Non-fiction

• In Praise of Floods by James C. Scott.
  • You probably know Scott from Seeing Like a State or The Art of Not Being Governed. He is a political scientist and anthropologist, and he blends that very well into a book about the environment and ecology.
• Demon’s Game by Rob Worthing.
  • The new book out in the tenkara space, focused on the Oni School of tenkara (the teachings and style of Masami Sakakibara).
• The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling by John Muir Laws.
  • I want to get better are drawing while out in nature! This seems to be the book on the subject, so I picked it up.
• Ponds, an Illustrated Guide by Patrick J. Lynch.
  • I follow Lynch on Bluesky and saw his new book. Charlie loves ponds and marshes, so I thought this would be a good book to look at with him and keep around the house for reference. I also pre-ordered Lynch’s forthcoming Streams illustrated guide, out in September.

Fiction

• Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells.
  • Sixth book in the Murderbot Diaries series. Easy read with short chapters when I need a mental break.
• Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan.
  • I watched the TV series during covid before I knew it was a book. A friend is letting me borrow his copy and I’m enjoying it.