Category: Opinions

Book Review: Co-Intelligence by Ethan Mollick

Dare I call this an evergreen book about artificial intelligence?

June 18, 2024
Book Review: Round Ireland With a Fridge by Tony Hawks

A fun romp of a true story. If you need to believe in the goodness of the average person again, take a ride with Hawks around Ireland.

June 11, 2024
Book Review: Magpie by Elizabeth Day

One of my favorite thrillers ever. Plot, stakes, and a twist like you’ve probably never seen before. Plus it holds up to (nay, deserves) a second reading!

June 4, 2024
Book Review: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

“We do bones, motherfucker.”

May 28, 2024
Book Review: The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

Beautiful, funny, and heartbreaking. Murray once against captures ordinary people in such a real and empathetic way that their stories can’t help but feel extraordinary.

May 21, 2024
Book Review: The Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda Montell

Another banger from Amanda Montell, looking at our modern internet age and the psychology that underlies some of our…less productive thought patterns.

May 14, 2024
Book Review: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

My absolute favorite children’s book–it’s fun, it’s thought-provoking, it’s got a talking dog.

April 30, 2024
Will AI Take My Dream Job Before I Even Get It?

I’m scheduling this post 24 days in advance, so everything in it is probably extremely outdated. I’m kidding. But only a little. I’ve used AI at my day job–I doubt there’s many people who haven’t by now, whether you’re a healthcare worker or an athletic coach. We use AI to simplify our processes, speed up…

April 25, 2024
Book Review: Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo

A tale of complex, beautiful, and heartbreaking family ties, Family Lore focuses on strong women and the things that make and break them.

April 23, 2024
Book Review: The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

Even better than the movie, if you can believe it.

April 16, 2024