Book Reviews

What I'm reading and what I thought. Rated 0.5 to 5 stars.

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AI 2041

by Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan

Started: January 2026

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Mark Twain

by Ron Chernow

★★★★ (4/5)

"What an interesting person Twain was. From his beginnings in Virginia City to his life after his wife died, he was so dramatically radical. He was ultra-moralistic while also quite inable to be self-aware of his own faults until too late. This was the biography I enjoyed the most from Chernow. It is interesting to consider Twain as the first American celebrity, forming the basis for its place in our current society."

Finished: January 2026

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Ben-Hur

by Carol Wallace

★★★ (3.5/5)

"Some parts are truly amazing, other parts are disappointing. Sheikh's first description of Jesus is truly beautiful."

Finished: December 2025

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Empire of the Summer Moon

by S. C. Gwynne

★★★★ (4/5)

"This was a pretty good telling of the Comanche people ending with the last chief and transition-ary figure Quantah Parker. Hope the movie is half as good."

Finished: November 2025

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