cliophate.wtf — Books https://cliophate.wtf All the book reviews on my blog en-us Copyright 2023-2025, Kevin Wammer Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200 Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200 Kirby desk@kvn.li (Kevin Wammer) desk@kvn.li (Kevin Wammer) https://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 1440 https://cliophate.wtf/media/site/71a5ba9ff3-1744972254/feed.jpg cliophate.wtf — Books https://cliophate.wtf The Mountain is You by Brianna Wiest https://cliophate.wtf/reading/the-mountain-is-you-brianna-wiest https://cliophate.wtf/@/page/63w76bkmihwuk2xg Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200
  • Book title: The Mountain is You
  • Author: Brianna Wiest
  • Rating: 4.5/5

Read this in two days. Never heard of the author, but that is some good prose. It is the fourth book in the whole series I've been reading lately, and it's the one that talked to me the most. Not very scientific, but the writer is a poet not a psychologist, so I'm ok with that context.


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Driven by Douglas Brackmann, Randy Kelley https://cliophate.wtf/reading/driven-douglas-brackmann https://cliophate.wtf/@/page/8f412v0m1dchmttz Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200
  • Book title: Driven
  • Author: Douglas Brackmann, Randy Kelley
  • Rating: 3/5

This might be more helpful for people who actually have ADHD, even though Brackmann and Kelley keep using "Driven" as a term. But that is just semantics. I don't have ADHD, so some stuff did not apply to me, at all. I have no clue why I read this, btw.


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Relentless by Tim S. Grover https://cliophate.wtf/reading/relentless-tim-s-grover https://cliophate.wtf/@/page/zhnaqms3e4jagmh2 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200
  • Book title: Relentless
  • Author: Tim S. Grover
  • Rating: 3/5

A bit of tough love that some people might need. A good read, maybe a bit too much focus on the author himself. Also, I know nothing about basketball.


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Purpose & Profit by Dan Koe https://cliophate.wtf/reading/purpose-profit-dan-koe https://cliophate.wtf/@/page/wdtckojx8snsuxey Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200
  • Book title: Purpose & Profit
  • Author: Dan Koe
  • Rating: 4/5

I've discovered this book by coincidence, but it somehow came to me at the right time.


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The War of Art by Steven Pressfield https://cliophate.wtf/reading/the-war-of-art-steven-pressfield https://cliophate.wtf/@/page/c4wwmkro3vujne04 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200
  • Book title: The War of Art
  • Author: Steven Pressfield
  • Rating: 2/5

This book is overhyped. It's way too woo-woo for my liking and it didn't actually do anything for me.


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A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers https://cliophate.wtf/reading/a-prayer-for-the-crown-shy-becky-chambers https://cliophate.wtf/@/page/rxwpgombxmvvxypl Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0100
  • Book title: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
  • Author: Becky Chambers
  • Rating: 4.5/5

Follow-Up to A Psalm for the Wild-Built. Started it right after finishing the first book. It didn't have the same emotional impact on me, but it still only took me a day to finish.


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A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers https://cliophate.wtf/reading/a-psalm-for-the-wild-built-becky-chambers https://cliophate.wtf/@/page/khfeucixaw6nya3j Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0100
  • Book title: A Psalm for the Wild-Built
  • Author: Becky Chambers
  • Rating: 5/5

Absolutely beautiful book. Read it in one sitting (it's short). And immediately started the second one in the series.


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The 5 Types of Wealth by Sahil Bloom https://cliophate.wtf/reading/the-5-types-of-wealth-sahil-bloom https://cliophate.wtf/@/page/vgmyuqd8ajkjtoed Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0100
  • Book title: The 5 Types of Wealth
  • Author: Sahil Bloom
  • Rating: 2.5/5

It was ok. Nothing truly new in this book that I haven't read somewhere already, and also way too long. Probably overhyped.


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At the Existentialist Café by Sarah Bakewell https://cliophate.wtf/reading/at-the-existentialist-cafe-sarah-bakewell https://cliophate.wtf/@/page/ysrntz2glc77byir Sun, 09 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0100
  • Book title: At the Existentialist Café
  • Author: Sarah Bakewell
  • Rating: 4/5

I had to read Sartre and Camus (but never Beauvoir, I wonder why?!) in school and never appreciated them. This has changed over the years, without ever revisiting them. This book finally showed me why.


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The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzō https://cliophate.wtf/reading/the-book-of-tea-okakura-kakuzo https://cliophate.wtf/@/page/yxzmivwvnpigeoyf Sun, 09 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0100
  • Book title: The Book of Tea
  • Author: Okakura Kakuzō
  • Rating: 3.5/5

A book on tea, tea culture, and to be honest, Taoism. Beautiful writing, and I don't even drink tea.


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