Not anti-AI — anti-AI industry. It’s a crucial distinction, and this book is almost alone in making it. My Rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5: Good) As a…
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Land Audiobook Review: Slow-Burning and Beautiful
Haunting, meditative, and atmospheric, this story will stay with you days after you finish the book. My Rating: ★★★★★ (5/5 stars: Excellent) I read Land…
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Having It All Audiobook Review: An Economist Gives Women a Decision Framework for Life
Less “lean in,” more utility function: a practical framework for designing a life you actually want. My Rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5 stars: Great) There’s no disingenuous…
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Strangers Audiobook Review: A Divorce Memoir with a Message
Excellent, unflinching, and important memoir about a truly awful experience of marriage and loss of independence. My Rating: ★★★★★ (5/5 stars: Excellent) This is not…
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Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales Audiobook Review: The Magic Is Back
Book three makes a full comeback: the wintry, crystalline world-building from book one is back, plus the circle of friends from book two. My Rating:…
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Everything Is Tuberculosis Audiobook Review: Global Health Made Personal
Beautifully structured, author-driven literary journalism that makes a global health crisis feel urgent and deeply human. My Rating: ★★★★★ (5/5 stars: Excellent) “The cure is…
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Whistler Audiobook Review: Ann Patchett at Her Most Quietly Perfect
A story about love reclaimed that feels like a glow in the darkness. This is one of the year’s best. My Rating: ★★★★★ (5/5 stars:…
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The Power of Habit Audiobook Review: How Patterns Become Ingrained in People and Teams
The research and psychology behind habit formation for individuals, teams, and organizations. My Rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5 stars: Good) I came to this one right after…
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The Anxious Generation Audiobook Review: The Data-Backed Case for Keeping Kids Off Phones
How smartphones and the like button transformed childhood online, layered on top of a risk-averse parenting culture that had already been quietly doing its damage…