diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml index 2a368ad7..4b64e20e 100644 --- a/config.toml +++ b/config.toml @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ -relativeURLs = true languageCode = "en-gb" theme = "hello-friend-ng" @@ -9,6 +8,7 @@ PygmentsStyle = "monokai" # disqusShortname = "" canonifyURLs = true +relativeURLs = true enableRobotsTXT = true enableGitInfo = false diff --git a/content/posts/reviews/books/alan-lightman/einsteins-dream.md b/content/posts/reviews/books/alan-lightman/einsteins-dreams.md similarity index 86% rename from content/posts/reviews/books/alan-lightman/einsteins-dream.md rename to content/posts/reviews/books/alan-lightman/einsteins-dreams.md index 6176a1d6..95a218d8 100644 --- a/content/posts/reviews/books/alan-lightman/einsteins-dream.md +++ b/content/posts/reviews/books/alan-lightman/einsteins-dreams.md @@ -1,11 +1,10 @@ --- -title: Einstein's Dream +title: Einstein's Dreams subtitle: A book by Alan Lightman type: review -date: 2013-05-08 -emoji: 📖 +date: "2013-05-10T00:00:00Z" +emoji: "\U0001F4D6" draft: false -images: tags: - imported - from-goodreads @@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ syndications: - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/610034736 --- -{{< book "9781400077809" >}} +{{< openlibrary "9781400077809" >}} A wonderful series of glimpses of strange worlds where time is fundamentally different - an insight into the weird and wonderful worlds Einstein must have dreamt through in his Annus Mirabilis. diff --git a/content/posts/reviews/books/charles-stross/accelerando-singularity.md b/content/posts/reviews/books/charles-stross/accelerando-singularity.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..53d6a948 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/reviews/books/charles-stross/accelerando-singularity.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +title: Accelerando (Singularity) +subtitle: A book by Charles Stross +type: review +date: "2013-05-01T00:00:00Z" +emoji: "\U0001F4D6" +draft: false +tags: +- imported +- from-goodreads +syndications: +- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/604252422 +--- + +{{< openlibrary "9780441014156" >}} + +An interesting and gripping book with food for much deep thought on the nature of morality, but the "story over many generations" format has always left me feeling as though I've read a group of short stories, each with an unsatisfactory end. diff --git a/content/posts/reviews/books/daniil-kharms/incidences.md b/content/posts/reviews/books/daniil-kharms/incidences.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..386e7ae5 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/reviews/books/daniil-kharms/incidences.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +title: Incidences +subtitle: A book by Daniil Kharms +type: review +date: "2011-10-16T00:00:00Z" +emoji: "\U0001F4D6" +draft: false +tags: +- imported +- from-goodreads +syndications: +- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/111896935 +--- + +{{< openlibrary "9781852424800" >}} + +I really love the style of his almost ridiculously brief short stories — they contain a lot for so few lines! diff --git a/content/posts/reviews/books/ernest-cline/ready-player-one-ready-player-one-1-.md b/content/posts/reviews/books/ernest-cline/ready-player-one-ready-player-one-1-.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..69a45da9 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/reviews/books/ernest-cline/ready-player-one-ready-player-one-1-.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +title: Ready Player One +subtitle: A book by Ernest Cline +type: review +date: "2011-08-25T00:00:00Z" +emoji: "\U0001F4D6" +draft: false +tags: +- imported +- from-goodreads +syndications: +- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/202287308 +--- + +{{< openlibrary "9780307887436" >}} + +I absolutely demolished this book - it's a completely engrossing tale, well worth a read! diff --git a/content/posts/reviews/books/iain-m-banks/consider-phlebas.md b/content/posts/reviews/books/iain-m-banks/consider-phlebas.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..792e7524 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/reviews/books/iain-m-banks/consider-phlebas.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +title: Consider Phlebas +subtitle: A book by Iain M. Banks +type: review +date: "2012-04-21T00:00:00Z" +emoji: "\U0001F4D6" +draft: false +tags: +- imported +- from-goodreads +syndications: +- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/316204375 +--- + +{{< openlibrary "9781857231380" >}} + +Great story, satisfying if saddening end. diff --git a/content/posts/reviews/books/jasper-fforde/lost-in-a-good-book.md b/content/posts/reviews/books/jasper-fforde/lost-in-a-good-book.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..10d9ebfb --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/reviews/books/jasper-fforde/lost-in-a-good-book.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +title: Lost in a Good Book +subtitle: A book by Jasper Fforde +type: review +date: "2013-08-18T00:00:00Z" +emoji: "\U0001F4D6" +draft: false +tags: +- imported +- from-goodreads +syndications: +- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/695460156 +--- + +{{< openlibrary "9780142004036" >}} + +Very enjoyable, though a little indistinct from the Jane Eyre affair, I think it stands as part of the series but not so much on its own. diff --git a/content/posts/reviews/books/jasper-fforde/the-eyre-affair.md b/content/posts/reviews/books/jasper-fforde/the-eyre-affair.