Blog, Page 39

This book is a lovely tribute to Bill Campbell, a famous executive coach in Silicon Valley, and tells you just how amazing he was. Unfortunately, the book doesn’t...

A concise, practical guide to being a manager. On the positive side, there is relatively little fluff or business speak; instead, the book jumps into the day-to-d...

The good Helps to raise an important issue to public consciousness. I had no idea how bad the opioid epidemic had gotten: the #1 cause of death...

The good At times, the writing is beautiful. Charming characters. The scenes with the Count and Sofia are particularly endearing: their convers...

The good Lots of cool worldbuilding. A number of interesting characters. Some decent action scenes. A fun, grand adventure....

The good Somewhat interesting premise around a dystopian future where the survivors in post-apocalyptic Chicago have organized society into 5 factions: d...

A fun third entry in the series. Plenty of action, cool sci-fi tech, ruminations on AI, quick problem-solving, and more I’m-a-murder-bot-who-is-awkward humor. Thi...

The good Takes all the world building from the first book and ramps it up a notch. You get a lot more cool sci-fi tech, alien races, politics, war, spy g...

The good Unique, lovely writing style. Interesting characters. Cool concept of a games house where they play not only games like ches...

I’m a bit torn on this book. On the one hand, it feels like the account of that friend you had in college who drank a lot and did drugs and went on crazy adventur...