Unqualified book reviews podcast

Unqualified book reviews

Unqualified book reviews

I read a lot of books, and here I’ll talk about them. I’m not a professional book reviewer and my book reviews will be spontaneous and unprepared, hence they’ll be a bit unqualified. But I hope that there will still be something useful for you in every episode. Books cover everything I’m interested in, so nonfiction, literary fiction, (auto)biography, and sometimes even poetry.

12 Episoden

0012 - Ismail Kadare: The Palace of Dreams
6.9.2020
20:08
In this episode, I talk about a book I enjoyed a lot. I’d highly recommend people read this book, and in this episode I discuss what the book is about and why I think people should read it.
0011 - Virginia Woolf: Mrs Dalloway
4.9.2020
14:48
In this episode, I talk about one of the most famous and classic books in modern literature, Mrs Dalloway.
Verpasse keine Episode von “Unqualified book reviews” und abonniere ihn in der kostenlosen GetPodcast App.
0010 - Albert Camus: Create Dangerously
2.9.2020
6:24
In this episode, I talk about a short collection of speeches that Camus gave. The title speech - Create Dangerously - discusses what art has been shaped in the mid-20th century and what artists should do. There wasn’t a huge amount for me in this book, but maybe this review will be useful to you.
0009 - Mary Shelley: Frankenstein
23.8.2020
20:27
In this episode, I talk about Shelley’s famous novel Frankenstein. I don’t really talk about the main stuff about the book (the plot, the themes, etc.), but more about all the random and weird stuff I encountered throughout the book.
0008 - Zadie Smith: Intimations
21.8.2020
8:26
In this episode, I talk about Zadie Smith’s book Intimations, which is a short collection of (largely) personal essays about the current COVID-19 pandemic.
0007 - Andreas Diekmann: Spieltheorie
19.8.2020
4:15
In this episode, I talk about Spieltheorie by Andreas Diekmann. This book is an introduction to game theory, providing a brief and broad overview of different approaches and uses in the field.
0006 - Derek Sivers: Anything You Want
17.8.2020
9:01
In this episode, I talk about Derek Sivers’s great book Anything You Want, which provides delightful and brief lessons drawn from Sivers’s experience from running CD Baby (the largest online seller of indie music). I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone.
0005 - Mullainathan & Shafir: Scarcity
17.8.2020
11:48
In this episode, I talk about an important book I enjoyed greatly: Scarcity By Mullainathan and Shafir. They argue that not having enough (of whatever: money, time, etc.) leads to a scarcity mindset that fundamentally alters how people think and behave. Sometimes these changes can be beneficial, but often they exacerbate the existing problem.
0004 - Richard Dawkins: The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing
13.8.2020
9:03
In this episode, I talk about Richard Dawkins’s anthology of modern science writing. Overall, it’s a pretty cool book, albeit maybe a bit too focused on biology/genetics.
0003 - Georges Simenon: Maigret’s Memoirs
11.8.2020
16:26
In this episode, I’ll be talking about a book I enjoyed immensely: the fictional autobiography of Maigret, Simenon’s famous detective. This book reveals not only the backstory to Maigret, but also Simenon’s approach to writing fiction.

Weitere Episoden

Hol dir die ganze Welt der Podcasts mit der kostenlosen GetPodcast App.

Abonniere alle deine Lieblingspodcasts, höre Episoden auch offline und erhalte passende Empfehlungen für Podcasts, die dich wirklich interessieren.

© radio.de GmbH 2026

Ein Unternehmen von

MADSACK