Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr didn’t click for me until I was already more than 80% of the way through the book. Up to that point, I had enjoyed it, but I didn’t quite know where the book was leading. Told in anachronic order, the novel weaves together the stories of five characters over … →

I forget when I purchased Anathem by Neal Stephenson and added it to my Kindle library. I’m guessing it was probably in 2013 or so since I had finished reading The Diamond Age by him at that time, and really enjoyed that book. Whenever I bought it though, the book sat, collecting digital dust, in … →