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The first part of the book sounds like the most primitive of young adult fantasies, with your stereotypical high school boy being suddenly ripped from his ordinar...

Another fun entry in the Mistborn series. Great action, fun characters, and the fun world of allomancy and feruchemy. The only downside is that this book seemed a...

One of those books on communication, behavior, etiquette, and leadership that made me realize I’m a terrible human being I have a lot to learn. I’m guilty of so m...

Did not finish. Got about one-fourth of the way through, realized I was bored out of my mind and not learning anything, and gave up. It was one platitude after a...

The good Hard science fiction: neutron stars, gravity, magnetic fields, nuclear forces, evolution, etc. Unique setting: a neutron star with sur...

This book explores an alternate history where slavery in the USA never ended, but instead remained legal in a handful of southern states all the way to modern tim...

The good

A delightful murder mystery with one of the best twists of all time.

Interesting content, horrible writing. Early in the book, Taleb mentions that he ignored most of the feedback from his editors; the result is a book that’s poorly...

If you’re going to use Kubernetes, you need to read this book. It covers absolutely everything you need to know, starting with a basic intro to Docker and goi...