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reviewed The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin

Peter Kropotkin: The Conquest of Bread (Paperback, 2015, Penguin Books) 5 stars

"Le titre du livre : La Conquête du Pain doit être pris dans le sens …

There's a reason this book is synonymous with anarchist communism

5 stars

Sure, some parts are out of date. But so much of it remains true even today. There's a saying about lectures that say that the best questions a lecturer can get are the ones answered by the very next slide. Well, that is exactly what happened to me, again and again, with the chapters of this book. Most amazingly, a question a friend raised in a discussion we had about chapter 8 was answered by the very first sentence of chapter 9. Can't be better than that.

reviewed A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls, #2) by Hank Green

Hank Green: A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls, #2) (2020) 5 stars

April May and the Carls are back in the much-anticipated sequel to Hank Green's #1 …

Review of 'A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I didn't expect this book to be better than the first one, but it was. The different points of view, the build of tension, the somewhat existential take on modern society, the new perspective on the beauty that is humanity... What's not to like in this book?
My only complaint is that I had to deal with the fact I couldn't stop reading, and finished the book 9 days after I got it despite having worked for most of those days, and had to deal with having finished it so fast. But that's less of a bug and more of a feature.