New #book haul! 📚
Books
Revisiting Malazan
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
There and back again
Fantasy hole
Monday, June 30, 2025
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Finished What Comes Before Mindfulness? by Ajahn Sona 📚
This book ended on such a high note that I am biased and putting it at 5 stars. I read it over a very long time—it was my “late night can’t get to sleep” book — but as soon as finishing I thought “I can’t wait to read this again.”
Finished Co-Intelligence by Ethan Mollick 📚
Solid intro. Shoulda read this when it first came out. Probably woulda given it more stars. It is very short, and touches on a lot of very deep issues, which is useful for the complete novice, but will be unsatisfying for anyone looking for real answers.
Une petite catharsis of anomie — a review of Deep Work by Cal Newport
Thursday, May 22, 2025
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Best of 2024
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
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CITED is back and taking on "economics"
Sunday, October 27, 2024
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Recognize the ills, let's do better — Short summary of
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
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It could be better for everybody — a review of Limitarianism in just 335 words
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
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Just enough capitalism – A quick review of Slow Productivity
Monday, April 22, 2024
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Finished Northern Ireland: The Fragile Peace by Feargal Cochrane 📚
A very readable, yet comprehensive, history of Northern Island over the past 100 years. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Perspective on Palestine — Review of The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
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Started reading The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi 📚
Only one chapter in and it’s more complex than I thought. Got new perspective on the “triple bind” of metropole (London) enabler (League of Nations) and settlers that don’t answer to the metropole. So much detail in this book.
Started listening to the full-cast audio of Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett 👼😈 📚
Finished How Infrastructure Works by Deb Chachra 📚
Enjoyed it a lot. Full of wonder! See my chapter notes here: www.goodreads.com/review/sh…
Nice intro to an incisive book. End of the year is a time for reflection, but it is ALWAYS a good time to re-examine your inner work camp. #burnout
My review from 2017 here: chadkohalyk.com/2017/07/3…