Snowflake Challenge: Day 12

Challenge #12
Tell Us about a Personal Win.

I made a list of goals for the Day 2 challenge. A lot of them, though, are "Do XYZ by the end of the year" whereas people who study things like motivation, habit creation, and human psychology recommend framing goals so that your progress is more immediately achievable and observable. (Oops!) In the interest of getting my goals closer to the latter, ( let's see where my wins are three weeks on: )

So, yeah, a lot of wins so far!

これで以上です。

What Am I Reading Wednesday - January 24

I've been on the computer all day and my eyes are getting super fatigued, so let's make this short and sweet.

What I Finished Reading This Week

Ancillary Justice — Ann Leckie
I've read Ancillary Justice enough that my stomach no longer does big swoops while reading, but it's still. So. Damn. Good. Leckie's worldbuilding, character portrayals and arcs, sly humor, and examination of Big Issues without being tiring or pedantic are just amazing. But I think most of you guys already know that.

Anyway, this book is one of my forever favorites.

Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics — Lucy K. Tsado & Robert Osgood
I borrowed this from the library and would have been RIPSHIT had I paid any amount of money to read it. It is, hands down, the most poorly written book I've read in recent memory: rambling, stream-of-consciousness sentences that bear little to no relationship to the sentences that precede and follow them, let alone the section or chapter headings. Nor do most of these sentences say anything at all. Here is half of the book's "Roadmap to cybersecurity/digital forensics education/career":

• Criminal Justice Student-Non Traditional→Certifications→Get a job in area of certification
• Criminal Justice Student-Non Traditional→Short training→Get a job in area of training
• Criminal Justice Student-Non Traditional→Self-paced learning→Get a job in area of specialty

That's it. That's the "roadmap." That's the wisdom Tsado and Osgood are asking readers to pay 35 American dollars to access. (And in case you were wondering, the "roadmap" for "Criminal Justice Student-Traditional Education" follows the exact same template.)

TL;DR—Readers will learn nothing from this book aside from how truly bad writing can be. Avoid this hot mess like the plague.


What I'm Currently Reading

Hamnet — Maggie O'Farrell
I started reading this one during my lunch break and have only made it a few pages in, so the tragedy has yet to happen. So far, O'Farrell's language is beautiful.

The Women Could Fly — Megan Giddings
I have about 70 pages to go and such mixed thoughts about this one. Stay tuned for them next week.

Ancillary Sword — Ann Leckie
As with each previous read of this series I blazed through Ancillary Justice and began slowrolling my pace during Ancillary Mercy because this series is so good and I do not want it to end.


What I'm Reading Next

I did not acquire any new books this week.

これで以上です。