Sunday, March 31, 2024

The Bezzle by Cory Doctorow (2024)

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Another rant and adventure in the life of "forensic accountant" Martin Hench. This time Martin takes on a few of the evil people b...
Saturday, March 30, 2024

A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas (2017)

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This second book in the "Lady Sherlock" series is slightly better than the first one and continues to develop the author's alt...

Zwischen Welten von Juli Zeh & Simon Urban (2023)

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„Wir glauben stets einer Meinung sein zu müssen, um einander nicht zu verlieren." Das Buch ist eine fesselnde Geschichte über die Milch...
Tuesday, March 12, 2024

The Parasitic Mind by Gad Saad (2020)

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I had some relatively high expectations for the cogency, science, and rigor when I started reading the book but  am now disappointed.  The a...

Darkest Fear by Harlan Coben (2013)

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Another tight Harlan Coben thriller with fun characters, plot twists and wheels within wheels of an overly complex mystery.  The characters ...

Progression to the Mean

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I can no longer find the reference, but I read somewhere that we regress to the mean performance of the five people with whom we spend the m...
Saturday, March 9, 2024

Governor by David Weber and Richard Fox (2021

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Fun military space opera with great politics. The story is much like the books in the Honor Harrington universe, but the  celestial mechanic...
Saturday, March 2, 2024

Das Glasperlenspiel von Hermann Hesse (1943)

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Die Sprache, der Takt und die künstlerische Darstellung der Geschichten im Buch sind wunderschön und sehr angenehm zu lesen. Allerdings sind...
Monday, February 26, 2024

Libraries

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Where I live in King County, Washington, USA, the libraries and all of their services are completely free.  The buildings provide great meet...
Saturday, February 24, 2024

A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas (2016)

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For those of us who love Laurie King's Mary Russel books, here is another great author who embraces the Victorian era and the famous She...