Puppet Essentials by Felix Frank
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
A somewhat serviceable introduction to Puppet. This book reads like an extended blog post and desperately needed an editor.
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James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A marvelous biography of the astonishing life of Alice Sheldon, aka Racoona Sheldon, aka James Tiptree Jr.
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Review: Stone Upon Stone
The Fast Diet: The Simple Secret of Intermittent Fasting: Lose Weight, Stay Healthy, Live Longer by Michael Mosley
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Dietary self-experimentation. It’s fun! Or at least, for some reason, I find it so. The latest fad is intermittent fasting. As usual I’m a bit late to the party, but so far so good.
The Social Conquest of Earth by Edward O. Wilson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Wilson presents the modern theory of group selection (in contrast to kin selection) as the driving force behind the “eusocial” animals like ants, termites, and, of course. human beings.
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Review: Killing the Second Dog
Killing the Second Dog by Marek Hłasko
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Middle 20th century Polish noir — who knew? Not me. Great stuff.
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Review: A Hologram for the King
A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
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Now I Can Die in Peace: How ESPN’s Sports Guy Found Salvation, with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank, and the 2004 Red Sox by Bill Simmons
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
A collection of Simmon’s articles about life as a Sox fan before and after their World Series win.
The Body in the Mind: The Bodily Basis of Meaning, Imagination, and Reason by Mark Johnson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Johnson explores the cognitive role of “image schemata”, which are recurring patterns and structures in our minds and which determine how we perceive and interpret our experience of the world. They also allow us to share meanings with each other as the schemata are derived from our bodily experience of functioning in the world and the similarity of our bodies and cultures lead us to have many of the same schemata in common.
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Review: The Bookshop
The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Classic Fitzgerald story about a person struggling with life and falling a bit short.