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62% complete! jonn has read 33 of 53 books.
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Digital minimalists are all around us. They're the calm, happy people who can hold long …
«Philip Morris just wanted your lungs,” Maher concludes. “The App Store wants your soul.».
— Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport (6%)
Digital minimalists are all around us. They're the calm, happy people who can hold long conversations without furtive glances at …
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Digital minimalists are all around us. They're the calm, happy people who can hold long …
«Compulsive use sells, […] the attention economy drives companies like Google into a “race to the bottom of the brain stem”».
— Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport (7%)
Jack Spratt and Mary Mary return in their second Nursery Crime adventure.--From publisher description.
Jack Spratt and Mary Mary return in their second Nursery Crime adventure.--From publisher description.
Great book, sad the third one never happened
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@jonn@bookwyrm.social a little bit too much toolchainish and less about the internals. I would have appreciated a little bit more about the internals, the anatomy of a kernel module and so forth.
Quote of the book would be Prometheus speaking about protecting democracy in Vonnegutian terms
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Lukan Gardova is a cardsharp, academy dropout, and―thanks to a duel that ended badly―the disgraced …
a «volkov family»? omfg. you did not need any fscking russian motives in a fantasy published in 2024, you've got a shitload of other clichés to pick from and still you insist?
i will never understand this fascination wirh the deeply derivative, inhumane, soaked in blood russian «culture» that most westerners can't help exhibiting again and again.
Reading this one felt faster than the first one because the world building wasn't so hard to navigate anymore.
It's a wonderful book, I can't get enough of Fforde.
How did you know that whatever I have wasn't infectious?
I didn't.
@wetdryvac holy fuck
@wetdryvac I know, right!
An astonishing, hotly anticipated new novel from the great literary fantasist and creator of Thursday …
Fforde can be like Adams, Fforde can be like Orwell. Extremely powerful worldbuilding and writing in the expedition part. I was shocked and felt very strong emotions.
Quote of the book, in line with my personal history:
'No one's ever liked me before, she said, 'so you'll excuse me for becoming suspicious.' 'Jabez liked you.' 'Jabez liked my nose.' 'I like your nose.' 'Yes, but you don't only like my nose. There's a big difference.'
