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Matt 📚

leopardboy@bookrastinating.com

Joined 2 years, 9 months ago

SRE working in email. Gay. Married. Doggy daddy.

Migrated to this account from queer.party in Nov. 2022.

I like Star Trek, genealogy, O scale model trains, history, Pokemon, LEGO, coin collecting, books, music, board gaming, video gaming, camping, 420, and more.

My main account is @leopardboy@netmonkey.xyz.

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Matt 📚's books

To Read (View all 119)

Ibn Battuta: The Travels of Ibn Battuta (Paperback, 2004, Dover Publications)

John Markoff: Whole Earth (Hardcover, 2022)

Mitchell Zuckoff: Ponzi's Scheme (Paperback, 2006, Random House Trade Paperbacks)

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Derek Perkins, Yuval Noah Harari: Sapiens (AudiobookFormat, 2015, Tantor Audio)

Ryan North: Star Trek: Lower Decks #3 (EBook, 2022, IDW)

Ryan North: Star Trek: Lower Decks #2 (EBook, 2022, IDW)

Stopped Reading

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex: Spare (2023, Penguin Random House)

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Matt 📚 reviewed Sapiens by Derek Perkins

Derek Perkins, Yuval Noah Harari: Sapiens (AudiobookFormat, 2015, Tantor Audio)

Sapiens

5 stars

Content warning Light Review

I'm not the fastest reader, so this book took quite a bit a time for me to truck through it, but I have to say that it's pretty comprehensive, in terms of the huge overarching events that have shaped humanity, covering our coexistence with other homo species, the Cognitive Revolution, the Agricultural Revolution, the unification of humans, and the Scientific Revolution.

I'm looking forward to reading more from this author.

Matt 📚 finished reading Sapiens by Derek Perkins

Derek Perkins, Yuval Noah Harari: Sapiens (AudiobookFormat, 2015, Tantor Audio)

I really enjoyed reading this book.

Matt 📚 reviewed Star Trek: Lower Decks #3 by Ryan North (Star Trek: Lower Decks, #3)

Ryan North: Star Trek: Lower Decks #3 (EBook, 2022, IDW)

With the Cerritos under attack and Captain Freeman’s away team accused of violating Starfleet’s most …

Star Trek Comics Are Fun Again For Me

5 stars

I have to admit that it's been a good ten or so years (maybe a bit less) since I read Star Trek comics. I wasn't one to go back and read old ones, but instead I was reading what IDW was putting out. Some of it was just OK, but I was pretty bored with it all.

Lower Decks, on the other hand, is fun to read and has me back to reading Star Trek comics. I need to check out some more, as I know a lot of have come in the few years.

I have to admit that it's been a good ten or so years (maybe a bit less) since I read Star Trek comics. I wasn't one to go back and read old ones, but instead I was reading what IDW was putting out. Some of it was just OK, but I was pretty bored with it all.

Lower Decks, on the other hand, is fun to read and has me back to reading Star Trek comics. I need to check out some more, as I know a lot of have come in the few years.

Matt 📚 replied to Josh Holden 🏙️ 🏝's status

@josh@thehb.me Oops! Didn't see this until now. Anyway, I hope you like the book as much as I do. I've gotten about half way through, finally. I take forever to read books.

@josh@thehb.me Oops! Didn't see this until now. Anyway, I hope you like the book as much as I do. I've gotten about half way through, finally. I take forever to read books.

Matt 📚 commented on Sapiens by Derek Perkins

Derek Perkins, Yuval Noah Harari: Sapiens (AudiobookFormat, 2015, Tantor Audio)

About to star chapter 11: Imperial Visions, and just finished reading about the problems that money solved as civilization developed, and then discussed the negatives that resulted.

Matt 📚 commented on Sapiens by Derek Perkins

Derek Perkins, Yuval Noah Harari: Sapiens (AudiobookFormat, 2015, Tantor Audio)

This book has helped put a few things into perspective for me, and has been a lot of fun to read, so far. Looking forward to finishing it!

Matt 📚 set a goal to read 12 books in 2023

Matt 📚 rated Star Trek: Lower Decks #3: 5 stars

Ryan North: Star Trek: Lower Decks #3 (EBook, 2022, IDW)

Star Trek: Lower Decks #3 by Ryan North (Star Trek: Lower Decks, #3)

With the Cerritos under attack and Captain Freeman’s away team accused of violating Starfleet’s most upheld principle, can the crew …

Matt 📚 rated The Dark Veil: 5 stars

James Swallow: The Dark Veil (AudiobookFormat, 2021, Simon & Schuster Audio and Blackstone Publishing)

The Dark Veil by James Swallow

"As I utter the words now, we will conduct this tribunal in Federation Standard, in deference to Captain Riker's presence," …

Matt 📚 rated Star Trek: Lower Decks #2: 4 stars

Ryan North: Star Trek: Lower Decks #2 (EBook, 2022, IDW)

Star Trek: Lower Decks #2 by Ryan North (Star Trek: Lower Decks, #2)

The exclusive comic tie-in to the hit Paramount+ animated series continues here! While the crew in the lower decks deal …

Matt 📚 rated Star Trek: Lower Decks #1: 4 stars

Ryan North: Star Trek: Lower Decks #1 (EBook, 2022, IDW Publishing)

Star Trek: Lower Decks #1 by Ryan North (Star Trek: Lower Decks, #1)

The hit Paramount+ animated series makes its comics debut with Eisner-winning comics writer Ryan North (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl) at …

Matt 📚 rated Smoke gets in your eyes: 5 stars

Caitlin Doughty: Smoke gets in your eyes (2015)

Smoke gets in your eyes by Caitlin Doughty (Thorndike Press large print nonfiction)

Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty -- a twenty-something with a degree in medieval history …

Matt 📚 rated Morgan's great raid: 5 stars

No cover — David L. Mowery: Morgan's great raid (2013, The History Press)

Morgan's great raid by David L. Mowery

Matt 📚 rated 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus: 5 stars

Charles C. Mann: 1491 (EBook, 2005, Knopf)

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann

A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492.Traditionally, Americans …

Matt 📚 rated Star Trek : Discovery: 5 stars

David Mack (undifferentiated): Star Trek : Discovery (Paperback, 2017, Pocket Books/Star Trek)

Star Trek : Discovery by David Mack (undifferentiated)

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