Book Recs
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I'm not a bookish person. Every year, I can 
count in one hand the number of book I've
attempted to read. As soon as a book displays
symptoms of "annoying writing" (see below),
it is diagnosed as "unreaable" and I never 
look back. I generally stick to library books
for this reason.

On the rare occasion I do find an enjoyable
book, I have no problem reading it over and
over again. I splurge on the hardback and
audiobook (if available). They become my 
patient companions as I trudge through the 
mundanity of life, my stalwart anchor when 
despair threatens to consume me. 


My Favourites
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- If You Should Fail 
  Author: Joe Moran
  Audiobook Narrator: Ned Porteous

- First You Write a Sentence 
  Author: Joe Moran
  Audiobook Narrator: Roy McMillan

- All the Beauty in the World
  Author and Audiobook Narrator:
  Patrick Bringley

- The Gospel of the Eels 
  Author: Patrik Svensson

- An Admirable Point
  Author: Florence Hazrat

- How Data Happened
  Author: Chris Wiggins & Matthew L. Jones
  Narrator: Eric Jason Martin
  *Note* The narrator kinda sounds like
          Welt from Honkai Star Rail!

- There's No Such Thing As an Easy Job
  Author: Kikuko Tsumura
  Translator: Polly Barton


Symptoms of Annoying Writing
(a.k.a. personal pet-peeves)
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- Very long nouns (e.g. "the behavioral 
  value reinvestment cycle") that get 
  repeated over and over

- Too many -ity and -ation words
  (e.g. modernity, globalisation etc.)

- Author starts the book by listing thier
  achievements or bragging about their
  influence. (Ironically, this makes me
  trust them less. Usually the first sign
  of preachy prose.)



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