Merge branch 'ranked_books' into main

_books/the_causal_angel.md

@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ the book does a good job of wrapping up storylines and the ending is
 satisfying.
 
 While I enjoyed {% include book_link.html title="The Fractal Prince" %}
-slightly more, <cite class="book-title">The Causal Angel</cite> was a good
-ending to a good trilogy.
+slightly more, <cite class="book-title">The Causal Angel</cite> was an ok
+ending to a ok trilogy.

_books/the_citadel_of_the_autarch.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: The Citadel of the Autarch
 book_author: Gene Wolfe
 series: The Book of the New Sun
 book_number: 4
-rating: 5
+rating: 4
 image: /books/covers/the_citadel_of_the_autarch.jpg
 ---
 

_books/the_dragons_banker.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: The Dragon's Banker
 book_author: Scott Warren
 series: null
 book_number: 1
-rating: 4
+rating: 3
 image: /books/covers/the_dragons_banker.jpg
 ---
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ There is also a slight inconsistency: the dragons's plan was to profit off the
 human economic system, but they also transferred several pieces of technology
 that moved the whole empire forward, like fuel-free heat, new ship designs,
 and refrigeration. Perhaps the dragons's real motivation was to move humanity
-forward? But if so their other behavior seems to misanthropic for that.
+forward? But if so their other behavior seems too misanthropic for that.
 
 While a fun read, the story is far from perfect. In my ideal dragon story, the
 fact that the dragon can breathe fire would make no difference and in this one

_books/the_fractal_prince.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: The Fractal Prince
 book_author: Hannu Rajaniemi
 series: Jean le Flambeur
 book_number: 2
-rating: 4
+rating: 3
 image: /books/covers/the_fractal_prince.jpg
 ---
 

_books/the_urth_of_the_new_sun.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: The Urth of the New Sun
 book_author: Gene Wolfe
 series: The Book of the New Sun
 book_number: 5
-rating: 3
+rating: 2
 image: /books/covers/the_urth_of_the_new_sun.jpg
 ---
 

_books/there_is_no_antimemetics_division.md

@@ -37,4 +37,5 @@ pattern of missing ideas and memories, but the execution feels a little
 clumsy. To tell a story in the negative space of the narrative takes careful
 planning that is absent.
 
-Overall a fun read, it just wish there was a little more.
+Overall fun ideas with a weak execution. I wish it had lived up to its
+excellent concept.

books/ranked.md

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+---
+title: "Book Reviews: Ranked"
+layout: page
+permalink: /books/ranked/
+book_topbar_include: false
+description: >
+  Alexander Gude's (short) book reviews.
+---
+
+{% include books_topbar.html %}
+
+<h2 class="book-list-headline">Ranked List of Books</h2>
+
+<div class="card-grid">
+
+  {% comment %} 5 Stars {% endcomment %}
+
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="Echopraxia" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="Blindsight" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="Use of Weapons" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="The Player of Games" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="Pandora's Star" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="Judas Unchained" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="Night Without Stars" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="The Colonel" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="The Fall of Hyperion" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="The Abyss Beyond Dreams" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="Serpent Valley" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="The Dreaming Void" %}
+
+  {% comment %} 4 Stars {% endcomment %}
+
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="Excession" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="Redwall" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="Hyperion" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="The Temporal Void" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="The Evolutionary Void" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="The Citadel of the Autarch" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="The Sword of the Lictor" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="Mossflower" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="Dog Soldier" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="Ymir" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="The Shadow of the Torturer" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="The Dragon's Banker" %}
+
+  {% comment %} 3 Stars {% endcomment %}
+
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="The State of the Art" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="The Fractal Prince" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="Flowers for Algernon" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="Chevalier" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="The Claw of the Conciliator" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="The Causal Angel" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="There Is No Antimemetics Division" %}
+
+  {% comment %} 2 Stars {% endcomment %}
+
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="The Quantum Thief" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="The Urth of the New Sun" %}
+
+  {% comment %} 1 Stars {% endcomment %}
+
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="Consider Phlebas" %}
+  {% include auto_book_card.html title="The Three-Body Problem" %}
+
+</div>