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Breaking Twitter

Breaking Twitter by Ben Mezrich

November 12, 2023 by jmsudar Leave a Comment

Of course I reached for the brand new Elon Musk takedown the moment it hit shelves. Breaking Twitter is an expose of Elon Musk’s doomed takeover of the social media site, told in a narrative style either with direct insider information from people who were present for the takeover, or with direct observation of Elon in order to frame bits from his perspective. First off, if you’ve been following the Twitter takeover closely, there isn’t a ton of new information here. Most of the latest […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Ben Mezrich

jmsudar's CBR15 Review No:42 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Ben Mezrich ·
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February 11, 2016 by expandingbookshelf 4 Comments

Let me be clear. This one is on me. This was my bad Whenever we finish a book that we love, we commit that author’s name to memory and keep track of what they’re working on. When Junot Diaz finishes his next book, I’ll know. Because I (non-creepily) adore him. But sometimes I forget about the flip side-when we finish a book we despise, we need to remember, to burn the author’s name into our retinas as to remind ourselves to never waste our time […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Ben Mezrich, Once Upon a Time in Russia, Putin, Russia

expandingbookshelf's CBR8 Review No:26 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: Ben Mezrich, Once Upon a Time in Russia, Putin, Russia ·
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