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The good Some exciting / thrilling action in the jungle, looking for lost cities and hidden treasure, while trying to avoid killer gorillas. It...

The good Intense, gritty, sci fi / military action. Some fun, badass characters. Solid writing and the relentless fast-paced action m...

The good More sci-fi / military action, as in the first book. Far more focus on a smaller number of well-defined characters (especially Tyrus R...

I was a bit skeptical from the title, but I must admit, this is a great book for learning leadership principles. The principles come from the experience of US Nav...

The good An imaginative and original tale, especially for its time. Some of the adventures are especially fun and memorable, especially (WARNIN...

I have to admit that I don’t really understand the hype around this book. I found the exploration of academia, scholarship, monasteries, the “ivory tower,” and th...

The good It’s Brandon Sanderson, so you get great writing, exciting action, and fully-realized characters. Unique premise: Stephen Leeds is a g...

The good An interesting look at the Chicago World’s Fair (AKA World’s Columbian Exposition) from 1893, where they managed to assemble some astonishing ar...

I can see why this book is so famous. It’s one of those rare business books that has no filler material: it’s concise, to the point, and stuffed full of powerful ...

Did not finish. I got about 1/3rd of this book and realized I wasn’t entirely sure what I was reading anymore. There’s some sort of poem? And a line-by-line criti...