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Crime, Fiction, Short Stories  0 Comments

March 13, 2026April 4, 2025

Crime and Guilt – Ferdinand von Schirach

Two excellent collections of crime fiction, revolving around the lawyer who involved with them.

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History, Non-Fiction, Technology  0 Comments

March 6, 2026December 9, 2025

The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is: A History, a Philosophy, a Warning – Justin E. H. Smith

An argument that we should look at the internet in a slightly different way.

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Economics, Fantasy, Fiction, Novel  0 Comments

February 27, 2026March 26, 2025

Dragonfired – J. Zachary Pike

It’s not so much that I had forgotten about this series, but 2024 was a year I took off from

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Uncategorized  0 Comments

February 20, 2026December 1, 2025

Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia – Christina Thompson

A very interesting book on a subject I had no idea I would be interested in

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Fiction, Horror, Novel  0 Comments

February 13, 2026December 1, 2025

Dracula [Daily] – Bram Stoker

This is not a review of Dracula. It’s a review of Dracula Daily

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Current Events, Non-Fiction, Politics  1 Comment

February 6, 2026November 30, 2025

The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good? – Michael J. Sandel

Despite the title, the book really highlights a massive and widespread problem in our modern society.

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Uncategorized  0 Comments

January 30, 2026November 30, 2025

The Running Grave – Robert Galbraith

A detective story about a private detective agency investigating a cult

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Linguistics, Non-Fiction, Uncategorized  0 Comments

January 23, 2026November 4, 2025

Word Perfect – Susie Dent

A less coffee table-ish book from Susie Dent

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Fiction, Science-Fiction, Short Stories  0 Comments

January 16, 2026March 8, 2025

Universal Love – Alexander Weinstein

The best short story collection I have read in some time. Probably since that last one I read by this same author.

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AI, Artificial Intelligence, Non-Fiction  1 Comment

January 9, 2026November 4, 2025

Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World – Parmy Olson

Parmy Olson is talented, but not even she can make the AI race interesting to me.

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