01 Review
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is the rare novel I couldn't put down — a decades-spanning story of friendship, games, and creative work.
Reading log
Books, mostly fantasy
Long-form reviews of what I've been reading — mostly fantasy, occasionally a stray nonfiction that earned its place.
02 Review
Piranesi
In college, I read a book called Happy Endings. It was written by a UP alum named Luis Katigbak. He hadn’t won his Palanca yet. This was his first publication.
03 Review
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
It's almost a crime to write a long review of so short a book — notes on Naval Ravikant's lean wisdom on wealth, happiness, and leverage.
04 Review
Discipline Is Destiny
Ryan Holiday's Discipline Is Destiny is, at best, a passable take on self-control as a core virtue — familiar Stoic ideas, competently packaged but rarely new.
05 Review
The Hidden Habits of Genius
This book feels less like an original examination of genius and more like a well-researched but ultimately uninspired repackaging of familiar ideas.
06 Review
Battle Ground
Jim Butcher's Battle Ground, the 17th Dresden Files entry, brings high-octane action and sharp wit — but plays more like Helm's Deep than a grand finale.
07 Review
Peace Talks
Jim Butcher's Peace Talks, the 16th Dresden Files book, is one of the stronger entries in the saga — even while sticking to the formula fans expect.
08 Review
Behind the Cloud
Marc Benioff's "plays" make a clever storytelling frame, but Behind the Cloud sits in the middle tier of company-authored business narratives.