All Consuming


Items Hippopottoman consumed in…

August, 2008



  1. Thursday 7
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    Finished consuming…
    Xenocide (Ender, Book 3) (Ender Quartet) — 50 people

    Worth consuming! Tagged: fiction library 50 2008


  2. Thursday 14
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    Finished consuming…
    Nudge — 6 people

    Worth consuming! Tagged: nonfiction library 51 2008


  3. Saturday 23
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    Finished consuming…
    Spellbound — 1 person

    Worth consuming! Tagged: nonfiction library 52 2008


  4. Saturday 30
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    Finished consuming…
    Predictably Irrational — 10 people

    Worth consuming! Tagged: nonfiction library 53 2008


Entries about these items

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    A review of "Spellbound: The Surprising Origins and Astonishing Secrets of English Spelling" — 14 weeks ago

    WORTH CONSUMING!

    Not particularly compelling, considering that it’s a book about spelling. There were a few nuggets of fun information in here, but the author’s style and voice just didn’t do anything for me.
    Moreoever, the cover yammers on about appearances by luminaries such as Bill Gates, and he doesn’t even rate a mention in the index!

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    A review of "Nudge: The Gentle Power of Choice Architecture" — 15 weeks ago

    WORTH CONSUMING!

    A promising start, but soon turned into a string of anecdotes about how choice architecture could be used to improve people’s choices – some of these were more interesting than others (I liked the retirement plan section), and all offered incremental refinements to the theme.

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    A review of "Xenocide (Ender, Book 3) (Ender Quartet)" — 15 weeks ago

    WORTH CONSUMING!

    Not as earth-shattering as the previous two, but still very good. I thought the story was slightly more fragmented, with the goings-on on Path, and with the multiple plot points on Lusitania. Still, I’ve become invested in the worlds and characters (especially Ender), and the hook at the end left me wanting more…


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