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NixAug 31, 2026
The Leopard: A Meditation
A brief missive on Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's The Leopard.
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EconReporter
EconReporterAug 31, 2026
I work, therefore I am not?—We Are Not Machines Book Review
A review of Sarah O'Connor's We Are Not Machines: the real threat to workers isn't AI, it's Taylorism — and trust, not automation, is what's at stake.
AIBook Reviews
Transpeculative Reviews
Transpeculative ReviewsJul 21, 2026
Review - The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson
This is grand-scale and much-acclaimed fantasy and this review is me trying to unpick the reasons it didn't work for me in the end.
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Transpeculative Reviews
Transpeculative ReviewsJul 12, 2026
Review - The Incandescent by Emily Tesh
Guy with a lot of feelings about the British education system reviews an emotional book about the British education system (this book is really good).
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Transpeculative Reviews
Transpeculative ReviewsJul 4, 2026
Review - Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction by Paul Kincaid
An amateur reviewer talks about a book of book reviews of academic non-fiction written by a self-professed non-academic. Good luck untangling this one.
book reviewsnonfiction
EconReporter
EconReporterApr 18, 2026
Review of Ahamed’s 1873—The first international financial crisis rhymes with 2026
Rated: 4.5/5 Stars | Ahamed is unquestionably an excellent writer. In 1873, he managed to pack four decades of history about the Western financial system into 300 pages in an insightful and convincing manner.
1873Book Reviews
EconReporter
EconReporterFeb 19, 2026
Planet Money Book—a long-time listener, first-time reader’s review
Rated: 4/5 Stars | Planet Money Book is an excellent introduction to economics and finance and reminded me why it is good to have Planet Money in our life.
Book ReviewsPlanet Money
Henrique Dias
Henrique DiasSep 20, 2025
Waarom We Politiek Niet Alleen Aan Politici Kunnen Overlaten
Het wantrouwen in de politiek neemt toe, terwijl politiek een onderwerp blijft waarover veel mensen niet willen praten. Toen ik Waarom We Politiek Niet Alleen Aan Politici Kunnen Overlaten bij de boekenwinkel heb gezien, dacht ik: "oh, dat klinkt interessant".
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Henrique Dias
Henrique DiasSep 14, 2025
Queria? Já Não Quer?
Nos últimos meses, tenho tido um maior interesse na língua, quer seja ela a Língua Holandesa, a Língua Inglesa, ou a Língua Portuguesa. Já há tempos que sigo Marco Neves no Instagram, e os seus vídeos trazem sempre múltiplos fun facts sobre origens, mitos e outras pequenas coisas. Quando vi que tinha escrito este livro, pensei: tenho que o ler.
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Henrique Dias
Henrique DiasSep 2, 2025
Surrounded by Idiots
After seeing the book Surrounded by Idiots virtually everywhere, I decided to check some reviews and what it was actually about: communication, and "how to understand those who cannot be understood" - the quote on quote "idiots". The topic sounded interesting, so I decided to pick up this book and read it.
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Henrique Dias
Henrique DiasAug 3, 2025
Taal Is Zeg Maar Echt Mijn Ding
Taal Is Zeg Maar Echt Mijn Ding is mijn eerste boek van Paulien Cornelisse. Het is eigenlijk het eerste "volwassene" Nederlands boek dat ik lees, laten we het zo zeggen. Het gaat over taal en dingen die mensen zeggen, niet per se expres, maar dingen die gewoon voorkomen.
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Henrique Dias
Henrique DiasJul 29, 2025
The Ministry of Time
The Ministry of Time is the debut novel from Kaliane Bradley. It is set in a world where the British ministry has started a new initiative to gather "expats" from different points in history in order to understand if time travel is feasible.
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Henrique Dias
Henrique DiasJul 19, 2025
Piranesi
This was the first book I read by Susanna Clarke. I heard about it at a friend's birthday party, after someone gifted this book to the birthday person. After seeing how gorgeous the cover was, and hearing a little bit about the story, I decided to buy it!
