Thursday, August 30, 2018

The Soul of America by Jon Meacham

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The Soul of America by Jon Meacham was a solid book subtitled The Battle for Our Better Angels . With the idea for the book out of the...

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

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A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman was the debut novel from Backman, and an enjoyable one to read that felt like a series of small storie...
Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Educated by Tara Westover

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Educated by Tara Westover was a compelling autobiography about growing up in the mountains of Idaho, in a family ruled by a patriarch who ...

Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

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Us Against You by Fredrik Backman follows up on his excellent novel Beartown and continues the tale of a small Swedish town, it's you...
Thursday, July 05, 2018

The Man Who Caught the Storm by Brantley Hargrove

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The Man Who Caught the Storm: The Life of Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras by  Brantley Hargrove was a solid book about someone devote...
Wednesday, July 04, 2018

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

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Beartown by Fredrik Backman is a novel set in a downtrodden town in rural Sweden that's described as "a hockey town" and Bac...
Saturday, June 30, 2018

Calypso by David Sedaris

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Calypso by David Sedaris was a highly entertaining book with stories, which as he says are “true enough,” about his life, that of his sist...
Sunday, June 17, 2018

The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson

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The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson was an interesting book with the subtitle Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of th...
Thursday, May 31, 2018

When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel Pink

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When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel Pink was an interesting book about how timing plays a key role in how events turn...

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

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I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara was a solid book, with McNamara  chronicling her search for the Golden State Killer, a name ...
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...