The Slow Reader

Music in this episode: "Tree Fever" by Tha Silent Partner, from the album "Capsule Two: Plates For Nujabes (Another Platters Intermission)" License: CC BY-NC-SA The main review for this episode is "Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past" by Brett Popplewell. I read 8 other books between the last episode (Unreconciled) and this one. They are: The Devil in the White City (Erik Larson) - 3/5 The Cartographers (Peng Shepherd) - 2/5 Skin and Other Stories (Roald Dahl) - 3/5 Moon of the Crusted Snow (Waubgeshig Rice) - 4/5 Spider-Man: Life Story (Chip Zdarsky, Mark Bagley) - 4/5 Han Solo and the Lost Legacy (Brian Daley) - 1/5 Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Silver Surfer (Roy Thomas, Stan Lee) - 1/5 Star Wars: Darth Vader - Black, White & Red (Various) - 3/5 You can read my thoughts about all of these books on my Storygraph page. Want to get in touch with me? You can find me on these social media platforms: Mastodon Bluesky Note: I'm most active on Mastodon. Support The Slow Reader by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/slow-reader Find out more at https://slow-reader.pinecast.co

In today's episode, I talk about Jesse Wente's memoir Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance (Goodreads, Storygraph). Content warning: some discussion of racism. Music in this episode: "8" by Kahwe, from Library Beats (CC BY 3.0) Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/stephen_g Mastodon: https://mstdn.ca/@srgower Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/srgower.bsky.social Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2474979-stephen-gower The Storygraph: https://thestorygraph.com/profile/srgower Support The Slow Reader by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/slow-reader Find out more at https://slow-reader.pinecast.co

In today's episode, I review the graphic novel omnibus "Epileptic" by David B (Goodreads, Storygraph). Music in this episode: "10" by Kahwe, from Library Beats (CC BY 3.0) Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/stephen_g Mastodon: https://mstdn.ca/@srgower Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/srgower.bsky.social Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2474979-stephen-gower The Storygraph: https://thestorygraph.com/profile/srgower Support The Slow Reader by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/slow-reader Find out more at https://slow-reader.pinecast.co

Back for the Fall! I read and reviewed The Big Bang Theory: An Oral History by author Jessica Radloff. I enjoyed this book and gave it 4 stars. Listen to hear more! Visit the blog for more shows: https://slowreader.art.blog Music used in this podcast episode: Mozart's Sonata No.11 performed by OnClassical (CC-SA-NC-BY) Mastodon: https://mstdn.ca/@srgower Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/srgower.bsky.social Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2474979-stephen-gower The Storygraph: https://thestorygraph.com/profile/srgower Support The Slow Reader by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/slow-reader Find out more at https://slow-reader.pinecast.co

In this episode, I review Cory Doctorow's latest novel Red Team Blues, Kliph Nesteroff's We Had A Little Real Estate Problem, and some comments on my current read, Isaac Asimov's Asimov's Mysteries. Music in this episode is A Night on the Town by Stefan Kartenberg - CC-BY-NC-ND. Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/stephen_g Mastodon: https://mstdn.ca/@srgower Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2474979-stephen-gower The Storygraph: https://thestorygraph.com/profile/srgower Support The Slow Reader by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/slow-reader Find out more at https://slow-reader.pinecast.co

For this episode I read "The Caves of Steel" by Isaac Asimov. "Caves" is a murder mystery sci-fi story, though the mystery aspect is second fiddle to the science fiction background. This was a fun book to read and I am glad Josh Wetenkamp (https://twitter.com/wetjosh, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/science-fiction-shorts/id1466031504) recommended this to me last year. Cory Doctorow's article about "time tax": https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/10/my-time/#like-water-down-the-drain Music used in this podcast episode: Mozart's Sonata No.11 performed by OnClassical (CC-SA-NC-BY) Mastodon: https://ottawa.place/@srgower Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2474979-stephen-gower Support The Slow Reader by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/slow-reader Find out more at https://slow-reader.pinecast.co

Welcome to 2023! In this episode I do a quick wrap of 2022 and declare my favourite book from last year, and review 4 books - including The Spare Man, by Mary Robinette Kowal. Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/stephen_g Mastodon: https://mstdn.ca/@srgower Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2474979-stephen-gower Support The Slow Reader by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/slow-reader Find out more at https://slow-reader.pinecast.co

In today's episode I cover 5 books (4 rated, one I did not finish) starting with the most recent finished book, Bram Stoker's Dracula. This crop of books turned out to be very good. Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/stephen_g Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2474979-stephen-gower Support The Slow Reader by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/slow-reader Find out more at https://slow-reader.pinecast.co

In today's episode, I present a review of James Rollins' 2020 novel The Last Odyssey. I have read many other books in the last 6 months but I have a lot of notes to gather before I can podcast about them. Listen on for my thoughts and review of The Last Odyssey. Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/stephen_g Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2474979-stephen-gower Support The Slow Reader by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/slow-reader Find out more at https://slow-reader.pinecast.co

In this episode, I review Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick - but I'm joined by special guest Josh Wetenkamp! Josh and I picked this book to review late last year, and we finally got together to read it & pick it a part. Great discussion ensued. You can find Josh's podcast on all major platforms, including Apple Podcasts: Science Fiction Shorts. Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/stephen_g Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2474979-stephen-gower Support The Slow Reader by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/slow-reader Find out more at https://slow-reader.pinecast.co