October 2019 – Meditations

October 29, 2019

Review: Bertie, Jane Ridley

Rating: 5 out of 5 It is a wonder to read two biographies of relatively similar people in close succession. For me, one was…

October 29, 2019

Review: William Pitt the Younger, William Hague

Rating: 2 out of 5 I had the misfortune to read another biography — one which I liked a lot more — right after…

October 23, 2019

Arvustus: Teekond maailma ääreni, Raul Talvik

Hinnang: 4 / 5 Huvitavad ja üldiselt hästi kirjeldatud mõtted. Mõnedest vigadest hoolimata on tegu põneva raamatuga, kus professor Talvik kirjeldab huvitavalt Saaremaa võrdsustamist…

October 18, 2019

Review: Revenant Gun, Yoon Ha Lee

Rating: 3 out of 5 I wasn’t as great a fan of this book as I was of the previous ones. I think it…

October 16, 2019

Review: Poltava 1709, Angus Konstam

Rating: 3 out of 5 I decided to read this because I had just finished Peter Englund’s far longer and more descriptive overview of…

October 16, 2019

Arvustus: Poltaava, Peter Englund

Hinnang: 5 / 5 Poltaava lahingust on vähemalt koolipingis kuulnud enamik eestlasi. Lühidalt, 28. juuni 1709 hommikul rivistus Karl XII armee ööpimeduses, lootusega üllatada…

October 15, 2019

Review: Prevail, Jeff Pearce

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 This was a difficult book to read. The continuous struggles of one nation — Abyssinia — against Italy are…

October 14, 2019

Review: Raven Stratagem, Yoon Ha Lee

Rating: 5 out of 5 It was, again, my plan to review this before starting the third book of the trilogy. As it happens,…

October 11, 2019

Review: Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee

Rating: 5 out of 5 It was my intention to write this before starting with the next book in the series, but I failed…

October 8, 2019

Review: Danny Williams, Please Come Back, Bill Rowe

Rating: 5 out of 5 There is a reasonable question which should encircle the topics we emerge ourselves in — and the boundary should…