so hard they thought, I can’t go any further, but pushed on. Or wished they had. 4/4
- Third book finished (via audiobook) in 2026, a re-read of Death Mask by Jim Butcher. I love this series, and James Marsters’s narration is always on point.
- Just realized I actually finished Kaiju Preservation Society in 2026, even though I started it in 2025. A very fun book, like everything I’ve read by @scalzi.com. My only complaint is, it felt too short. The story moves along at a fast clip. I would’ve liked to live in that world a little longer.
- 1st book of 2026 finished. A House Between Sea and Sky by @bethcato.bsky.social. While this is not in my usual horror, funny sci-fi, fantasy vein, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I was hesitant at first, but my wife is massively into sourdough, so I figured I would keep going. 1/3
- The characters are engaging, the story is fun, with some heavy moments and themes, but (compared to much of my reading) light. Some of the dialogue made put me in mind of the post-silent picture era movies I watched with my grandparents. 2/3
- The last ~50 pages had me on the edge of my seat, though. I recommend this for anyone that loves sourdough (or loves someone who does) and anyone that likes a world where magic exists, but it hides in the things that feel like home. 3/3
- I’m 2 chapters into Kaiju Preservation Society and I can’t read it without @wilwheaton.net’s voice in my head. I had to go look to see if he narrates the audiobook…he does. There just something about @scalzi.com’s voice in these standalones that Wil perfectly expresses. Enjoying the book, too.
- My kid used up his iPad time, Nintendo time, and TV time for the morning. He grabbed his little digital camera and figured out it has the Snake game on it. Resourceful little guy.
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- I felt underdressed for Xmas dinner yesterday when everyone else showed up in nice clothes. But I was perfectly dressed to play basketball with my son, since it was almost 70. That made me care a lot less.
- I am thoroughly enjoying The End Times. Thank you @badhandbooks.bsky.social for publishing this wonderful experiment.
- I could not figure out how a food supplier had a zero day exploit for a minute. This is a real “tell me you might work in tech now, but used to work in a restaurant” moment.
- I know I don’t have many follower, but just trying to give this as much viability as I can. I also used the “The End of the World as We Know It edited by Brian Keene and Christopher Golden” in a Teams poll asking when someone thought a task could be completed. 1 day, 2 weeks, etc.
- I’m hopeful that this could help usher in an age where energy doesn’t have to come from blasting the top from mountains. But if it can’t make billionaires more billions, it will probably be shelved Also, I’ve read @briankeene.bsky.social’s The Rising, so I know sciency things can go awry.
- Reposted by notsofastanymoreWe got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
- Boring Co. explores Nashville-to-Knoxville transit tunnel Hey, let’s give the oligarchs more money, then never produce anything useful or pay their contractors.
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- Less than 100 pages from the end of @joe-hill.bsky.social’s King Sorrow. I can’t decide whether to finish it or hold off for a few days, so I don’t have to leave these amazing characters. It feels so much like when I leave the Losers or Roland, Eddie, Susannah, Jake and Oy, every time.
- I finished it. Wow. This book is fantastic. I can’t even begin to express how I feel. The characters felt so real, like people I knew in college, and know still. Being only a few years younger than this crowd might help, in that regard.
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- This should be his Greg Stillson moment, but it won’t be. Any reasonable person would find the repugnant. But the people who still support this regime aren’t reasonable.