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ad43d7a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/reviews/books/jasper-fforde/the-eyre-affair.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +title: The Eyre Affair +subtitle: A book by Jasper Fforde +type: review +date: "2013-08-10T00:00:00Z" +emoji: "\U0001F4D6" +draft: false +tags: +- imported +- from-goodreads +syndications: +- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/687343966 +--- + +{{< openlibrary "9780142001806" >}} + +Charmingly written, with an interesting plot, deep characters and a very interesting precepts - well worth a read! diff --git a/content/posts/reviews/books/john-scalzi/the-consuming-fire.md b/content/posts/reviews/books/john-scalzi/the-consuming-fire.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..96c04a75 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/reviews/books/john-scalzi/the-consuming-fire.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +--- +title: The Consuming Fire +subtitle: A book by John Scalzi +type: review +date: "2018-10-20T00:00:00Z" +emoji: "\U0001F4D6" +draft: false +tags: +- imported +- from-goodreads +syndications: +- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2569740480 +--- + +{{< openlibrary "9781509835171" >}} + +Completely engaging, I breezed through this book like I do all Scalzi's work — great fun! + +## Quotes + +> Confidence isn’t about knowing you’re right. Confidence is about knowing you can make it right. diff --git a/content/posts/reviews/books/john-scalzi/the-human-division.md b/content/posts/reviews/books/john-scalzi/the-human-division.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9be199e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/reviews/books/john-scalzi/the-human-division.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +--- +title: The Human Division +subtitle: A book by John Scalzi +type: review +date: "2013-05-01T00:00:00Z" +emoji: "\U0001F4D6" +draft: false +tags: +- imported +- from-goodreads +syndications: +- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/604255023 +--- + +{{< openlibrary "9780765333513" >}} + +Wonderful! The serialisation of this book was perfect for the story and I was always looking forward to Tuesday mornings when my Kindle would update with the latest edition. + +I find myself looking for a sequel. diff --git a/content/posts/reviews/books/ken-macleod/intrusion.md b/content/posts/reviews/books/ken-macleod/intrusion.md index 04b17cc2..08bdcc03 100644 --- a/content/posts/reviews/books/ken-macleod/intrusion.md +++ b/content/posts/reviews/books/ken-macleod/intrusion.md @@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ title: Intrusion subtitle: A book by Ken MacLeod type: review -date: 2013-04-20 -emoji: 📖 +date: "2013-04-20T00:00:00Z" +emoji: "\U0001F4D6" draft: false -images: tags: - imported - from-goodreads @@ -13,6 +12,6 @@ syndications: - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/566131190 --- -{{< book "9781841499390" >}} +{{< openlibrary "9781841499390" >}} A very well written book with a good combination of mystery, politics, scientific fact and deep characters. Occasionally the technical talk may be overwhelming (for me it was with the politics, but there's some chemistry, technology and a little law) but it's skilfully placed to not hand-hold those with technical knowledge while allowing those without the specific knowledge enough to follow the story. diff --git a/content/posts/reviews/books/kim-stanley-robinson/2312.md b/content/posts/reviews/books/kim-stanley-robinson/2312.md index 06bad5e0..fef8edeb 100644 --- a/content/posts/reviews/books/kim-stanley-robinson/2312.md +++ b/content/posts/reviews/books/kim-stanley-robinson/2312.md @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ --- -title: 2312 +title: "2312" subtitle: A book by Kim Stanley Robinson type: review -date: 2013-05-01 -emoji: 📖 +date: "2013-04-01T00:00:00Z" +emoji: "\U0001F4D6" draft: false tags: - imported @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ syndications: - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/604253366 --- -{{< book "9780316098120" >}} +{{< openlibrary "9780316098120" >}} Tough reading at times, I often got the nagging feeling that the author was trying to impress me with his (obviously deep and detailed) knowledge of a wide variety of topics above telling a story. This did lend to the feel of the book as a kind of fictional historical text (which I think was the intention), but I did put the book down once without the intention of picking it up again. diff --git a/content/posts/reviews/books/neil-gaiman/make-good-art.md b/content/posts/reviews/books/neil-gaiman/make-good-art.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0f3f8f74 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/reviews/books/neil-gaiman/make-good-art.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +title: Make Good Art +subtitle: A book by Neil Gaiman +type: review +date: "2014-01-02T00:00:00Z" +emoji: "\U0001F4D6" +draft: false +tags: +- imported +- from-goodreads +syndications: +- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/808658340 +--- + +{{< openlibrary "9780062266767" >}} + +A lovely little speech with printed in an interesting and expressive way (if occasionally slightly irritating on the first read!). Well worth reading if you ever have or ever will make things. diff --git a/content/posts/reviews/books/rachel-joyce/the-unlikely-pilgrimage-of-harold-fry-harold-fry-1-.md b/content/posts/reviews/books/rachel-joyce/the-unlikely-pilgrimage-of-harold-fry-harold-fry-1-.