Words and Wanderings

Reviews on books and adventures.

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When We Cease to Understand the World

By Benjamin Labatut Rating: 5/5 This is one of those books that is difficult to write about. Mathematics and the lives of mathematicians have long been an interest of mine.… Read more ⇢
The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time Book 1)

Rate: 4/5. Great fantasy. Like finding Tolkien all over again. A Tokien hyped up on caffeine. Despite Robert Jordan being a pillar in high fantasy, I had never gotten around… Read more ⇢
Warbreaker – Brandon Sanderson

Rating: 3.5 / 5 As with many of the books we have opportunity to read, this one came with recommendation from a trusted friend of mine. What a roving tale… Read more ⇢
A Meditator’s Guide to Buddhism by Cortland Dahl

This book came to me by way of Tergar International, a mindfulness organization with which I’m affiliated. It’s CEO, Cortland Dahl, published A Meditator’s Guide to Buddhism: The Path of… Read more ⇢
Tactics of Conquest – Barry Malzberg (1973)

My rating: Good – 3.5 / 5 stars This little book was handed to me by my very good friend Nick, aka @sci_fi_up_high. This review doesn’t include any spoilers. In… Read more ⇢
Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut

What happens in Galapagos? Well, there’s an apocalypse. But this event takes up maybe a paragraph of text in the entire book. The dropping of devices from airplanes that are… Read more ⇢

When We Cease to Understand the World