# goodreads (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 18 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover goodreads. Page: Feed: --- ## [Brain Damage, a Review By Susan](https://thebookreviewcrew.com/brain-damage-a-review-by-susan/) _2026-08-21 · Susan · The Book Review Crew_ 🧠🧠🧠🧠 Brain Damage Freida McFadden Poisoned Pen Press 384 Pages August 25, 2026 Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org This is a reissued novel by a new publisher. It is actually different from many of the previous novels of this author that I have read … Continued ## [The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion, a Review by Susan](https://thebookreviewcrew.com/the-all-girl-filling-stations-last-reunion-a-review-by-susan/) _2026-08-21 · Susan · The Book Review Crew_ ⛽⛽⛽⛽⛽ The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion Fannie Flagg Random House Pub. July 29, 2014 350 Pages Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org I purchased this on a recent jaunt to Barnes & Noble, after a medical appointment when I was feeling overwhelmed by life … Continued ## [No Way Out but Through, a review by Shelley](https://thebookreviewcrew.com/no-way-out-but-through-a-review-by-shelley/) _2026-08-20 · Shelley · The Book Review Crew_ ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹 No Way Out but Through Susan Beckham Zurenda Publication Date: August 18th, 2026 Post Hill Press 272 Pages Amazon | Goodreads | Bookshop.org Genre: General Fiction | Women’s Fiction This is a Southern fiction book that takes place in … Continued ## [Dead by Proxy, a Review by Susan](https://thebookreviewcrew.com/dead-by-proxy-a-review-by-susan/) _2026-08-20 · Susan · The Book Review Crew_ ⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️ Dead by Proxy Manning Wolfe Starpath Books 302 pages Pub. September 29, 2023 Goodreads/Amazon.comBookshop.org This is the first of a series in a set of lawyer thrillers by an imaginative author who creates a scenario that is a bit … Continued ## [My Chance to Fly, a review by Shelley](https://thebookreviewcrew.com/my-chance-to-fly-a-review-by-shelley-2/) _2026-08-18 · Shelley · The Book Review Crew_ 🐦🐦🐦🐦 My Chance to Fly Samantha Tonge Publication Date: August 18th, 2026 Boldwood Books 272 Pages Amazon | Goodreads | Bookshop.org Genre: General Fiction | Romance | Women’s Fiction This story was so uplifting and very emotional at times. It … Continued ## [Blog Tour Review, Race to Save Her](https://thebookreviewcrew.com/blog-tour-review-race-to-save-her/) _2026-08-16 · Sherry Rehbock · The Book Review Crew_ Race to Save Her Detective Katie Scott Book 16 Jennifer Chase 342 pages Bookouture published August 12, 2026 Amazon | Goodreads About the book From the dark shadows of the water, a hand appears, pale and cold. Katie locks … Continued ## [The Other Kind of Lion, a review by Joanna](https://thebookreviewcrew.com/the-other-kind-of-lion-a-review-by-joanna/) _2026-08-15 · Joanna · The Book Review Crew_ The Other Kind of Lion Catherine Ryan Hyde 265 pages Lake Union Publishing Published November 3rd, 2026 Amazon | GoodReads The Other Kind of Lion is the latest standalone feelgood fiction novel from one of my favourite authors. This one … Continued ## [Book-Summary - Anything You Want](https://harsha-kadekar.github.io/book-summary-anything-you-want.html) _2026-08-15 · Harsha Kadekar · Smṛti_ Author: Derek Sivers GoodReads: Anything You Want ## [My Personal Book Read Tracking System](https://harsha-kadekar.github.io/my-personal-book-read-tracking-system.html) _2026-08-15 · Harsha Kadekar · Smṛti_ I like to read books. The usual rate of my book reading is 1 book per month. As of now, I use Zoho Sheets to keep track of all the books I want to read, already read and currently reading. The tracking sheet has following information of the books I am tracking Title Title Of the Book Authors Authors of the Book