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Low Velocity
Low VelocityNov 28, 2024
Death and Life: Rereading Jane Jacobs and the Legacy of Good Intentions
I recently finished rereading Jane Jacobs’ The Death and Life of Great American Cities. It wasn’t my first encounter with the book. I first read it in graduate school over 15 years ago. At the time, it was eye-opening. I wasn’t particularly familiar with the planning profession then, beyond a vague desire to make places better—a motivation that probably leads many people into the field. Having grown up in Saginaw, Michigan, I witnessed firsthand the fallout of deindustrialization. The once-thri
UrbanismBook Reviews
Henrique Dias
Henrique DiasOct 21, 2024
Ikigai
Yesterday, I finished reading Ikigai, a book by Héctor Garcia and Francesc Miralles, which dives into the Japanese concept of the same name, Ikigai (生き甲斐). The reasons for buying this book months ago were not exactly because I wanted to read it, but just because it looked and felt nice. But now that I have read it, I think it was a good purchase.
culturespersonal growth
Henrique Dias
Henrique DiasAug 23, 2023
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller
This is an unusual post: today I did not finish a book, but I decided to consciously stop reading it. And yet, I give it a 3 stars out of 5, which, for me, doesn't mean it's bad. It means it is good, but it is still lacking something for me.
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Henrique Dias
Henrique DiasJun 12, 2023
The Creative Programmer
Last night I thought: tomorrow morning I will finish reading The Creative Programmer, and so I did. I woke up this morning, had a light breakfast, made a coffee, and sat down in the balcony reading the last pages of Wouter's book.
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Henrique Dias
Henrique DiasMay 21, 2023
The Culture Map
A few days ago I started reading this book by Erin Meyer, The Culture Map. And, today, I finished it. Considering I don't read many non-fiction books, I was quite surprised to see how much this book captivated my attention.
culturespersonal growth
Henrique Dias
Henrique DiasDec 25, 2022
The Island of Missing Trees
I started reading this book in June and, even though I was enjoying it, life happened and I started reading very infrequently. I feel like this is a cycle that happens every year: in the beginning of the year I read a lot, during winter, and spring. Then summer comes and I stop reading.
fantasyliterature
Henrique Dias
Henrique DiasMar 2, 2022
Tales from the Cafe
This is the sequel of Before the coffee gets cold and I enjoyed it just as much. I keep the same rating I gave to the first book. It was just as good, a perfect continuation of the first book. Deeply magical and sentimental.
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Henrique Dias
Henrique DiasFeb 20, 2022
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories
When I bought this book, I didn't notice it had "other stories" in the title. Not only does the book contain 7 other stories from Robert Louis Stevenson, but it also includes biographical and bibliographical information about the author.
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Henrique Dias
Henrique DiasFeb 17, 2022
Under the Whispering Door
This book was quite interesting. Similarly to the books I've been reading recently, there's a magical element that makes this book be completely different from what I expected. In a nutshell, there's a man called Wallace that is definitely not a good person. One day, he dies. However, the story tells us what happens after he dies. Of course, I don't want to write spoilers.
fantasyreviews
Henrique Dias
Henrique DiasFeb 8, 2022
This Is How You Lose the Time War
This book is about two characters, Red and Blue, that stand on enemy sides of a time war. In this war, these two enemies end up falling in love until some one's boss discovers this "affair". I gave this book a 3 out of 5, not because the story is bad, but because it didn't resonate with me. In addition, the first tens of pages can be quite slow and hard to understand. I recommend the book for those who enjoy both science fiction and romance though.
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Henrique Dias
Henrique DiasFeb 3, 2022
The Midnight Library
"The Midnight Library" portrays a character, Nora, that after dying at exactly midnight, got transported to a library where time doesn't change. In this library, Nora has the opportunity to try all the different lives she would have had if she had made different decisions. To keep the level of spoilers to a minimum, I will not go over a lot more.
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