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Book Review: Dead Country by Max Gladstone
It was fine, but this first experience with the Craft Sequence universe didn’t convince me I need to run out and read the others any time soon.
Book Review: Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman
It was a decent story, with familiar elements of coming-of-age and finding-oneself mixed in with action and adventure.
Book Review: Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
It’s not a bad book, and the story premise is interesting enough. It’s just that the thing was so s l o w.
Book Review: The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
Easily one of the most facinating and compelling stories I’ve read in the past year.
Book Review: Koji Alchemy by Rich Shih and Jeremy Umansky
More theory than practice. Will be a good reference.
Book Review: The Iliad translated by Emily Wilson
As she did with The Odyssey, Wilson has done a masterful job here.
Book Review: How Logic Works by Hans Halvorson
Halvorson has a learner-friendly approach to teaching formal logic.
Book Review: Getting Things Done by David Allen
You don’t need to follow Allen’s GTD method religiously to get a lot of benefit out of it.
Book Review: Miso, Tempeh, Natto, & Other Tasty Ferments by Kirsten K Shockey and Christopher Shockey
It’s a pragmatic book that I’ll be adding to my collection very soon now.
Book Review: Successful Independent Consulting by Johanna Rothman
Overall, it was a timely and valuable read for me.