Tag: Books & Reading
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The Week In Review 20-Jul: Dispatches from Rio: A Week of AI, Satire, and Saturday Reflections
Reading Time: 4 minutesExplore top posts from around the web, week-in-review links, and fresh expat insights on AI, satire, and Saturday reflections from Rio.
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Weekend Picks Ideas For Your Weekend – Netflix Top 10 NY Times Best Sellers & a Book Review by Kevin
Reading Time: 6 minutesDiscover what’s trending this weekend with the Top 10 Netflix shows in the U.S. and Brazil, bestselling books, and one honest review from my bookshelf.
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Daily Writing Prompt 9-Jul: What’s a book you think deserves a sequel?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrom historical codes to modern tech. Why Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon series deserves a seventh book after the shocking ending of his latest novel.
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Unknown Valor Review: The Untold Human Cost of the Pacific War in World War II
Reading Time: 3 minutesA moving review of Unknown Valor by Martha MacCallum, a powerful World War II history book exploring the Pacific theater, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Guadalcanal, and the sacrifices made by ordinary Americans during the war against Japan.
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Book Review: Greater Things I Shall Do: A Guided Journey from Broken Places to Bold Purpose
Reading Time: 4 minutesBroken Places to Bold Purpose. A book you will want to read.
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Daily Writing Prompt 25-Jun: If you could change the ending of any book, which one would it be?
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf I could change one book, it would be the Bible—not the story, but a footnote exploring faith, history, authorship, and certainty.
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How AI Analyzed My Book Reviews and Recommended My Next Reads
Reading Time: 4 minutesI used AI to analyze years of book reviews, identify reading patterns, and recommend future books based on my interests in history, leadership, society, and human behavior.
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Daily Writing Prompt 20-Jun What’s a book, movie, or TV show that you wish you could experience again for the first time?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf you could erase one book, TV show, or movie from memory to experience it again for the first time, what would you choose and why?
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Benjamin Franklin: The Practical Founder America Forgot | Review of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Reading Time: 4 minutesA thoughtful review of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson, exploring Franklin as America’s most practical Founding Father — a self-made man who valued compromise, diplomacy, civic responsibility, and solutions over ideology. A compelling look at the man behind the myths and why his ideas still matter today.