Books and posts about capitalism
Quick Lit Short and Sweet Reviews, April 2026
Short reviews of six books I read over the last month and a half — Sisters in Yellow, Last Night in Brooklyn, The Witch, Vigil, How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder, and Down Time.
Reflections on Hetty: The Genius and Madness of America's First Female Tycoon
What I’ve gathered here are my notes from reading this book—the scenes that resonated, the language that stayed, the feelings that remained after finishing.
New-to-me Authors Read in 2025
A Top Ten Tuesday list of new-to-me authors I read in 2025, plus the real question underneath: was I pulled in by the author, the premise, or the hype, and did the book deliver?
Reflections on Vigil
My reading notes from this book, gathered across several encounters—ideas that resonated, arguments that stayed with me, moments worth returning to.
Reflections on Best Offer Wins
Thoughts and marginalia from multiple readings of this book—the moments that registered, the ideas that held weight, the passages that kept coming back.
Reflections on Bullshit Jobs
My reading notes from this book, gathered across several encounters—ideas that resonated, arguments that stayed with me, moments worth returning to.
Reflections on Enshittification Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
Here are my notes and highlights from this book—the sections that demanded attention, the arguments that stayed with me, the insights worth returning to.
Reflections on The Atavists
Collected here are my notes, highlights, and returning thoughts on this book—observations that surfaced during reading and what stayed with me after.