Infomocracy: A Novel | 
Throwback to last night, when I ate coconut curry tofu while I read another chapter of INFOMOCRACY. I started the book earlier this month and decided to take a break when I realized I wasn‘t in the right mood for idea-centric SF. That was a good move, because now I‘m in the perfect mood for it! I hope I can scrounge some quality time with it tonight.
Presenting the four books I MUST get off La TBR in October. I chose INFOMOCRACY because I enjoyed Older‘s work on ORPHAN BLACK and THE ILLUSIONISTS because reading THE HUMMINGBIRD‘S DAUGHTER by Luis Alberto Urrea reminded me how much I like to wallow in thick historical novels.
TBH, I‘m not enthused about the last two. They‘re each the third book in a series where the second book was a huge disappointment. They get 50 pages to hook me.
pickLow-stakes near-future techno-thriller based on machinations between governments that run 100,000 person mini-states right before a decennial election. Ken works for one of them that is hoping to have a chance at the Supermajority (i.e., running the most mini-states). Mishima works for Information, the non-partisan technocratic organization that conducts elections & disseminates information. They team up to counter the bad guys & have sex.
My plan is to read the rest of the evening. Unless i get tired, i should finish Infomocracy tonight.
Infomocracy is finally getting a little interesting.
There's a natural disaster and some political intrigue and some people sexing each other.
It feels like something is about to happen finally. There was a little bit of intrigue between different governments the last time.
Getting some reading in at bedtime. Gotta be up early to watch soccer.
Infomocracy is about a future where governments rule areas with exactly 100000 people, and there's a few thousand parties that run. Doesn't seem like a 2nd place party gets a say in each "centenal" but i am not far enough in to grok the complete setup. There's some political chicanery afoot, but it's too early to tell what or to care much.
My Sounders team scarf (and season tickets) came today, so I'm wearing it and starting chapter 3.
pick3.5 ⭐
I enjoyed this, but I regret doing the audiobook. I think I would have preferred a physical copy more. I got lost in what was happening quite a few times, plus couldnt get my head around some of the concepts. I'll have to do a re-read - I think I'll get more out of it.
1 - 🎧 Magic for Liars and 📕 Infomocracy
2 - “The library at Osthorne Academy for Young Mages was silent save for the whisper of the books in the Theoretical Magic section.”
3 - Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain
Riley makes a good book stand. Ish. ❤️ #dogsoflitsy #Riley
bailedA total slog to get through 70 pages. Dense and unnecessarily complicated. The characters are uninteresting and wooden.
pickA book about elections, subterfuge, and voting. I enjoyed this book muchly. The world building is well thought out. Mishima is amazing.
pickIf you are looking to learn about current view of politics, do not read this book. If you want a futuristic thriller where political parties (“charismatic” creepy old power vs policy based vs corporation driven vs etc.) vie for election on a global scale in a micro-democracy system (I would be tempted to move to the Hello Kitty centenal) and the independent company “protecting” the world‘s information, read this book.
Hey friends I really enjoyed this book, and I‘m looking for something similar to follow it up with. It was very much a political techno thriller slash sci fi type thing, and I‘ve never really read anything like it before. I thought I‘d see if there were any #recommendations about! #scifi #technothriller #recomendsday picture of newly shaven Georgia for attention grabbing 😅❤️ #dogsoflitsy
pickI enjoyed this significantly more than I expected. It takes at least the first 1/4 to get interesting but once she hooks you it‘s hard to put down. Set 20 years in the future, global politics has evolved into micro democracy- instead of national governments an individual government is elected every 10 years by groups of 100,000 citizens. Very #technopunk #futuristic and #political, but definitely fulfilled my need for some hard sci-fi. 💙🌇
Not strictly #bookish but it‘s my birthday on the 11th so I thought I would treat myself to a day off today and an extra fancy #manicure. I can‘t get over how gorgeous my fingers are! And now that I‘m back from the salon I‘m hoping to finish this up- it‘s gotten really really good and I‘m super excited to see how it ends!
