What did you read this year?
Shortest Book
288
pages
Longest Book
688
pages
Average book length in
2024
396
pages
Most Shelved
324,821
people
also shelved
Least Shelved
284
people
also shelved
Rob’s
average rating for
2024
3.8
3.8
Highest Rated on ŷ
4.15
average
Rob’s first review of the year
liked it
Clearly foundational to the sub-field, but I found the chapters to be highly variable in quality. I particularly enjoyed the introductory chapters about why humans tour, but felt like it would have benefited from a counterpoint or alternative perspective. I particularly enjoyed the chapters on Inuit cultural tourism and the inter-Inuit dynamics, and seeing how rapidly tourism harmed Toraja as a model for other places that experience a rapid growt
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2024
BOOKS
it was amazing
Rob’s last review of the year
really liked it
Really solid review of theories of child development, touching on evolutionary theories and experimental evidence. I left convinced that exploratory and experiential learning is particularly effective, and questioning the extent to which the US educational system accommodates different learning styles. But I was left wondering what (if any) dissent there might be, and since the text is written for a general audience the citations were less clear
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