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Books of January 2021

Books of January 2021

The Cultural Revolution: A People's History, 1962-1976 by Frank Dikötter I did not know a whole lot about the cultural revolution. I was aware of broad strokes, as well as some high level ideas about Mao, this book def. did fill in a lot of the gaps. It was also

April 2020 Culture and Media review

April 2020 Culture and Media review

Intro So this month was a bit different. The whole COVID-19 thing had me sit more at home and “space out”, to that end, there was way more TV than books this month. Especially one series I got into. More details below. Books The Story of more by Hope Jahren

Media Review October 2019

Media Review October 2019

Books Safehold - Book 9 - At the Sign of Triumph by David Weber And it is done. In the 9th book David Weber finish the original cycle. The Church is defeated and Safehold is looking forward to a new era….. Maybe? The books pace felt a bit faster than

September 2019 Media Review

September 2019 Media Review

Books Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue by Ryan Holiday The story of how Gawker [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gawker] was taken down by Hulk Hogan a few years ago developed a new twist when it turned out that Hogan was only able to

August 2019 Media Review

August 2019 Media Review

Books Star Wars Thrawn — Book 2 — Alliances by Timothy Zahn The second book in the new Thrawn saga and it changes the tone a bit. It runs in two timelines parallel, one where Thrown and Anakin are going on an adventure, and a second, “present” timeline where Darth Vader and

July 2019 Review

July 2019 Review

Books The Edge of Anarchy - The Railroad Barons, the Gilded Age, and the Greatest Labour Uprising in America by Jack Kelly I picked this purely by title and it wasn’t quite what I had expected. The book mostly centres around the last, great labour struggle in the US

June 2019 Review

June 2019 Review

Books Level Up Trilogy by Dan Sugralinov This was actually a surprisingly entertaining story. In some ways it is reminiscent of “Ready Player One”. What if you life suddenly turned into a Role Playing Game? Where you could level up stats, see other people’s stats and generally try to

[Book] The Fixer Serie Book 1 - 3

[Book] The Fixer Serie Book 1 - 3

Andrew Vaillencourt has created what I would call "Military Sci-Fi" series with "The Fixer". The main character is a former military cyborg named "Roland" who after being "discharchged" from military service finds himself in the seeder parts of Boston where he tires to atone for his perceived sins. He is

Review for May 2017

Review for May 2017

Movies Fiction The Lego Batman Movie (2017) I admit, I loved the Lego Movie came out back in 2014. It had something for everybody in what felt like a natural way, not forced by marketing / committee. And to get straight to the point: So does the Batman movie, with one

March 2017

Movies Fiction Fantastic Beasts and where to find them I never really got into the whole “Harry Potter” series. I tried reading the books but didn’t get too far. There wasn’t really a lot that caught my imagination. There was just too much other stuff that appealed to

February 2017

TV Fiction The Grand Tour Okay, this started way back in December, but I figured I wait until the series ends before I comment on it. Short recap: There once was a rather popular show that had something to with cars, called TopGear. Almost two years ago though the main