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– Personal ramblings, thinly veiled as thoughts on what I read

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Non-Fiction, Self-Help  0 Comments

August 4, 2023May 11, 2023

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals – Oliver Burkeman

Here is a book with some hard truths that no one wants to hear.

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Crime, Fiction, Novel, Thrillers  0 Comments

July 28, 2023May 11, 2023

The Talented Mr. Ripely – Patricia Highsmith

This is an excellent little thriller, that doesn’t seem to fall in the trap of glorifying it’s anti-hero.

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Cognitive Science, Non-Fiction, Science  0 Comments

July 21, 2023May 11, 2023

How the Mind Works – Steven Pinker

I am pretty happy to be reading a book of Pinker’s that was written well before he went out to

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Comedy, Fiction, Novel, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

July 14, 2023May 11, 2023

The Stainless Steel Rat’s Revenge – Harry Harrison

More reading for escapism.

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Non-Fiction  0 Comments

July 7, 2023May 11, 2023

Notes to Myself – Luciano Floridi

A published book of thoughts. Seems courageous to me.

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Science-Fiction  0 Comments

June 30, 2023June 18, 2023

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I read some books by amateur authors. It didn’t go well.

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Essays, Non-Fiction  0 Comments

June 23, 2023May 11, 2023

Chronicles of a Liquid Society – Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco is my comfort food. I hold him in a kind of ‘do no wrong’ place in my head

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Fantasy, Fiction  0 Comments

June 16, 2023May 11, 2023

A Feast of Crows – George R. R. Martin

Wherein I actually have an opinion about this series.

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Non-Fiction  4 Comments

June 9, 2023May 10, 2023

21 Lessons for the 21st Century – Yuval Noah Harari

Like Harari’s other book, yea it was alright.

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Atheism, Comics, Fiction, Humour, Religion  0 Comments

June 2, 2023May 10, 2023

Preti: Il mistero della fede – Astutillo Smeriglia

More satire from Smeriglia, but this time just pointed at the church

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