#books

most…wonderful places of the world were not made by architects, but by the people.

In his book The End Of Absence, Michael Harris laments the everpresence of digital technology.

This novel is like a long, restless dream about a man paralyzed by his guilt and his grief.

As I walk through cities nowadays I try to look through a Jane Jacobian lens at the diversity of enterprise and use about.

Dr. George Pransky in his book The Relationship Handbook writes:

[M]aintaining a sense of well-being is all it takes to make [relationships] enjoyable and easy.

I’m 120 pages into this book and so far it has consisted purely of dialogue between a psychiatrist and a patient who has voluntarily checked herself in.

Muze Radio, Stephen King, Poor Things, and more.

My second attempt to review a book while I read it instead of waiting until I finish it.

Half memoir, half advice for aspiring fiction writers. Both good.

My first attempt to review a book while I read it instead of waiting until I finish it.

Losing weight, playing soccer, developing this site, reading books, and more.

I’d recommend this book to anyone who wants to better understand the values and politics of rural America through literature.

I recommend this book to anyone who wants to inform their dietary choices.

Absolutely essential read. Mind-bending and mind-expanding.

Really really good. It shows that McCurdy is not just interested in telling her story but also interested in writing as a craft.

I think this is a must-read for anyone who wants to be in a long-term relationship.

I picked up this book to learn about Norman Mailer’s writing style. He really is a very good chronicler.

Any aspiring non-fiction writer should read this.

Highly recommend to anyone interested in reading about time management. This book has a radical message for you: give up hope.

This is my second review of this book. I have to say – it won me over, big time.

I got some useful and interesting concepts from this book

Really beautiful. Poetic. A bit repetitive.

A gem! An exercise in the art of understatement and a great example of fruitful experimentation with the novel form.

It started with promise!

The prose is great, incredibly tidy and evocative.

An incredibly entertaining read, full of absurd, shocking, and sometimes unbelievable scenes. An awesome example of writing as craft.

I read a chunk of this.

Awesome read about an accomplished writer’s career and life.

The audiobook narrated by Herbie is great. His impression of Miles is hilarious.

Steinbeck brings you into a world, not only through colorful, vivid descriptions but also rich characters whose lives we witness over decades.

Tara Westover’s writing is clear, poignant, and deeply thoughtful.

I wasn’t particularly satisfied with Randolph’s writing skills, but the book made for an entertaining 1st person account of the birth of Netflix.

Thoughtful and witty, infusing some ideas about the philosophy of knowledge into real, human struggles and situations.

Presents a mildly compelling thesis: the human tendency to form beliefs comes from our ability to think in terms of cause and effect, which is also responsible for our remarkable tool-using and tool-making abilities.

Starting a new book is exciting.