Some chapters are slow, others gripping. The suspense rises throughout the 1300 pages, into something so real that every time I want to check the news or Wikipedia for the fictional events happening in the book.
I like Bob’s wisdom, and I loved the beginning phase of the book. But it got repetitive quickly: if you’ve read a few articles you’ve read them all. What doesn’t help is that it’s all cynical and negative feedback.
This book just starts and never holds back. The quality of Capote’s writing is so impeccable, his attention to details in the characters. Capote could write about a sunny day and make it interesting. This book is a world, real — but not the happiest, but one I loved to go back. This book just […]
We turn our focus to the new year, with many new challenges in prospect, most notably defending our titles in the 2017 iRacing Blancpain GT Series World Championship, and the 2017 iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series. Our partner- and sponsorship continues with Virtual Racing School continues into its second year. Virtual Racing School is […]
The winner of January's iRacing screenshot contest is… "Subtle Differences" by @jaapgrolleman! pic.twitter.com/EX8m7kpHrS — iRacing (@iRacing) January 23, 2017
What sets Sagan (and Cosmos) apart from other science books is the sheer enthusiasm and context he provides. While the book is thick, and some chapters complicated, the storytelling power and ‘the bigger picture’ make this thing a pageturner.
In the first two weeks of this year, I’ve often looked back on my life in a very practical, non-philosophical way. I revisited my former schools in Google Streetview, I went through designs made years ago, I played a video game which the teenage-me also played, and I read emails sent a decade ago. Perhaps what triggered […]
In 2009, I was doing a six-month internship in Sydney, Australia, at Marketing Mechanics. Since Melbourne was really close, I bought tickets to the Australian Grand Prix. I arrived in a dirty and cheap hostel, and had a roommate from France, who was a huge Lewis Hamilton fan. I was reading a book from 2001 by […]
Shadow Puppets is good for Ender’s Game series addicts, albeit it’s quite fast-foody; fast, cheap, okay but that great. Card’s personal views about marriage are very present in this book (outside his books, he’s openly homophobic), but this shouldn’t bother you. If you’d only want to read books that agree with your personal view, your […]
