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Rated Spider-Man: Gang War Omnibus 8/10

Wants to read The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning: Reconceiving Roles for Planning, Plans and Planners

Finished reading Meer zen, minder bubbels

Rated Monster Kids: How Pokémon Taught a Generation to Catch Them All 8/10

A great overview from the top-up marketing campaigns that I experienced (in part) as a kid, not just about Pokémon, but also its competitors at the time. Pokémon, Digimon and Yu-Gi-Oh! are the main focus, though others such as Mon Colle Knights and Medabots get more than passing mention.

I enjoyed all that's in it, since it tied together a lot of nostalgic elements from my childhood. I do wish the writer had gone into more detail about many of specific trends and marketing campaigns covered. As someone who's not from America, there's of course an international element missing to truly encompass my own experiences. The book, for example, talks about the big initial Pokémon hype petering out. That makes me wonder whether our own flippos gave it a longer lease on life here.

Added Someone You Can Build a Nest In to Read Books

Wants to read The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini

Wants to read River of Gods

Finished reading Against Platforms: Surviving Digital Utopia

Finished reading Age of the City: Why our Future will be Won or Lost Together

Finished reading American Technological Sublime

Finished reading Balthazar

Finished reading Confessions of a Free Speech Lawyer: Charlottesville and the Politics of Hate

Finished reading Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language

Rated Le Calamity Club 10/10

Wants to read Het smelt

Finished reading Calm Technology: Designing for Billions of Devices and the Internet of Things

Finished reading Clea

Finished reading Code & Vorurteil: Über Künstliche Intelligenz, Rassismus und Antisemitismus

Rated Greek Buddha: Pyrrho's Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia 6/10

<div>It is a fascinating book, but too speculative for my taste. Yes, all the logical “leaps of faith” are sound and plausible, but they remain leaps of faith.&nbsp;</div>

Finished reading Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever

Finished reading Saviors

Finished reading Darkness at Noon

Finished reading Designing Relational Database Systems

Finished reading Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women

Finished reading Ethical Machines: Your Concise Guide to Totally Unbiased, Transparent, and Respectful AI