I love The Professor Is In 2.0 (Book review)
Last November, the Professor Is In, 2.0 was published. Compared to the first version we had previously reviewed on this blog (The 7 Best Tips from ‘The Professor is in’ (Book review)), the 2025...
Category: Book Reviews
Here we talk about some books which we found useful, usually bridgeing the gap from the books contents to its applicability to the PhD life / life in Academia. Some of the posts in this category are also more reflections than book reviews. Some posts are just inspired by a particular book.
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1. Reviews (top-level category containing all reviews)
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3. Tech or Travel Gadget Reviews
Three Books That Changed How I Work and Live: Lessons from Essentialism, So Good They Can’t Ignore You, and Make Time
As part of our goal to have more short posts with quick takeaways, today I’m sharing some key insights from a few books that have had a huge impact on my thinking around work,...
Revising your draft into a publishable journal article in 12 weeks [Book Review]
Another very useful book about academic writing that I want to discuss with you is Wendy Laura Belcher’s Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success (Second Edition, University...
How to write a lot [Book Review]
Here’s my review of Paul J. Silvia, How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing (APA LifeTools). I loved it so much that I listened to the audiobook three times...
What reviewing books taught me about how to procrastinate less
Here are the key takeaways from various authors on overcoming procrastination that I talked about in earlier posts or book reviews: From Steven Pressfield (“Turning Pro” & “The War of Art”): From Mel Robbins...
Write through psychological barriers? [Book Review, Part II]
You probably noticed that sometimes, writing is hard. Maybe it’s always hard for you. Or maybe you’re suffering from a writing stall. As it often happens, I started formulating my book review for Joli...
Top takeaways from Cal Newport books so far
Even though I didn’t love the newest book, Slow Productivity, it did have a few valuable takeaways that got somewhat lost in my book review. What’s more, there really are a good number of...
Endings are hard: How to write a strong conclusion [Book Review]
Nobody knows how to write good conclusions. So for the second post in my recap of Joshua Schimel’s Writing Science (part 1), I will unpack how to write a strong conclusion—according to Schimel anyway...
Ending well: Re-Opening the OCAR Hourglass
Nobody knows how to write good conclusions. So for the second post on conclusions in my recap of Joshua Schimel’s Writing Science (part 1, part 2), I will continue unpacking how to write a...
What I learned about Writing Science [Book Review]
At a recent professional development workshop, I was recommended Writing Science by Joshua Schimel (Oxford University Press: Oxford 2011). I learned so much! Initially, I didn’t expect much because it’s for scientists and not...
How to energise and condense your writing [Book Review]
In this post, you will learn how to energise and condense your writing according to Joshua Schimel’s Writing Science. His advice really isn’t secret or particularly mind-blowing but I’m making all those mistakes on...
Why I’m disappointed by Slow Productivity [Book Review]
I was disappointed by Cal Newport’s latest book Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment without Burnout (2024). In this blog post, I will share my takeaways from this book, why I was disappointed...
[Book Review] A world without email
Today, I want to give a brief reivew of Cal Newport, A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload (Penguin 2021, see also the author’s website). The summary situates the...
Book review – Discover QGIS 3.X – A Workbook for Classroom and Independent study
Today’s post is my long ago promised book review of one of my favorite print ressources when it comes to GIS – the new QGIS workbook. QGIS is a free software (easily download it...
Book Review of Rebecca Solnit’s “Men explain things to me” and what that has to do with Anti-Racism
Today I’d like to share a book review of Rebecca Solnit’s Men explain things to me (2,5h audiobook). I expected to hear about mansplaining for 2.5 hours from the person after whose text the...
