A beautiful story of people doing their best to love another. Just clever enough and just heart-wrenching enough
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2026 Reading Goal
58% complete! Zak has read 7 of 12 books.
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Zak wants to read Shop Class as Soulcraft by Matthew B Crawford
Matthew B Crawford: Shop Class as Soulcraft (EBook, 2009, Penguin USA, Inc.)
Shop Class as Soulcraft by Matthew B Crawford
In this wise and often funny book, a philosopher/mechanic systematically destroys the pretensions of the high-prestige workplace and makes an …
Zak wants to read Subprime Attention Crisis by Tim Hwang
Subprime Attention Crisis by Tim Hwang
In Subprime Attention Crisis, Tim Hwang investigates the way big tech financializes attention. In the process, he shows us how …
Zak wants to read Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky
Zak wants to read Category Theory for Programmers by Bortosz Milewski
Zak wants to read City Authentic by David A. Banks
Zak set a goal to read 12 books in 2023
Zak rated The Outskirter's Secret: 5 stars
The Outskirter's Secret by Rosemary Kirstein (The Steerswoman)
Zak rated The Steerswoman: 4 stars
The Steerswoman by Rosemary Kirstein (The Steerswoman, Book 1)
If you ask, she must answer. A steerswoman's knowledge is shared with any who request it; no steerswoman may refuse …
Zak rated Fae Keeper: 4 stars
Zak rated x + y: A Mathematician's Manifesto for Rethinking Gender: 4 stars
Zak reviewed Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur …
Review of 'Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
A beautiful story of people doing their best to love another. Just clever enough and just heart-wrenching enough
Zak rated Ace of Spades: 5 stars
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Ace of Spades is an absolutely amazing book, exciting. Every word makes you want to turn a page.
Zak reviewed They Don't Represent Us by Lawrence Lessig
Review of "They Don't Represent Us" on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
I listened as an audiobook. Overall, I’m a big fan. It gave new words to a lot of the thoughts I’ve had for a while now, and got me thinking about a few things in a less partisan way. I’m dubious of the possibility of implementing the change this book demonstrates as necessary, but it doesn’t skirt the issue of that difficulty, either.
Zak rated Quicksilver: 4 stars
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson (The Baroque Cycle, #1)
Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver is here. A monumental literary feat that follows the author's critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller, Cryptonomicon, …