Monday, April 30, 2018

North Toward Home by Willie Morris

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North Toward Home by Willie Morris  was a memoir from the southern writer who died in 1999 at the age of 64 and the book split into three p...
Saturday, April 28, 2018

City of Thieves by David Benioff

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City of Thieves by David Benioff was an entertaining novel from someone best known for being the co-creator of Game of Thrones and the boo...
Sunday, March 18, 2018

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

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When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi was an excellent and profound book by the late neurosurgeon who died from cancer in March 2015 a...
Saturday, March 17, 2018

Bobby Kennedy by Chris Matthews

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Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit was a solid book by Chris Matthews on the United States Senator and Attorney General under his brother John ...
Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke

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Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke was a good book from the retired poker player, author, corporate speaker and consultant. The subtitle is Ma...

All-American Murder by James Patterson,‎ Alex Abramovich,‎ and Mike Harvkey

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All-American Murder by James Patterson ,‎ Alex Abramovich ,‎ and Mike Harvkey was a work of non-fiction on Aaron Hernandez, the former New...
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Practice Perfect by Doug Lemov, Erica Woolway, and Katie Yezzi

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Practice Perfect by Doug Lemov , Erica Woolway , and Katie Yezzi was a bit of a weighty read at times, but a good book with really solid ma...

The Great Halifax Explosion by John U. Bacon

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The Great Halifax Explosion by John U. Bacon was an interesting historical read on the December 16, 1917 calamity in Halifax, Nova Scotia ...
Monday, January 15, 2018

Books from 2017

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The 35 books that I finished in 2017 covered a wide variety of areas and while it's of course an imperfect science to group them, below ...
Sunday, December 31, 2017

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a novel that I hadn't read in probably 30 years and picked back up upon hearing that my oldest b...
Sunday, December 10, 2017

Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson

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Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson was a solid book on someone with a remarkable range of interests, with Isaacson detailing well how da...
Monday, November 13, 2017

Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

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Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz was a fairly int...

Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown

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Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone   by  Brené Brown was a solid book, with the subtitle r...
Sunday, November 05, 2017

Paul and Me by A.E. Hotchner

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Paul and Me by A.E. Hotchner was a really enjoyable to read book subtitled 53 Years of Adventures and Misadventures with My Pal Paul Newma...

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

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A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson was close to the tenth book I've read from Bryson and certainly the longest, with ...
Saturday, October 21, 2017

The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone

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The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone was really a good book about Elizebeth Friedman, whose code breaking exploits on behalf of the...
Sunday, October 15, 2017

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life  by Mark Manson was a solid read first of interest t...
Monday, September 18, 2017

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren

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Lab Girl by Hope Jahren was a lyrically written and excellent book from a geochemist, geobiologist, and professor who studies trees, flower...

The Best Team Money Can Buy from Molly Knight

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The Best Team Money Can Buy from  Molly Knight  was a good read subtitled The Los Angeles Dodgers Wild Struggle to Build a Baseball Powerho...
Saturday, August 26, 2017

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer

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The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer was a interesting non-fiction tale of history and danger about the preservation of his...