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..be09b241 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/reviews/books/rachel-joyce/the-unlikely-pilgrimage-of-harold-fry-harold-fry-1-.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +title: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry +subtitle: A book by Rachel Joyce +type: review +date: "2013-08-03T00:00:00Z" +emoji: "\U0001F4D6" +draft: false +tags: +- imported +- from-goodreads +syndications: +- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/687343274 +--- + +{{< openlibrary "9780812993295" >}} + +A wonderfully simple story about a man who ends up doing something he believes in. Easy to breeze through, it's a wholly satisfying read. diff --git a/content/posts/reviews/books/richard-p-feynman/qed-the-strange-theory-of-light-and-matter.md b/content/posts/reviews/books/richard-p-feynman/qed-the-strange-theory-of-light-and-matter.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f7673f5f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/reviews/books/richard-p-feynman/qed-the-strange-theory-of-light-and-matter.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +title: 'QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter' +subtitle: A book by Richard P. Feynman +type: review +date: "2011-10-15T00:00:00Z" +emoji: "\U0001F4D6" +draft: false +tags: +- imported +- from-goodreads +syndications: +- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/224218792 +--- + +{{< openlibrary "9780140125054" >}} + +Always a pleasure to read. Even having covered the content during my Physics degree his style is a pleasure to get into and his analogies work as well for a physicist as I'm sure they would have done for Alix. diff --git a/content/posts/reviews/books/robin-sloan/mr-penumbras-24-hour-bookstore-mr-penumbras-24-hour-bookstore-1-.md b/content/posts/reviews/books/robin-sloan/mr-penumbras-24-hour-bookstore-mr-penumbras-24-hour-bookstore-1-.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..370ae1ea --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/reviews/books/robin-sloan/mr-penumbras-24-hour-bookstore-mr-penumbras-24-hour-bookstore-1-.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +title: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore +subtitle: A book by Robin Sloan +type: review +date: "2013-08-23T00:00:00Z" +emoji: "\U0001F4D6" +draft: false +tags: +- imported +- from-goodreads +syndications: +- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/698555776 +--- + +{{< openlibrary "9781782391210" >}} + +This is a superb book. Inspiring, permanently thrilling, believable but without trying to be, witty and laugh-out-loud funny in places – I can't recommend it enough. diff --git a/content/posts/reviews/books/ryan-north/poor-yorick.jpg b/content/posts/reviews/books/ryan-north/poor-yorick.jpg new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5433f579 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/posts/reviews/books/ryan-north/poor-yorick.jpg differ diff --git a/content/posts/reviews/books/ryan-north/poor-yorick.md b/content/posts/reviews/books/ryan-north/poor-yorick.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5b4bc76d --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/reviews/books/ryan-north/poor-yorick.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +title: Poor Yorick +subtitle: A book by Ryan North +type: review +date: "2014-01-01T00:00:00Z" +emoji: "\U0001F4D6" +draft: false +tags: +- imported +- from-goodreads +syndications: +- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/808640102 +--- + +{{< openlibrary "OL49208407M" >}} + +Ridiculous and fun - a short, choose-your-own-journey story with much nifty reference to Hamlet. diff --git a/content/posts/reviews/books/steven-hall/the-raw-shark-texts.md b/content/posts/reviews/books/steven-hall/the-raw-shark-texts.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0a26f592 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/reviews/books/steven-hall/the-raw-shark-texts.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +title: The Raw Shark Texts +subtitle: A book by Steven Hall +type: review +date: "2014-04-02T00:00:00Z" +emoji: "\U0001F4D6" +draft: false +tags: +- imported +- from-goodreads +syndications: +- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/879236135 +--- + +{{< openlibrary "9781847670243" >}} + +Took me a while to get into it, but the concept is excellent and Hall doesn't assume the reader is an idiot - I get the feeling I'm going to need to read it again and hunt down the unchapters though… diff --git a/content/posts/reviews/books/terry-pratchett/sourcery.md b/content/posts/reviews/books/terry-pratchett/sourcery.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e81f84f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/reviews/books/terry-pratchett/sourcery.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +--- +title: Sourcery +subtitle: A book by Terry Pratchett +type: review +date: "2010-07-09T00:00:00Z" +emoji: "\U0001F4D6" +draft: false +tags: +- imported +- from-goodreads +syndications: +- https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/111897239 +--- + +{{< openlibrary "9780061367779" >}} + +As always, a joy to read, but I sometimes felt a little overwhelmed by the lengthy passages of metaphor. diff --git a/layouts/partials/book.html b/layouts/partials/book.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1dd48bdd --- /dev/null +++ b/layouts/partials/book.html @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +