Book: Working - Studs Terkel Date: October 11, 2025 Opinion: An oral history book written in the early 70s, shedding a light on people's relationship to work by listening to them talk about it. Each person's piece is a few pages and the book is 640 pages long. It was in practice a slog to get through but at no point did I want to stop. Deeply moving and thought provoking. 4/5

Book: Some Desperate Glory Date: August 6, 2025 Opinion: A pacey tale of a indoctrinated teenage soldier coming to realize her situation, and dealing with Sci Fi Maguffins at the same time. I can't decide if this was too overt in its messaging and I'm not a huge fan of how it resolves but it was an enjoyable read all the same 3/5

Book: One Billion Years to the End of the World - Arkady and Boris Strugatsky Date: February 28, 2023 Opinion: A bizarre and surreal novel about a mathematician on the verge of a break through who keeps getting interrupted. Very much a Strugatsky book, I enjoyed reading it but its hard to decide if anything real actually happens in it!

Book: An Elegant Puzzle - Will Larson Date: February 7, 2023 Opinion: I would sooner describe management as an in-elegant puzzle but this book does a good job of giving a surface level set of tools for succeeding in the role. I would say more applicable in small/medium companies then large established ones. I would recommend to anyone new to managing managers, I think it would be less useful to new to line managers but could help those already experienced who are looking to grow.

Book: A Closed and Common Orbit - Becky Chambers Date: November 19, 2022 Opinion: Following a recently embodied AI and recounting the tale of a little orphan girl who escapes confinement. Decent page turner but light on suspense, mystery or action to really make it engaging. 3/5