Word On The Street: Debunking The Myth Of A “Pure” Standard English – John McWhorter
Wherein I don’t so much review a book as I review John McWhorter.
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Reviews that are really about something else
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum – Katherine Boo
Non-fiction that reads like fiction. Pretty enjoyable, actually.
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50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God – Guy P. Harrison
This is an excellent book on counter-apologetics. It is, however, the last book on the subject I may ever read.
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Água Viva – Clarice Lispector
During my last year of high school, I had a teacher who a whole lot of faith in me. I
The Martian Time Slip – Philip K Dick
The ship of Theseus is a pretty applicable bit of philosophy. Here’s a thought: are you the same reader you were 20 years ago?
A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy Toole
On the second reading, a decade after the first, I finally got this book.
Everything is F*cked – Mark Manson
And sometimes some books make you think “I’d rather be reading something else.”
Age of the Spiritual Machine – Ray Kurzweil
How we come to categorize books like this is sometimes more interesting than the books themselves.
Conclave – Robert Harris
A so called twist ending is never a very good reason to consume anything.
Failures in Polymathy 