This starts as an interesting and thoughtful take of missing through hikers on the PCT. However, the author, despite expressing significant skepticism about a pseudoscientific douser, seems to uncritically endorse a psychic for the second half of the book. It makes me question her judgment and made the second half of the book much less enjoyable.
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Another person who reads many books!
Mostly depressing non-fiction in audiobook form, these days.
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Kendra reviewed Play Nice by Jason Schreier
New York Times bestselling author and the gaming industry's preeminent investigative journalist Jason Schreier examines …
Interesting but fails to engage critically to its detriment
2 stars
Kendra rated The Galaxy, and the Ground Within: 5 stars
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #4)
With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has going …
Kendra reviewed Trail of the Lost by Andrea Lankford
From an award-winning former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure …
Interesting up until...
3 stars
Kendra rated Trail of the Lost: 3 stars
Kendra rated A Closed and Common Orbit: 5 stars
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #2)
Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - possessing a personality and very …
Kendra rated Trapped Under the Sea: 5 stars
Kendra reviewed Dark Wire by Joseph Cox
The inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting operation ever, in which the FBI made …
Compelling but lacking anything critical
4 stars
Written like a thriller, Cox covers the rise and fall of Anom, an encrypted phone service run by the FBI.
I do wish that the book had engaged more with any of the actual legal and geopolitical consequences before the last chapter. I also wish that there was more clarity about where the various pieces of information came from, and how he reported on this - I never felt sure exactly what was coming from where.
Kendra rated An Immense World: 5 stars
Kendra rated I Contain Multitudes: 4 stars
I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong
Joining the ranks of popular science classics like The Botany of Desire and The Selfish Gene, a groundbreaking, wondrously informative, …
Kendra rated True Believer: 4 stars
True Believer by Abraham Riesman
The definitive, revelatory biography of Marvel Comics icon Stan Lee, a writer and entrepreneur who reshaped global pop culture at …
"An unprecedented history of the personality test that has achieved cult-like devotion, devised a century …
DNF at 64%.
Deep Work by Cal Newport
One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve …
Kendra rated Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV: 5 stars
Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum
Who invented reality television, the world’s most dangerous pop-culture genre? And why can’t we look away? In this revelatory, deeply …