Anyone else visit Walmart for half price Easter candy today? 😅💖🐣
I 100% giggled at this quote. Post massive earthquake in Japan, and of course the tea cart is still up and running. I‘m enjoying the novel so far, but it‘s definitely a slow march through the first quarter. It‘s dense with future politics and technologies and I find myself often going back and re reading paragraphs for make sure I followed right.
Well, I‘ve got snacks, water, my book and tunes and a fresh scentsy cube on. Guess I‘m ready for the #litsyblackout2018 🙈📖
Welp. Lucille likes the book. I‘ve decided she needs her own hashtag 🖤📖 #LucilleProblems #tuxedocatsoflitsy
I‘m not quite finished with the #postlit pick, but I‘m feel the need for a change of pace. I picked up this techno-thriller and I‘m hoping a little cyber punk hits the spot for me.
pickThis is the perfect book for anyone who loves politics and high-concept SF, an intricately plotted story set 40 years in the future, when micro-democracy allows for thousands of choices in government and Information ensures all voters have access to objective data. A fascinating read in this time of alternative facts and rampant "narrative disorder." I already picked up the sequel and plan to read it very soon.
pickThis was a really interesting read! Almost the entire world is a global micro-democracy where each group of 100k people vote for what government they want. This story picks up 20 years into this new way of governing and right before the next big election that could make-or-break this way of life. The beginning was a little slow, but as it goes on there‘s double-dealing with political intrigue and espionage thrown in, too, to keep you guessing!
Trying to deal with my apparent apocalypse blues by reading a bunch of post apocalyptic and neo-societal fiction. This one's a little close for comfort with election hacking and such but it does a good job of explaining the functionality of the new micro-democratic arrangement without info dumping or unrealistic expository dialog
To hell with the kindle daily deal, the one click button, and my will power.
I'm halfway through with this book, and while it was a little slow going, it's starting to get really good! I'm enjoying it tonight with some crockpot chicken n' dumplings (sooo yummy!) and a new candle from @novellyyours called "Deck the Hauls" (love the pun!) that smells like sugar cookie, peppermint, and garland, I love it!
Starting this ebook today
pickInteresting take on politics in a future world. Some things seemed rather present day. I read it via my library. Not sure I will read the sequel though.
"We find that the people who hate each other that much rarely view the same types of Information." This seems an awful like now. Why do people hate so much? #smh
Laughing at the Hello Kitty centenal (government area) - I hope there is a Doctor Who centenal! 💙
Starting this one today. So far, so good! Someone posted about the sequel earlier, and that grabbed my interest.
Littens, I‘m not proud of how my summer trended. I wanted to be better. I also let my anxiety and depression get the better of me - a lot. It‘s amazing how I can look at this chart and see how my health has been affected. But I‘m hoping to start changing. I got out for the second day in a row today and I‘m hoping to continue the streak! Here‘s to happier days and healthier habits! 🍪🍪🍪
Got an ARC for the sequel, so it's time to read Infomocracy! (Good thing we're dead at work right now.)
Most of the bday book haul! Can't wait to get started on these 😊
Did you know there's a hammock park in Philly? I'm here for a few days visiting a friend, and we're relaxing with books in hammocks.
Saturday setup. At least for a little while. Enjoying this one quite a bit. We just started the last season of House of Cards last night, so I am all elections all the time. This is much better than real-life elections.
Library haul. all of which are on my good reads tbr.. this year I'm really working on diversifying my reading. Picked up a genre I don't really read+ two POC main characters + two different places (Australia / Arctic). #library #tbr #maybeonedaythelistwillbe #below10
This book smells especially amazing.
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I saw Trevor Noah tonight. He's even funnier than I imagined. I'm even more hopelessly in love. I'm pretty sure he's staying in the same hotel as I am tonight & it's so cool. This is probably the closest I'll ever be to him but I can't be the creepy stalker girl that doesn't respect privacy. So I guess I have to be content telling my grandkids I once stayed in the same hotel as TrevorNoah at the same time. Cause grandma was cool like that 💁🏼👵🏼
And now for something completely different.
pickCyberpunk.
Political thriller.
High concept science fiction.
Global adventure.
However you classify this, the audiobook narrated by Christine Marshall kept me riveted. If you like novels by William Gibson or Cory Doctorow, check this out!
