{"id":9753,"date":"2025-08-11T19:16:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T16:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/11\/some-books\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T19:16:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T16:16:55","slug":"some-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/11\/some-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An internet friend <a href=\"https:\/\/allamaraine.io\/@hisaac\/114990274156235460\">asked the other day<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It appears I have finally rebooted my reading hobby, after years of trying. Feels good.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What\u2019s something great you\u2019ve read?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s some of my favorites (in no particular order).<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/18505792-the-ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=QVuAvB3nsE&amp;rank=1\"><em>The Ocean at the End of the Lane<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Neil Gaiman<br \/>Wonderful, quick, fantasy novel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/48328.Revolutionary_Road?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=8X3AVijfNU&amp;rank=2\"><em>Revolutionary Road<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Richard Yates<br \/>A gut-wrenching family drama.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/6913830-blind-descent?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=ZsN7tBayDf&amp;rank=1\"><em>Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by James M. Tabor<br \/>I\u2019ve never been hooked so hard by a non-fiction book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sive.rs\/n\"><em>Hell Yeah or No<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Derek Sivers<br \/>Modern advice and wisdom.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/205363955-meditations-for-mortals?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=1XNSxQpk3k&amp;rank=1\"><em>Mediation for Mortals<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Oliver Burkeman<br \/>Forced me to rethink parts of my life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/38169.Alas_Babylon\"><em>Alas, Babylon<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Pat Frank<br \/>My dad was an English teacher, and this was a favorite of his \u2013 and now mine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/145654483-midnight-on-beacon-street\"><em>Midnight on Beacon Street<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Emily Ruth Verona<br \/>Horror joy ride.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/42779092-the-chain\"><em>The Chain<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Adrian McKinty<br \/>Hold on to your butt horror.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/840.The_Design_of_Everyday_Things\"><em>The Design of Everyday Things<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Donald A. Norman<br \/>A great book for software developers that isn\u2019t about software.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An internet friend asked the other day: It appears I have finally rebooted my reading hobby, after years of trying. Feels good. What\u2019s something great you\u2019ve read? Here\u2019s some of my favorites (in no particular order). The Ocean at the End of the Lane\u00a0by Neil GaimanWonderful, quick, fantasy novel. Revolutionary Road\u00a0by Richard YatesA gut-wrenching family [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-explore","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}