Category: Book Review
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Dungeon Crawler Carl
https://bookshop.org/a/110384/9780593820247 I plowed through all seven of the published Dungeon Crawler Carl book during a brief break in producing videos and reading more complicated books. These books, while dystopian, are generally really light reading. The story moves quickly. The characters are humorous which helps deal with the general darkness of…
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Babel is a Luddite Manifesto
This was the pair of books that actually that got me thinking about the idea of Books in Conversation. This pair was pretty much perfect for this sort of project. I’m glad I thought of this, because it’s been a lot of fun writing these videos, reading the books, and…
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Books In Conversation: The Message and Indigenous People’s History of the United States
I’ve spent about six weeks in Israel for work. I was there as a consultant at a factory there. I was very hesitant to visit, because of the politics around the Gaza strip and the west bank. I remember living in Europe when an American was murdered trying break the…
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Book Review: Will of the Many
Affiliate Link: https://bookshop.org/a/110384/9781982141172 This book is pretty solid. It uses the underdog goes to the top academy for magic users/leaders/etc… trope that’s been pretty popular for a while. I get why it’s popular, I used it in my Good God Damn series. It’s a way to incrementally introduce both the…
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Book Review: Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky
I decided to pick up Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky because I’ve been on something of a kick reading his books. I first read the Children of Time series. Then I moved onto the Final Architecture. I stumbled upon his Philosophy and Tyrants series. In total I have loved every…
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Book Review: The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
This book, The Message, is something of a personal journey for Coates. Like Between the World and Me is written as a letter. This time to a writing class rather than his son. However, it does make the reader feel more intimately connected to what Coates is discussing than if…