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Review #3 of 2024: The Shattered Sea Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie

In an attempt to get more of my reading done in Spanish and get through some of my Goodreads, TBR backlogs, I’ve been reading children’s…

6 min readApr 17, 2024

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Review #3 of 2024: The Shattered Sea Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie

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Joshua Derrick

Review #13 of 2023: Future of the Humanities by Walter Kaufmann

For a book that was written in the 1970s about university humanities departments, this book rang surprisingly clear for my experience in…

3 min readApr 17, 2024

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Review #13 of 2023: Future of the Humanities by Walter Kaufmann

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Joshua Derrick

Review #9 of 2023: El Refugio Secreto por Pedro Urvi

Great for language learning, pretty standard popcorn fantasy otherwise

7 min readJul 31, 2023

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Review #9 of 2023: El Refugio Secreto por Pedro Urvi

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Joshua Derrick

Refold Approach to Language Learning: Spanish ~1100-Hour Update

My ninth update about learning Spanish in a nutshell

9 min readJun 9, 2023

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Refold Approach to Language Learning: Spanish ~1100-Hour Update

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Joshua Derrick

Book Review #7 of 2023: Hijos del Dios Binario

“El dios binario no proclama nada, simplemente existe en los intersticios del ciberespacio, se alimenta de toda la información y de todas…

5 min readJun 7, 2023

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Book Review #7 of 2023: Hijos del Dios Binario

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Joshua Derrick

Book Review #6 of 2023: The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan

Spoilers ahead for the first two books in the Wheel of Time Series

6 min readMay 25, 2023

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Book Review #6 of 2023: The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan

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Joshua Derrick

Book Review #5 of 2023: Philosophy as a Way of Life by Pierre Hadot

“Such is the lesson of ancient philosophy: an invitation to each human being to transform himself. Philosophy is a conversion, a…

6 min readMay 25, 2023

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Book Review #5 of 2023: Philosophy as a Way of Life by Pierre Hadot

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Joshua Derrick

Review #4 of 2023: The Sane Society by Erich Fromm

Longer and less well known than the “Art of Loving”, The Sane Society is still characteristically Erich Fromm, with his unique synthesis of…

6 min readFeb 12, 2023

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Review #4 of 2023: The Sane Society by Erich Fromm

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Joshua Derrick

Review #3 of 2023: El Guerrero a la sombra del Cerezo

Cuando una piedra golpea la superficie de un estanque sereno, provoca ondas que llegan hasta la más lejana orilla.

4 min readJan 28, 2023

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Review #3 of 2023: El Guerrero a la sombra del Cerezo

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Joshua Derrick

Review #2 of 2023: Harry Potter e la pietra filosofale

Harry Potter was one of my favorite books growing up. I have fond memories of my parents reading me chapters from the first six books as…

7 min readJan 21, 2023

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Review #2 of 2023: Harry Potter e la pietra filosofale

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Joshua Derrick

Joshua Derrick

Every honest man puts his name to what he writes. Language learning, literature and biology. Blog transitioning to substack: https://deusexvita.substack.com/

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