Bought - YES/NO Whether I own the copy of the book or not Read Status - To… ## [The Beautiful Ones, a review by Shelley](https://thebookreviewcrew.com/the-beautiful-ones-a-review-by-shelley/) _2026-08-14 · Shelley · The Book Review Crew_ 🦋🦋🦋1/2 The Beautiful Ones Silvia Moreno-Garcia Publication Date: August 11th, 2026 Tor Publishing Group | Bramble 338 Pages Amazon | Goodreads | Bookshop.org Genre: Romance | Sci Fi & Fantasy This is my first book by this author, and it … Continued ## [Trade Smarter With IBKR (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/5QMb1IX3xMAQ) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Join Interactive Brokers through a referral and start investing with low-cost global access. ## [Beguilement (The Sharing Knife, #1)](https://ralsina.me/weblog/posts/beguilement-the-sharing-knife-1.html) _2026-08-14 · Roberto Alsina · Ralsina.Me_ Au­thor: Lois Mc­Mas­ter Bu­jold Rat­ing: ★ ★ ★ ★ See in goodreads ## [Damn fine tiny cafe ☕️](https://sandyuraz.com/blogs/tiny-cafe) _2026-08-13 · Sandy Urazayev · Sandy’s Website ⛩️_ I love them miniatures. It started off with Rolife series, where the first hit had come from a tiny library, followed by a sakura train, and then some—well, it’s this one—most surely one of the longest ones to build. What I was used to was a series of poppable pieces of wood that would definitely break off a piece when the smallest and most proper technique was applied, forcing me to attach the… ## [Sheety 1.1.0: This time it's personal](https://ralsina.me/weblog/posts/sheety-110-this-time-its-personal.html) _2026-08-13 · Roberto Alsina · Ralsina.Me_ This is the sec­ond re­lease of Sheety my tool to com­pile spread­sheets to na­tive code. Yes, that means that you can take a spread­sheet and turn it in­to a bi­na­ry, which run­s, where all your for­mu­las are com­piled to na­tive code. This is a very weird pro­jec­t, but it's al­so lots of fun. What is new in this re­lease? Bugs Fixed Cells with names like A100 were not be­ing rec­og­nized as… ## [Compaction in Pi](https://vegardstikbakke.com/earendil-pi-compaction/) _2026-08-13 · Vegard Stikbakke_ A blog post I wrote for Earendil, where I'm currently working: How Compaction Works in Pi ## [The Boy with the Butterfly Mind, a review by Shelley](https://thebookreviewcrew.com/the-boy-with-the-butterfly-mind-a-review-by-shelley/) _2026-08-12 · Shelley · The Book Review Crew_ 🦋🦋🦋🦋 The Boy with the Butterfly Mind Lorelei Brush Publication Date: August 11th, 2026 She Writes Press 312 Pages Amazon | Goodreads | Bookshop.org Genre: General Fiction | Literary Fiction I enjoyed this story about a math teacher named Julie … Continued ## [This Chick Read: Murder in Blackfriars (A Below Stairs Mystery #9) by Jennifer Ashley](https://thereadingchick.com/2026/08/11/this-chick-read-murder-in-blackfriars-a-below-stairs-mystery-9-by-jennifer-ashley/) _2026-08-11 · deborahkehoe · The Reading Chick_ Kat Holloway’s beau, Daniel has always had a past shrouded in mystery. When a man comes forward saying he has information about who Daniel’s parents were and then is abruptly murdered, Kat knows she must help Daniel solve the murder so he can finally know his roots. Kat is afraid this mystery will tear them … Continue reading This Chick Read: Murder in Blackfriars (A Below Stairs Mystery #9) by… ## [Secrets of the Starlit Sea, a review by Joanna](https://thebookreviewcrew.com/secrets-of-the-starlit-sea-a-review-by-joanna/) _2026-08-11 · Joanna · The Book Review Crew_ Secrets of the Starlit Sea Santa Montefiore 348 pages Orion Published July 17th, 2025 🚢🚢🚢🚢 Amazon | GoodReads Secrets of the Starlit Sea is the second book in the Timeslider romantasy trilogy about Pixie Tate, a modern day psychic detective … Continued ## [Field Notes From Club Crisp, a review by Joanna](https://thebookreviewcrew.com/field-notes-from-club-crisp-a-review-by-joanna/) _2026-08-10 · Joanna · The Book Review