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Isidro López

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reseñó Men Explain Things to Me de Rebecca Solnit

Rebecca Solnit: Men Explain Things to Me (2014, Haymarket Books)

"In her comic, scathing essay "Men Explain Things to Me," Rebecca Solnit took on what …

Review of 'Men Explain Things to Me' on 'Goodreads'

I must say that I really enjoyed this book.

I got it kindly recommended after some (unpleasant) discussions on Twitter about feminism and sexism, and I'm very glad that at least I got this as "something good" from it.

As a white cishet man, unless you're already very familiar with this topic, you have to read it in a very open-minded way. Some assertions might make you feel attacked or uncomfortable, but I think it is worthy to read it leaving all your ego aside. I'm sure we all can learn a lot from it (I hope I did it).

Surprisingly, I only disagreed with a couple of sentences. In a 140 pages book, that looks amazing to me :-)

I specially enjoyed the Woolf's part and the last chapter, "Pandora's box". Very powerful analysis and reflections.

I think it's specially good that the writer communicates very well, she uses …

reseñó Dan-sha-ri: ordena tu vida de Hideko Yamashita

Hideko Yamashita: Dan-sha-ri: ordena tu vida (Spanish language)

Review of 'Dan-sha-ri: ordena tu vida' on 'Goodreads'

I think this book can be a good trigger for starting freeing space from both your home and your mind.
In my case, I found within it the perfect "excuse" for donating lot of stuff that I really don't use/need anymore.

I also think the same message could have been transmitted using a half of the pages :-)

reseñó An End to Suffering de Pankaj Mishra

Pankaj Mishra: An End to Suffering (Paperback, 2005, Picador)

Review of 'An End to Suffering' on 'Goodreads'

Disclaimer: Probably my rating would have been higher if I had not read any other book about Buddhism (history or philosophy) beforehand.

It's a book with a mix of history (the history of Buddhism, the context where it was born, about India), the connection with other philosophers and religions, and also the Buddhist philosophy itself.

I liked it. Maybe too much in-depth details about the context, but obviously it's very personal.

Despite the 3 stars, I would recommend it :-)

reseñó An End to Suffering de Pankaj Mishra

Pankaj Mishra: An End to Suffering (Paperback, 2005, Picador)

Review of 'An End to Suffering' on 'Goodreads'

Disclaimer: Probably my rating would have been higher if I had not read any other book about Buddhism (history or philosophy) beforehand.

It's a book with a mix of history (the history of Buddhism, the context where it was born, about India), the connection with other philosophers and religions, and also the Buddhist philosophy itself.

I liked it. Maybe too much in-depth details about the context, but obviously it's very personal.

Despite the 3 stars, I would recommend it :-)

reseñó La cocina de la escritura de Daniel Cassany (Argumentos, 162)

Daniel Cassany: La cocina de la escritura (Paperback, Spanish language, 1995, Anagrama)

Contraportada:

Escritoras, escritores, cocineros y aprendices todos,

Tengo el gusto de presentarles La cocina de …

Review of 'La cocina de la escritura' on 'Goodreads'

Simplemente GENIAL.

Un libro más que recomendable para cualquier persona que quiera mejorar su comunicación escrita, independientemente de su uso (novela, email o Whatsapp :-p ).

Es más: aquellos que os dediquéis al desarrollo de software también encontraréis muy buenos consejos para mejorar su legibilidad y expresividad.

Cosas que he aprendido: la diferencia entre "legibility" y "readability", la existencia del "Plain English Movement", el significado de palabros como "solecismo", "anatema", "pleonasmo", "zeugma" o "anantapódoton".

Lo dicho: un libro muy ameno y didáctico que sin duda te ayudará a mejorar tu escritura :-)

reseñó Martes con mi viejo profesor de Mitch Albom

Mitch Albom: Martes con mi viejo profesor (Spanish language)

Review of 'Martes con mi viejo profesor' on 'Goodreads'

Lo que le da valor es el estar basado en "un hecho real" (espero, porque a estas alturas de la vida y visto lo visto, uno ya no se fía de nada).

Si no fuera por eso, sería una mera sucesión de lugares comunes.

Aún así, me ha gustado bastante (creo que me estoy haciendo mayor). Eso sí, un poco sorprendido por la visión principalmente utilitarista de la familia y el matrimonio (básicamente, "mola estar rodeado de gente que te quiere cuando estás muy enfermo, viejo o vas a morir").

reseñó Utopia de Thomas More (Penguin classics)

Thomas More: Utopia (2003, Penguin Books)

Utopia (Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque …

Review of 'Utopia' on 'Goodreads'

Interesting book, though a little bit below my expectations (hhmm... always the expectations...).

In the edition I read, I found more interesting than the novel, a brief essay from Ursula K. Le Guin: I didn't know this writer and discovering her has been a great surprise.

reseñó Surviving object-oriented projects de Alistair Cockburn

Alistair Cockburn: Surviving object-oriented projects (1998)

Review of 'Surviving object-oriented projects' on 'Goodreads'

Even if the book is 18 years old, I found it really interesting.

Because of its "age", and after the Agile Manifesto and all the movements/frameworks/practices which came afterwards, some ideas don't look the best ones nowadays.
Despite that, I think it's a book worthy reading :-)