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Classic Neal - super long, hits its stride midway through, lots of food for thought about the future, this time about potential climate disaster and the consequences of possible solutions. I‘d read anything of his at this point.

Thank you so much @StaceGhost for my #JolabokaflodSwap goodies!! I love Stephenson and can‘t wait to read this! Thank you @MaleficentBookDragon for organizing this!!

This was my first by this author. Written not far in the future, the climate is worsening and one man actually does something about it. Great premise and very timely. I hope it's not prophetic!! 4🌟

Recommended by @Emilayne . Here's to new to me authors!

A bit late with this one. Interesting and thought provoking.

February #Doublespin @TheAromaofBooks.

Goodreads creates this fun graphic. I learned that I read (and listened to) an average of 282 pages per day in 2021. (102,946 pages divided by 365 days). The shortest book, 18 pages, is a chapbook by Lisa Martin called Typology. I usually do a bunch of reading stats looking back on the previous year, but with my ongoing healing from a concussion, this graphic might be as far as I get.

While the main plot of this hefty novel centers on a billionaire's plan to single-handedly kickstart efforts to geoengineer a global cooling, it's also packed with details on feral pigs in Texas, storm surge defenses in Rotterdam, and the Line of Actual Control between India and China. There's *a lot* going on. Set in the near future, it would be an even more entertaining read if only it were less plausible.

Current read: Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson

To do: last minute Christmas shopping (my son finally sent me a list of books he wants, mostly fantasy)

Top of the TBR: Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

I got an advanced reader copy of this one. It tackles a huge concept: geoengineering. The technical details are good, but when it came to the actual characters I had a hard time getting attached to them.