My Week in Samsara | Reading-Life Wrap-up, 12 June 2026

This is my weekly reading-life update, where I share what life experiences have informed my week's reading, what books I have finished and/or am currently reading, and a little synthesis of how my attempts at deep reading have let me find something within my reading to reflect and meditate on. Video Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:45 Life 04:57 Books I finished 34:45 Books I am reading now 35:32 Synthesis Reviews of Books mentioned: • The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder that Inspired the Abolition of Slavery by Siddarth Kara:   / 8657924750   • Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond:   / 6429625445   • Galileo’s Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson:   / 8637893679   • Maggie’s Grave by David Sodergren:   / 6140795596   • The Hyena and the Hawk (Echoes of the Fall 3) by Adrian Tchaikovsky:   / 8658218833   • All Who Wander Are Lost: Destination Horror Stories by Gemma Amor:   / 7022433121   Friends mentioned: Alan ‪@AlansReads‬ Pat ‪@BookChatWithPat8668‬ Other videos mentioned: •    • Bronze-Age Fantasy, Shapeshifters, and the...   • ‪@hankschannel‬‘s discussion of effort:    • No Effort is Wasted   --- Fun in the Dark Volume #1: Transformations • https://linktr.ee/kilterandrammel •   / fun-in-the-dark-1   CriminOlly Presents Trash Tales: An Anthology of Trashy Fiction: Amazon (Paperback and E-book) UK: https://tr.ee/QrlYzP US: https://tr.ee/GQUR5G Kobo UK: https://tr.ee/EBJCOS US: https://tr.ee/VF5O0I CANADA: https://tr.ee/ivETOr EPUB via Kilter & Rammel's Gumroad shop: https://tr.ee/SvkCxP --- If you have any ideas for things you might be interested in seeing on this channel, don’t hesitate to drop a line in the comments. Find me on GoodReads:   / gyalten-lekden   Find me on StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile... Closing Art: Kate Howe https://www.katehowe.com/ Music: "Armageddon," by Alfred Grupstra https://pixabay.com/users/alfred_grup... #booktube #wrapup #review #fiction #nonfiction #horror #fantasy #scifi #shortstories #contemplation