#SpringSkies
Three #NFTechnology books I have read. The tagged book about the fight for our intimate privacy in the world of technology & the other two memoirs/exposes about when rights were violated in the field of technology. All three made me mad & made me think. 😤🤔
pickA fascinating, terrifying book for this month‘s #bookspin
What an incredibly brave man.
Annnnd, I‘m probably on a list now 😬
pickI absolutely loved this! It might have upped the plot complexity to have made Mae more conflicted about what was happening, but I feel like her “sheeple”-like quality represents society as a whole. The book is so spot-on with the approach to social media. Especially terrifying is the thought process behind their ever-more controlling surveillance tactics. I can see people today agreeing with them. Highly recommended for dystopian fans!
pickA stylish, dystopic sci fi detective noir about privacy, freedom, isolation and connection, looking back at our current technological age and forward to possible dramatic difference with an equally jaundiced eye. More questions raised than points made. As much sex/nudity/violence as I've come to expect from Vaughan after Saga.
pickThis was such a good read. A lot of it was quite nostalgic for me. Feel bad for the poor guy. He's really brave.
pickPretty scary at how spot on Eggers was with the direction in which social media is going. There were some eye-rolling moments which weakened the book‘s effect on me, so it‘s just a soft pick. My last completion in a somewhat dismal reading year. 😞
#1001books
pickThis was cool! A near future America where the fourth estate takes control after the digital Cloud bursts and the Internet is dismantled. A P.I. gets pulled into a conspiracy when his client is killed. A classic trope, but expertly translated into a unique setting. Maybe my last completed read of 2024?
I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join in if you want!
#ABookADay2023
pickWe meet Mae on her first day in her new job at the Circle. We sit with her on training sessions, as her desk acquires more screens, as her responsibilities increase.
We watch as Mae integrates with her new company culture, we watch as her new job becomes a lifestyle and the destruction that causes her, her family and the world.
This is a compelling read but it's also horrifying and uncomfortable.
