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Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson
Where Good Ideas Come From is like a TED Talk on repeat—fascinating, inspiring, and just a touch over-eager to hammer home that, yes, two heads really are better than one.
The Barbie Movie ★★★☆☆
Barbie is a candy-coated rollercoaster that blends satire, feminist introspection, and plenty of glitter, serving up a surprisingly deep take on modern womanhood—but maybe with one existential crisis too many.
Chip War by Chris Miller
Chip War turns the humble semiconductor into a ticking time bomb, showing how a sliver of silicon has become the ultimate pawn in a global power struggle.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice ★★★☆☆
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is a nostalgia-packed romp with classic Burton chaos and Keaton’s iconic ghostly antics, but it’s more a playful haunt than a groundbreaking return, delivering laughs with a side of déjà vu.
Berserker! By Adrian Edmondson
In Berserker!, Adrian Edmondson blends riotous comedy with raw vulnerability, taking readers on a wild ride that hits as hard emotionally as it does hilariously.
Oblivion ★★★☆☆
Oblivion is a visually stunning sci-fi spectacle that teases deep themes but ends up more style than substance—a sleek, post-apocalyptic journey that’s as pretty as it is hollow.
The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
Rick Rubin’s The Creative Act is less a guide to art than a gentle nudge toward living creatively, whether you’re crafting a masterpiece or just arranging your sock drawer with flair.
Wild Tales ★★★★☆
Wild Tales delivers a deliciously chaotic mix of revenge and absurdity, capturing the cathartic pleasure of watching people snap under life’s relentless pressures.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
Mark Manson’s The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck* is the literary equivalent of being hit repeatedly with a blunt object while someone yells, “It’s for your own good!” Spoiler: It’s not.
Enter The Void ★★★☆☆
Enter the Void plunges you into a kaleidoscopic, unsettling afterlife that’s as relentless as it is visually mesmerizing.
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Atomic Habits serves up habit-building basics with a motivational punch, though you might feel like it’s telling you things you already know—just with a bit more polish and a lot more anecdotes.
American Beauty ★★★★☆
American Beauty exposes the surreal darkness of suburban life, where beauty and decay intertwine in one man’s quest to reclaim himself.
Brainfluence by Roger Dooley
Brainfluence is a crash course in mind manipulation for marketers, exposing the brain’s hidden levers that make us click, buy, and trust a little too easily.
La Haine ★★★★★
La Haine is a raw, unflinching journey through society’s cracks, where the stark black-and-white visuals amplify the explosive tension and gritty reality faced by three young men on the outskirts of Paris—delivering a brutal message on violence, alienation, and the inevitability of a crash landing we’re all complicit in.
Ready Player two by Ernest Cline
Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline is a sequel that proves the age-old adage: lightning doesn’t strike twice, but disappointment sure can. If you were hoping for another nostalgic joyride through the pop culture wonderland of the ’80s, this book serves up a lukewarm rerun that makes you question why you ever cared in the first place.
Longlegs★☆☆☆☆
Longlegs promises horror but delivers a sluggish nightmare of missed potential, with Nicolas Cage’s wild antics and Maika Monroe’s blank stares failing to inject life into this plodding supernatural thriller that’s more cringe than creepy.
The Fran Lebowitz Reader by Fran Lebowitz
The Fran Lebowitz Reader is a masterclass in deadpan wit, perfect for anyone who’d relish watching modern society get skewered with Fran’s unapologetic, razor-sharp prose.
Quo Vadis ★★★★☆
Quo Vadis is a gloriously over-the-top Hollywood epic where Nero burns Rome for fun, Christianity battles decadence, and Peter Ustinov steals the show as the maddest, most flamboyant emperor ever put to screen.
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Imagine being trapped at a party where the host won’t stop listing every single movie, video game, and cereal brand they loved in the ’80s. That’s Ready Player One in a nutshell—except the party lasts for 370 pages, and the nostalgia isn’t a casual mention; it’s the main course, dessert, and after-dinner drink.
Surviving the Netherlands
From Amsterdam’s chaotic charm to Zwolle’s hidden tranquility, my tipsy trip to the Netherlands was full of unexpected twists, tiny ladders, and tasty bitterballen.