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Vaughn Vernon: Domain-Driven Design Distilled (2016, Addison-Wesley Professional)

Review of 'Domain-Driven Design Distilled' on 'Goodreads'

Great book that is obviously an intro and high-level overview of Domain-Driven Design. I found it helpful and looking forward to reading it's big brother: Implementing Domain-Driven Design. It could have been helped with more time spent on what problems DDD is meant to fix.

Matthew Walker: Why We Sleep (Hardcover, 2017, Scribner; Illustrated edition)

Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, …

Review of 'Why We Sleep' on 'Goodreads'

Eye-opening (hah) book. After dealing with short sleep all of my adult life, I can now see that the "sleep is a waste of time" ethos is simply harmful and self-defeating. The author explains everything, with citation, in a way laypeople like myself can understand. I recommend this to everyone that doesn't get 7 to 9 hours of sleep in a night - which is nearly everyone.

Michael Moorcock: The Whispering Swarm

The Whispering Swarm (2015) is a fantasy novel by Michael Moorcock. It is the first …

Review of 'The Whispering Swarm' on 'Goodreads'

Sometimes this book is completely brilliant. It's a pseudo-fantastical autobiography but the number of ideas and large amount of detail can be overwhelming. It's a mix of a very long, yet really interesting, forward by Michael Moorcock published in a collection of classic weird tales and a dreamlike, partially drug-induced magical realist coming-of-age-and-then-some story. For me, it began to bog down ("okay, we've seen the passage of years again... where is this going? is this going?") and I had to give it up once it became a chore to read. Things were starting to get even more surreal and potentially interesting but the dry style and almost aloof narration of the protaganist finally made me give up.

Hopefully, it can get another chance in the future.

reviewed The lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (A Bantam spectra book)

Scott Lynch: The lies of Locke Lamora (Hardcover, 2006, Bantam)

Best book ever

Review of 'The lies of Locke Lamora' on 'Goodreads'

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Didn't finish. Might come back to it but am unlikely to. The story and characters never really connected with me. Really wanted to enjoy it based on the concept.