Crew_ Field Notes From Club Crisp Cameron Coral 260 pages Special edition available only on Kickstarter until August 21st, 2026 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲 Field Notes From Club Crisp is the new title by sci-fi Author Cameron Coral, and like her previous books, features … Continued ## [This Chick Read: The Castle in the Glen by Rhys Bowen](https://thereadingchick.com/2026/08/10/this-chick-read-the-castle-in-the-glen-by-rhys-bowen/) _2026-08-10 · deborahkehoe · The Reading Chick_ Australian author Emma Callandar has been offfered the chance to help esteemed mystery writer Iris Blackthorne finish her final novel. It’s 1965 and Iris’s memory is fading. She sends Emma off to the Isle of Skye in Scotland, where the novel is set so that she’ll get a feel for the place and the people. … Continue reading This Chick Read: The Castle in the Glen by Rhys Bowen ## [A Rider's Guide to Dragon Healing (Dragons of Safe Haven #3)](https://ralsina.me/weblog/posts/a-riders-guide-to-dragon-healing-dragons-of-safe-haven-3.html) _2026-08-10 · Roberto Alsina · Ralsina.Me_ Au­thor: Ju­lia Hu­ni Rat­ing: ★ ★ ★ See in goodreads ## [Real SIMs for AI Agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/U7zJylwvOIMd) _2026-08-09 · **Sponsored**_ Pass 2FA and verifications with real carrier numbers via our API. ## [One Day at a Time, a review by Shelley](https://thebookreviewcrew.com/one-day-at-a-time-a-review-by-shelley/) _2026-08-08 · Shelley · The Book Review Crew_ 📅📅📅📅 One Day at a Time Shari Low Publication Date: August 7th, 2026 Boldwood Books 338 Pages Amazon | Goodreads | Bookshop.org Genre: General Fiction | New Adult | Women’s Fiction My second New Year’s book this week. We have … Continued ## [The Hallowed Hunt (World of the Five Gods, #3)](https://ralsina.me/weblog/posts/the-hallowed-hunt-world-of-the-five-gods-3.html) _2026-08-08 · Roberto Alsina · Ralsina.Me_ Au­thor: Lois Mc­Mas­ter Bu­jold Rat­ing: ★ ★ ★ ★ See in goodreads ## [The Women in White, a review by Shelley](https://thebookreviewcrew.com/the-women-in-white-a-review-by-shelley/) _2026-08-06 · Shelley · The Book Review Crew_ 🕰️ 🕰️ 🕰️ 1/2 The Women in White Sarah Pekkanen Publication Date: August 4th, 2026 St. Martin’s Press 304 Pages Amazon | Goodreads | Bookshop.org Genre: General Fiction | Mystery & Thrillers | Women’s Fiction This is my third solo … Continued ## [A New World for the Irish Daughter, a Review by Susan](https://thebookreviewcrew.com/a-new-world-for-the-irish-daughter-a-review-by-susan/) _2026-08-05 · Susan · The Book Review Crew_ ⛏️⛏️⛏️⛏️ 1/2 A New World for the Irish Daughter Kate Hewitt Bookouture 352 Pages Pub. July 27, 2026 Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org This is a wonderful book with a terrible title; a reader should pay the title no mind when deciding whether or … Continued ## [One of the Family, a review by Shelley](https://thebookreviewcrew.com/one-of-the-family-a-review-by-shelley/) _2026-08-04 · Shelley · The Book Review Crew_ 🐍🐍🐍1/2 One of the Family Mark Edwards Publication Date: August 4th, 2026 Atria Books 336 Pages Amazon | Goodreads | Bookshop.org Genre: General Fiction | Mystery & Thrillers This book wasn’t bad at all. It’s a psychological thriller set in … Continued ## ["Senior Night" plus A Long Road Home and 1,000 Subscribers](https://williamauten.substack.com/p/senior-night-plus-a-long-road-home) _2026-07-31 · William Auten · William Auten Stories and Newsletter_ On the day of their son’s final game, a father and mother scramble getting there in time. ## [Ep. 50: Monarch](https://haveyoureadthis.substack.com/p/ep-50-monarch) _2026-07-29 · Have You Read This? · Have You Read This? Podcast_ Fans of Fight Club, Se7en, and The Silence of the Lambs should dig this novel by Erik Fox which follows a detective tracking down a serial killer. ## [Book-Summary - Classic Tales From India](https://harsha-kadekar.github.io/book-summary-classic-tales-from-india.html) _2026-07-28 · Harsha Kadekar · Smṛti_ Author: Vatsala Sperling, Harish Johari GoodReads: Classic Tales from India: How Ganesh Got His Elephant Head and Other Stories ## [Paladin of Souls (World of the Five Gods, #2)](https://ralsina.me/weblog/posts/paladin-of-souls-world-of-the-five-gods-2.html) _2026-07-28 · Roberto Alsina · Ralsina.Me_ Au­thor: Lois Mc­Mas­ter Bu­jold Rat­ing: ★ ★ ★ ★ See in goodreads ## [Goodhart's Law](https://bozmen.io/goodhart-s-law) _2026-07-28 · Barış Özmen_ When a measure becomes a target, it stops being a good measure. A metric is useful only while it is being used to observe reality. Once people begin… ## [International money transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/9EF8BdXIEdar) _2026-07-27 · **Sponsored**_ Send money to other countries and manage multi‑currency balances online. ## [Happiness is never having to ask for permission (archived)](https://bozmen.io/happiness-is-never-having-to-ask-for-permission--archived) _2026-07-28 · Barış Özmen_ January 6, 2024 If there’s one value Jason and I put above all else in business, it's independence. The freedom to make our own choices, good or bad,… ## [Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely](https://bozmen.io/power-tends-to-corrupt--and-absolute-power-corrupts-absolutely) _2026-07-28 · Barış Özmen_ A famous maxim written by English historian Lord Acton in an 1887 letter to explain that total, unchecked authority destroys a person's moral sense. ## [Who Has to Say Yes](https://bozmen.io/who-has-to-say-yes) _2026-07-27 · Barış Özmen_ The Two Ways the World Judges You Most careers seem completely different from one another. A surgeon, a startup founder, a professor, a YouTuber, and an… ## [The Curse of Chalion (World of the Five Gods, #1)](https://ralsina.me/weblog/posts/the-curse-of-chalion-world-of-the-five-gods-1.html) _2026-07-25 · Roberto Alsina · Ralsina.Me_ Au­thor: Lois Mc­Mas­ter Bu­jold Rat­ing: ★ ★ ★ ★ See in goodreads ## [Knot of Shadows (Penric and Desdemona, #11)](https://ralsina.me/weblog/posts/knot-of-shadows-penric-and-desdemona-11.html) _2026-07-21 · Roberto Alsina · Ralsina.Me_ Au­thor: Lois Mc­Mas­ter Bu­jold Rat­ing: See in goodreads ## [This Chick Read: The Romance Revival by Christina Lauren](https://thereadingchick.com/2026/07/21/this-chick-read-the-romance-revival-by-christina-lauren/) _2026-07-21 · deborahkehoe · The Reading Chick_ When Emery met Luca at her cousin’s wedding their connection was instant. Their eyes met across the room, he crossed to her side and they never strayed far from each other from that moment forward. Three months later they were married. This was completely out of character for Emery, a scientist who connects all the … Continue reading This Chick Read: The Romance Revival by Christina Lauren ## [Demon Daughter (Penric and Desdemona, #12)](https://ralsina.me/weblog/posts/demon-daughter-penric-and-desdemona-12.html) _2026-07-19 · Roberto Alsina · Ralsina.Me_ Au­thor: Lois Mc­Mas­ter Bu­jold Rat­ing: ★ ★ ★ ★ See in goodreads ## [88 Names](https://brainfck.org/book/88-names/) _2026-07-18 · brainfck.org_ 88 Names (2020) Description John Chu is a “sherpa” — a paid guide who leads clients through online role-playing games like the popular Call to Wizardry , providing them with top-tier characters and gear for dragon-slaying, starship-hunting, or zombie-apocalypse adventures. When he’s hired to guide a mysterious new client claiming to be a North Korean prince, the job… ## [This Chick Read: Unpredictable Magic by Faith Hunter](https://thereadingchick.com/2026/07/15/this-chick-read-unpredictable-magic-by-faith-hunter/) _2026-07-15 · deborahkehoe · The Reading Chick_ Angie Everhart and her brother Evan run a PI firm in Chattanooga solving paranormal crimes. When they are hired to find a missing woman who was last seen at their Aunt Jane’s residence things get very