Travels in a Thin Country: A Journey Through Chile by Sara Wheeler What I want from a travel book is to feel as if I have taken the journey along with the author. This book succeeds in this, and it also makes me dearly wish that I could take a similar journey. Well, maybe not …
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Apr 17
Book Review – To Your Scattered Bodies Go
To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer I really wanted to like this book. Before I started listening to it, all I knew was that it was the first in a series by a science fiction “master” whom I hadn’t read before. It starts out a little dry, but the narrator did a …
Apr 10
Book Review – What Makes a Hero?
What Makes a Hero?: The Surprising Science of Selflessness by Elizabeth Svoboda This book has one of the best covers I’ve seen in years. So striking, people kept stopping by my desk and peering at it, trying to figure out what it was about. I don’t know how they made it, but the artist/designer deserves …
Apr 08
Book Review – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie This author was recommended to me by a reader I trust with the comment that he was way funnier reading his work than most stand-up comedians. Half the books I “read” these days are audiobooks, so I went and got one. I thought this …
Mar 31
Book Review: The Numbers Game
The Numbers Game: The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and in Life by Michael Blastland This is a really cool book that interprets common statistical and information-gathering misunderstandings in a way that everyone can understand. Maybe that doesn’t make it sound interesting, but trust me, it is. This book will …