The Weaver Reads

Reading account for @weaver@zirk.us

I make edits to book pages as I go.

2025-03-30

Review of "The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Theology" (3 stars): Dense -- Best to Have Some Grounding in Classical Philosophy

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Sabine Schmidtke: The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Theology (Oxford University Press)
2025-03-30

Review of "The Study Quran" (5 stars): The New Standard in English

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Seyyed Hossein Nasr: The Study Quran (2015, HarperOne)
2025-03-25

Review of "Dopamine Nation" (4 stars): On Addiction and Pleasure

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Anna Lembke: Dopamine Nation (Hardcover, 2021, Dutton)
2025-03-23

Review of "Sardines and Oranges" (4 stars): Good Collection of Short Fiction from Northern Africa

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Peter Clark: Sardines and Oranges (2005)
2025-03-23

Review of "Mona Lisa Overdrive" (3 stars): Disappointing End to the Trilogy

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William Gibson: Mona Lisa Overdrive (Paperback, 1989, Bantam Books)
2025-03-23

Review of "Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality" (4 stars): The Broad Outlines of Psychosexual Development

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Sigmund Freud: Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (1975, Basic Books)
2025-03-21

Review of "On the Heavenly Spheres" (5 stars): Outstanding Guide to Traditional Astrology

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Helena Avelar, Luis Ribeiro: On the Heavenly Spheres (Paperback, American Federation of Astrologers)
2025-03-21

Review of "The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On" (4 stars): The Apocalyptic Poetics of Everyday Life

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Franny Choi: The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On (2022, HarperCollins Publishers, Ecco)
2025-03-20

Review of "The Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies" (4 stars): The State of the Art on Qur’anic Studies

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Mustafa Shah, M. A. S. Abdel Haleem: The Oxford Handbook of Qur'anic Studies (2019, Oxford University Press)
2025-03-16

Review of "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again" (5 stars): What It Means to Live on the Cusp of the 21st Century

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David Foster Wallace: A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (Paperback, 1998, Back Bay Books)
2025-03-16

Review of "Classical Arabic Stories" (5 stars): Outstanding Collection of Classical Stories

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Salma Khadra Jayyusi: Classical Arabic Stories (Paperback, Columbia University Press)
2025-03-16

Review of "Haiku" (4 stars): Short, Sweet Collection

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Stephen Addiss, Fumiko Y. Yamamoto, Akira Y. Yamamoto: Haiku (2009, Shambala, Distributed in the United States by Random House)
2025-03-15

Review of "Think" (4 stars): Philosophy as Practice

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Simon Blackburn: Think (1999)
2025-03-12

Review of "The Life You Were Born to Live" (2 stars): Not the Best Writing

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Dan Millman: The Life You Were Born to Live (1995, HJ Kramer)
2025-03-08

Review of "Desert Tracings" (4 stars): Pre-Islamic Arab Poetry

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Michael Anthony Sells: Desert Tracings (1989, Wesleyan University Press)
2025-03-06

Review of "Astrology" (4 stars): I'm going through my Saturn return and I want to die!

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Carole Taylor: Astrology (2018, DK Publishing)
2025-03-06

Review of "Contemporary Arab Political Thought" (3 stars): Good Collection of Primary Sources

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Anouar Abdel-Malek: Contemporary Arab Political Thought (1983, Zed Press, U.S. distributor, Biblio Distribution Center)
2025-02-27

Review of "After Dark" (5 stars): A Surreal Tale About Care at Night

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Haruki Murakami: After Dark (Hardcover, 2007, Knopf)
2025-02-23

Review of "After Shock" (2 stars): Not in the Same League as Future Shock

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John Schroeter, Deb Westphal: After Shock (Hardcover, 2020, John August Media, LLC)
2025-02-23

Review of "Infinite Jest" (5 stars): Triangles and Circles

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David Foster Wallace: Infinite Jest (Paperback, 2006, Back Bay Books (Little Brown and Company))

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