THE NOTEBOOK / TYLER RHODES
Topic: Book-Review
From the notebook, collected by topic.
2021
Book Review: Reinventing the Sacred
My take on Stuart A. Kauffman's book 'Reinventing The Sacred.'
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A book review of Rene Girard's Violence and The Sacred
Read the articleBook Review: The Stranger
My book review of The Stranger by Albert Camus. I thought it was good, I think?
Read the articleBook Review: Love and Justice
My book review of Rienhold Niebuhr's Love and Justice, a collection of his essays on this topic.
Read the articleBook Review: The Children of Light and The Children of Darkness
My review of Reinhold Niebuhr's book, 'The Children of Light and The Children of Darkness.'
Read the articleBook Review: The 1-Page Marketing Plan
Book Review of 'The 1-Page Marketing Plan,' by Allan Dib.
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2020
Book Review: Don Quixote
Book review of Don Quixote
Read the articleBook Review: I Am a Strange Loop
My review of I Am a Strange Loop by Douglass Hofstadter
Read the articleBook Review: Deceit, Desire, and the Novel
Review of Deceit, Desire, and the Novel. Rene Girard's analysis and exposition of novels of mediated desire
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2019
Book Review - I See Satan Fall Like Lightening
I review the book 'I See Satan Fall Like Lightening' by Rene Girard, an anthropological interpretation of the crucifixion, the nature of myth, and mimetic rivalry.
Read the articleTsundoku, Distraction, and Focus
This is the post where I detail my habit of buying more books than I'll ever have time to read, known in Japanese as 'tsundoku.'
Read the articleBook Review - Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
My review of the book Boyd: 'The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War' -- you should read it!
Read the articleBook Review - Thinking Fast and Slow
My review of Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
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2018
Book Review - How Not to Die
How Not To Die by Dr. Michael Greger is quite simply a book which advocates for eating a “whole-food plant based diet.” It’s a fairly quick read, and although I haven’t gone through the “recipe” portion of the book, the first…
Read the articleBook Review - The Little Book of Common Sense Investing
I’m not a serious investor and for the most part don’t follow the day to day doings of the stock market and bond market to know what’s going on. I’m not the best saver in general, although I have contributed to 401k accounts…
Read the articleNetflix Update
Since my last post I’ve made some progress in my quest to cut back on my Netflix and Twitter habit. I’ve read two books and have started a third. All in all, I’ve probably watched about 45 minutes of Netflix, a significant…
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