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Rated Neuroeducación y lectura 9/10

Rated Candela memoria social de un Madrid flamenco 8/10

Rated The Psychology of Money 8/10

A fun read, confirming most of my beliefs about money.

Rated El Jugador 8/10

Rated CON OJOS DE NIÑO 8/10

Rated De vriend 6/10

I often don’t like it when - as the reader -you know more than the protagonist. This was the case here.
I do admit that I did not see the final plot twist coming the way it turned out.

Rated Vonkie 10/10

A wonderful story about aging, loss and above all that at every age there is something to be gained from life. All wrapped up in a journey on foot through the Scottish highlands.

Rated Las fuerzas que mueven el mundo: La geopolítica y la economía global en mapas 8/10

Rated Held 6/10

One of the things I love about reading is that a lot is left to the imagination of the reader. That way whole visual worlds are created in my mind. Some authors often leave gaps for the reader’s imagination to fill.
This books leaves the gaps a little too wide for me. That in combination with quite philosophical and poetic prose made this not what it could have been. I can see though why lots of people highly rate it. Just not for me though.

Rated Estúpidos hombres blancos 6/10

Rated 9 meses en el paraíso 7/10

Rated Atlas de Sonidos Remotos 8/10

Rated Kobane Calling 10/10

Rated Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster 10/10

I knew I was going to rate this book very highly. I knew a fair bit of the 1996 Everest disaster before reading this. Even though I’ve never done any mountaineering, this book has made me think about it a lot during the days I was reading it. I also watched a lot of YT videos about mountaineering and ascents/descents of various of the tallest peaks.
Doing a proper trek - not climbing anything tall - in Nepal/Pakistan has become a stronger urge.

Rated No sonamos mal crónica oral de la nueva escena indie de guitarras 9/10

Rated Esqueletos 9/10

Rated Zoete overwinning 8/10

The more I kept reading the more I got into it. Just a nice story.

Rated Crónicas balcánicas 10/10

Rated Será todo para mí 8/10

Rated Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd 8/10

Rated The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change 8/10

The biggest strength of this book is that it ties so many factors and industries together into one compelling argument about the direction of civilization and the effects of excessive consumption and pollution. The biggest flaw, albeit an almost unpreventable one, is the sheer amount of data and supporting evidence it presents.<br/><br/>Given the author, any argument made without enormous supporting evidence will be dismissed by many as political posturing. Of course, many will dismiss it as such anyway, as unfortunate as that may be. But so much data and information makes for a cumbersome read, and such slowness detracts from the argument's effectiveness. Too bad, because the information presented, the challenges highlighted, and the solutions presented are all important and well considered.<br/><br/>I definitely recommend it to people of any political persuasion as an assessment of where we currently stand and as a means of furthering a constructive dialogue. Sadly, I believe the people who most need to read it (those who get their information from social media or television) will be unwilling to make the required effort.

Rated The Dirty Streets of Heaven 8/10

Rated Psicopolítica 7/10

Rated El nombre del viento 10/10

Rated La danza del oso 9/10