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Phil Brandvold rated Anansi Boys: 3 stars
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
God is dead. Meet the kids.
When Fat Charlie's dad named something, it stuck. Like calling Fat Charlie "Fat Charlie." …
Phil Brandvold rated How to Say Babylon: 5 stars
Phil Brandvold rated "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": 3 stars
Phil Brandvold rated The Alchemist: 4 stars
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
"My Heart Is Afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked …
Phil Brandvold rated Number Go Up: 4 stars
Number Go Up by Zeke Faux
In 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it, celebrities like Tom Brady endorsed it, and TV ads …
Phil Brandvold rated Slow Productivity: 3 stars
Cal Newport: Slow Productivity (2024, Penguin Publishing Group)
Slow Productivity by Cal Newport
Our current definition of “productivity” is broken. It pushes us to treat busyness as a proxy for useful effort, leading …
Phil Brandvold rated Brandon Sanderson Sampler: 5 stars
Phil Brandvold rated Red Team Blues: 3 stars
Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow (Martin Hench, #1)
New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow’s Red Team Blues is a grabby next-Tuesday thriller about cryptocurrency shenanigans that will awaken …
Phil Brandvold rated Inheritance: 4 stars
Inheritance by Christopher Paolini (The Inheritance cycle -- bk. 4)
The young Dragon Rider Eragon must finally confront the evil king Galbatorix to free Alagaesia from his rule once and …
Phil Brandvold rated Brisingr: 4 stars
Brisingr by Christopher Paolini (The Inheritance Cycle, #3)
The further adventures of Eragon and his dragon Saphira as they continue to aid the Varden in the struggle against …
Phil Brandvold rated Orconomics: 4 stars
Orconomics by J. Zachary Pike
A disgraced Dwarven hero. A band of deadbeat adventurers. His last shot at redemption could get him killed.
If Gorm …
Phil Brandvold rated God Emperor of Dune: 3 stars
God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert (Dune, #4)
Phil Brandvold rated Red Mars: 3 stars
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson, Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars Trilogy, #1)
In his most ambitious project to date, award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson utilizes years of research & cutting-edge science in …
Phil Brandvold rated Children of Dune: 4 stars
Children of Dune by Frank Herbert (Dune Chronicles, #3)
The science fiction masterpiece continues in the "major event,"( Los Angeles Times) Children of Dune. With millions of copies sold …