It’s time to review and reflect about Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, the third instalment in The Year of Sanderson and the second in the Cosmere. This will probably become one of my favorite books of the Cosmere and be in my top tier of fiction books.
The conclusion of the Remembrance of Earth’s Past Trilogy comes to an end. The story has come far since those first chapters of The Three-Body Problem so focused on Chinese history that one had to read translators comments to understand the intention of the words. Now, after many years after the crisis began, humanity lives in a completely different world, confronting threats that were unimaginable before.
I approached the Lawful Times series from a position of having watched the author’s YouTube videos for a long time and sharing some of his taste about fiction. Considering this, I was certain that I would, at the very least, find the experience enjoyable. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find myself captivated and craving more from this series.
I’ve always been an avid fan of podcasts, but surprisingly, I had never listened any true crime audio serials. It was an absolute delight to have my first experience with a fictional one through Dark One: Forgotten. It transported me back to the days when podcasts were crafted purely out of passion and genuine love, rather than being driven by money. The combination of the captivating mystery intertwined with the knowledge that there’s a fictional element at play made it impossible for me stop listening. I wholeheartedly recommend this immersive experience!
Last year, I embarked on an incredible journey through the first two acts of The Sandman audio series, and now, at long last, I’ve been immersed in the highly-anticipated third act. The Sandman keeps being an extraordinary masterpiece; simply calling it an audio-book fails to capture its true essence. Every aspect of the production, from the exceptional cast to the mesmerizing sound design and enchanting music, harmoniously blend together to create an incredible experience.
And here we are again, the second book of The Year of Sanderson has arrived. This time though, I didn’t jump on it immediately, unlike Tress, this is not a Cosmere novel so I was not so eager to devour it; I was deep in another world of Critical Role, catching up with the show and reading a novel.
As I advanced in Back to Critical Role, I’ve been reading a book from Critical Role, the adventures of Vex and Vax before the events of Vox Machina. This came out because I was completing the YouTube channel and saw a promotional video about the book. I immediately got curious about how the world and characters were portrait in writing, so I just went for it!
After finishing A Crown of Swords, I started with the next book but got stuck in the prologue. The Wheel of Times prologues are so annoying because they are very long and about characters I rarely care about. It’s a way to put you up to speed with those characters, but is very draining.
After just 12 days, I just finished A Crown of Swords, the 7th book of The Wheel of Time.
And here we are again! After pausing The Wheel of Time and having ready all the Cosmere I decided it was time to go back to the epic adventures of Rand al’Thor.
Fated Blight is the first entrance in the trilogy of The Sum of Ages Series and I think this is a very good first book. I got this book via a giveaway in The StoryGraph and it has been a pleasure.
I just finished The Dark Forest, book 2 of the Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy.
I just finished this beautiful book, the first one in The Year of Sanderson.
A few years ago I felt back in love with reading again. I’ve always been a reader, but for a long time I prioritized other hobbies. The social web and easy to digest content occupied most of my leisure time for many years. But the desire nostalgia for experiencing fantasy put me again on the right track.
Last night I finished Mistborn, The Final Empire. And I have to say: I loved it! If it’s not my new favorite story it’s very close.
This year I got into The Wheel of Time series. I wanted to get a test of this well renown epic fantasy before the TV show aired. I’m sure the show will be good, but is going to differ from the books for sure. You can’t adept fourteen thousand pages book without cutting corners.
When I was younger, I loved fantasy so much that I always wanted to make a world of my own. When I was around fourteen, I started doing it. Yes, I started writing a novel. I still have it in my hard drive. It’s very cheesy, but I find in there the dreams of a younger me. And the interesting thing is that those dreams never died off.
When somebody asks me what kind of books I read the answer is always the same: fiction. I very rarely read non-fiction books because real life is boring, a funny sentence that I said without thinking many years ago and became a constant joke at work. Jokes aside, I think it describes quite right what I look for when reading: I want to visit other worlds and live other lives.
After having more clarity on what I want from a notes system I decided to start looking for Apps out there that could satisfy my needs.
I’ve been using Notes.app for a while. It is really nice and works really well, but at some point I’ve gotten to a point that I need some extra features.
One year ago I decided to dedicate a little more time to books. I’m always eager to learn and consume stories and narratives, but is truth that other forms of media did overrule books for me. Thanks to the Goodreads Reading Challenge and the purchase of an Amazon Kindle I’ve recovered the love for novels.
Snapshot from my tweets about Black Mirror Season 4, for posterity.
I’m 26 years old. And at the time of writing this I still have my 4 grandparents alive. I’ve been lucky. One could say I’ve never lost anyone and that is fair. I just remember the lost of my grangranparents and I was younger and not so close to them.
Oh, that feeling when you find small features that you didn’t know.
On the episode 125 of ATP (A Better Future for Everybody) there was an intense talk abut the future of the software and its openness. The talk started as the usual fight between web and native software. Usually I don’t like to take part on this kind of fights. They are just people trying to defend the elections of their life. But in this case there was something different that make me meditate about it. And, honestly, I have to admit that I agree almost with everything Marco said.
Last 3rd of July I left the office a little earlier than usual. I had a flight to take, a flight that took me and my girlfriend from London to Glasgow. We had been waiting for this trip for a while. For us, this was not simply a sight-seeing trip, but a chance to enjoy the beauty of nature and the Scottish landscape.
Interesting to watch Professor Steve Furber talk about how Apple played an important role as a client of Acorn. If not for that maybe ARM would’t exist anymore.
This post was originally posted in Medium. I reposted it here after the announce of Lego Worlds. It made me think about this post.
In the era of the Internet of Things we are the first Thing that is always connected. Luckily for me I spent the past week enjoying my holidays with my girlfriend. We went to Switzerland and we didn’t have cellular connection on our devices. That has turn out to be a great thing.
It’s easy and frankly unfair for me to call these people geniuses and wizards. When compared to my baseline laziness, a lot of people qualify for the genius status.
A very good episode (you should suscribe to Developing Prespective) and a very good post. But for me the most interesting and surprising part is this one:
You must read this article about Minecraft, go! Now!
In their 20s, most people expend a lot of energy on worry. The decisions you are making seem irrevocable and scary. Maybe you think that making the wrong decision will be catastrophic.
Users will report poor battery life after every iOS update. Always. For eternity. This is not newsworthy.