complicated. The client isn’t who she appears to be and all of a sudden the city gets overrun by … Continue reading This Chick Read: Unpredictable Magic by Faith Hunter ## [What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic (archived)](https://bozmen.io/what-every-computer-scientist-should-know-about-floating-point-arithmetic--archived) _2026-07-15 · Barış Özmen_ Baris' notes Floating-point vs Fixed-point representation Floating point representation parameters base: 10 (decimal), 2 (binary) p: precision (how many… ## [Linear Algebra Problem Book (book) by Halmos](https://bozmen.io/linear-algebra-problem-book--book--by-halmos) _2026-07-15 · Barış Özmen_ goodreads, wiki, amazon openarchive, gutenberg authors: Paul R. Halmos He is a martian pdf links: pdf\_1, pdf\_2 First saw from… ## [The Higher Arithmetic (Book) by Davenport](https://bozmen.io/the-higher-arithmetic--book--by-davenport) _2026-07-15 · Barış Özmen_ goodreads, wiki, amazon openarchive, gutenberg authors: Harold Davenport pdf links: pdf\_1, pdf\_2, pdf\_3… ## [Zero to One (book) by Peter Thiel](https://bozmen.io/zero-to-one--book--by-peter-thiel) _2026-07-15 · Barış Özmen_ goodreads, wiki, amazon openarchive, authors: Peter Thiel, Blake Masters pdf links: https://morfene.com/021.pdf Zero to One summary Peter Thiel’s advice… ## [This Chick Read: Falling Into You (Colburn Brothers #3) by Jill Shalvis](https://thereadingchick.com/2026/07/14/this-chick-read-falling-into-you-colburn-brothers-3-by-jill-shalvis/) _2026-07-14 · deborahkehoe · The Reading Chick_ Hazel Price is back in Star Falls to help her estranged dad. She wants to avoid two things – keep her time in Star Falls short, and don’t fall back in love with Tucker Colburn. Unfortunately when a wasp flies through her car window she veers off the road into a brook and has to … Continue reading This Chick Read: Falling Into You (Colburn Brothers #3) by Jill Shalvis ## [Testimony of Mute Things (Penric and Desdemona #15)](https://ralsina.me/weblog/posts/testimony-of-mute-things-penric-and-desdemona-15.html) _2026-07-10 · Roberto Alsina · Ralsina.Me_ Au­thor: Lois Mc­Mas­ter Bu­jold Rat­ing: ★ ★ ★ ★ See in goodreads ## [ESP-Osito News for July 7, 2026](https://ralsina.me/weblog/posts/esp-osito-news-for-july-7-2026.html) _2026-07-07 · Roberto Alsina · Ralsina.Me_ Audio Player: MP3 Support and Proper Playback Controls The WAV play­er has been re­named to Au­dio Play­er and gained a few things it should have had from the start: MP3 playback — The original app only played 16-bit 44100 Hz WAV files. Now it also handles MP3s via the dr\_mp3 decoder. Non-44100 Hz files are resampled with linear interpolation, and mono sources are upmixed to stereo. The file… ## [Blogroll](https://bozmen.io/blogroll) _2026-07-06 · Barış Özmen_ Blogs that I follow. Top paulgraham.com Y Combinator founder. Essays GOAT norvig.com Peter Norvig, GOAT, AI and programming github.com/norvig/pytudes… ## [A Long Road Home – New Novel Now Available](https://williamauten.substack.com/p/a-long-road-home-new-novel-now-available) _2026-06-26 · William Auten · William Auten Stories and Newsletter_ Plus Ko-fi ## [Activate Gemma 4 MTP](https://alper.bearblog.dev/activate-gemma-4-mtp/) _2026-06-20 · alper · Alper_ Update llama first, tried with llama b9704 llama serve -m "..\\gemma-4-12B-it-qat\\gemma-4-12B-it-qat-UD-Q4\_K\_XL.gguf" --spec-type draft-mtp --spec-draft-n-max 2 --spec-draft-model "..\\gemma-4-12B-it-qat\\mtp-gemma-4-12B-it.gguf" Using MTP increases performance from 10 to 14.8 tokens per second. Someone recommends trying --spec-draft-n-max 3 for coding workloads ## [My Obsidian Settings](https://harsha-kadekar.github.io/my-obsidian-settings.html) _2026-06-20 · Harsha Kadekar · Smṛti_ I use Obsidian to capture notes, thoughts and tasks. In this post, I want to note down the settings I use in Obsidian so that, next time I configure a new system, I can just reference this.