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Books read in July
Aug. 3rd, 2025 10:57 amConsumed a lot this month: 3 books, an audiobook, a graphic novel and a big chunk of the Murderbot series.
White House Butlers: A History of White House Chief Ushers and Butlers by Howard Brinkley
An extremely abbreviated account. Okay, but if you really want an in depth history I'd recommend The President's Kitchen Cabinet by Adrian Miller
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
A very unique vampire story with 3 distinct narrators: a Blackfeet warrior and a Lutheran pastor from 1912 and a struggling academic in 2012. I'd heard great recommendations of Jones as an author, but this is the first thing by him that I've read. Now I'm curious about his other books.
Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze by Mellow Brown and DJ Ben Ha Meen
A graphic novel about a dystopian space future where Jimi Hendrix fights an evil corporation government with the power of his psychedelic music. Weak writing and art let this down. Do not recommend.
A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
Another Indira Varma-narrated Tiffany Aching audiobook. Fun, still enjoying these.
Abraham Lincoln in the Kitchen: A Culinary View of Lincon's Life and Times by Rae Katherine Eighmey
Eighmey's approach to culinary history research is really good, using letters, newspapers, and other primary sources of the time and geographic area where Lincoln lived to get a sense what foods he would have encountered and eaten. She uses period cookbooks from that time & place and carefully reconstructs the recipes. I love this quote:
"The joy of studying history through cooking is that foods provide a complex sensory immersion into the past. This study, and the eating that follows it, is time travel at the dinner table. . . "
All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, and Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
Inspired by the tv show I'm plunging into a Murderbot reread. I think I'm enjoying them more this time around. I'll be at Worldcon in Seattle this month where I definitely plan on attending her panel on season 1 of the tv series.
White House Butlers: A History of White House Chief Ushers and Butlers by Howard Brinkley
An extremely abbreviated account. Okay, but if you really want an in depth history I'd recommend The President's Kitchen Cabinet by Adrian Miller
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
A very unique vampire story with 3 distinct narrators: a Blackfeet warrior and a Lutheran pastor from 1912 and a struggling academic in 2012. I'd heard great recommendations of Jones as an author, but this is the first thing by him that I've read. Now I'm curious about his other books.
Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze by Mellow Brown and DJ Ben Ha Meen
A graphic novel about a dystopian space future where Jimi Hendrix fights an evil corporation government with the power of his psychedelic music. Weak writing and art let this down. Do not recommend.
A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
Another Indira Varma-narrated Tiffany Aching audiobook. Fun, still enjoying these.
Abraham Lincoln in the Kitchen: A Culinary View of Lincon's Life and Times by Rae Katherine Eighmey
Eighmey's approach to culinary history research is really good, using letters, newspapers, and other primary sources of the time and geographic area where Lincoln lived to get a sense what foods he would have encountered and eaten. She uses period cookbooks from that time & place and carefully reconstructs the recipes. I love this quote:
"The joy of studying history through cooking is that foods provide a complex sensory immersion into the past. This study, and the eating that follows it, is time travel at the dinner table. . . "
All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, and Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
Inspired by the tv show I'm plunging into a Murderbot reread. I think I'm enjoying them more this time around. I'll be at Worldcon in Seattle this month where I definitely plan on attending her panel on season 1 of the tv series.
