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I enjoy a wide range of books, from non-fiction with a progressive slant, to science fiction, to poetry, to experimental stuff. I read in Spanish sometimes. Recent highlights, to give a flavour: The Half-built Garden - Ruthanna Emrys The Lovesongs of W.E. Du Bois - Honore Fannone Jeffers The Value of Everything - Marian Mazzucatto A Prayer for the Crown Shy - Becky Chambers Post-colonial Love Poems - Natalie Diaz
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Nick reviewed Down the rabbit hole by Juan Pablo Villalobos
Nick reviewed The Actual Star by Monica Byrne
Nick reviewed The Actual Star by Monica Byrne
Nick reviewed Poetics of Work by Noémi Lefebvre
Nick reviewed A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
Nick reviewed The Value of Everything by Mariana Mazzucato
Nick reviewed Ephemeron by Fiona Benson
Nick reviewed Empireland by Sathnam Sanghera
Falls short
3 stars
As far as it goes it is absorbing, and illuminating, the book is full of anecdotes about the history of Empire, and it goes some way to reassessing the legacy of Empire, but it becomes repetitive, and pulls away sometimes from drawing the conclusions that seem to stand out from the stories he tells. In the end though he shows that imperialism has clearly shaped modern Britain, he doesnt really go deep enough into How it did/does that.