trans, nerd, techie, leftist, classical musician and many more things. my reading involves the interesting combination of classical fantasy, modern sci-fi and speculative fiction, contemporary nonfiction, anarcho-communist theory and John Green books.
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strong beginning, a very weak middle, comes back to a strong ending. despite the flaws, it still contains some important insights, and I had my mind blown at parts.
Toki Pona is a language that simplifies ideas to their most basic elements. If you …
Yes, I know, speaks toki pona fluently, never read pu. that's why it's joining the list!
The Anthropocene is the current geologic age, in which humans have profoundly reshaped the planet …
Full disclosure, I was a fan of the podcast before that podcast turned into a book. And yet, this book is very strong on its own merits. It made me laugh, it made me cry, and I didn't want to put it down so badly that I read it end to end in a just little bit over one month. The only thing I was missing was John Green's voice, and that can be achieved by the audiobook. Highly recommended.
Purchased it not long after it came out and still hadn't read it. Oops 😅
"Le titre du livre : La Conquête du Pain doit être pris dans le sens …
Sure, some parts are out of date. But so much of it remains true even today. There's a saying about lectures that say that the best questions a lecturer can get are the ones answered by the very next slide. Well, that is exactly what happened to me, again and again, with the chapters of this book. Most amazingly, a question a friend raised in a discussion we had about chapter 8 was answered by the very first sentence of chapter 9. Can't be better than that.
Sci-fi novel that follows the story of April May and friends in defense of the …
I didn't expect this book to be better than the first one, but it was. The different points of view, the build of tension, the somewhat existential take on modern society, the new perspective on the beauty that is humanity... What's not to like in this book?
My only complaint is that I had to deal with the fact I couldn't stop reading, and finished the book 9 days after I got it despite having worked for most of those days, and had to deal with having finished it so fast. But that's less of a bug and more of a feature.
The fourth book in the Harry Potter franchise sees Harry returning for his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft …
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings …
'Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step …
Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel by Nobel Prize-winning British author William Golding. The book focuses on a …
An amazing book. Got so swept in I forgot all the COVID19 troubles outside.
I pre-ordered the second book the minute I finished this one. Highly recommended!
'Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is.' (Sass: know, be …
Lewis Carroll: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Lewis Carroll / World Literature Classics / Illustrated with Doodles (2021, Independently Published)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 English children's novel by Lewis Carroll. A young girl …
