Book Recommendations: cadavers, digestion, and orgasms
Amazon’s book recommendation algorithm was when it put non-fiction writing by Mary Roach at the top of my “Books you may like” list. For the next month, I read three of her […]
Amazon’s book recommendation algorithm was when it put non-fiction writing by Mary Roach at the top of my “Books you may like” list. For the next month, I read three of her […]
Here are 5 books that I read in one sitting because they are that hard to put down. 1. The Fault in Our StarsI don’t usually read fiction, let alone young […]
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Motherby Amy Chua is probably the most entertaining book I’ve read this year. I give this book a A+. It’s a very fast and easy […]
I had to experience what all the hype was about for myself so I bought it. The summary of the story is basically this: an average, innocent (aka virgin), college […]
Over the Christmas holiday, I went with my sister and dad on a cruise to Mexico. For anyone who has been on a cruise, you will know that there is […]
Before I give a few thoughts on Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power, I want to share the merits of the investigative book’s author, Steve Coll. Mr. Coll is a […]
Thank you TLC for inviting me to be a book reviewer and sending me books to read before they’re published 🙂 The Art of the Sale by Philip Delves Broughton […]
When I first received The Idea Factory in the mail as part of a group of book reviewers who were invited to write about the then not-yet-published non-fiction book, I […]
I recommend Outliers particularly for parents or soon-to-be parents. It describes the combination of opportunities, timing, hard work, and background that forms an extraordinarily successful person, an outlier. What made […]
I received The Fountainhead as a Christmas gift several years ago from a close friend who thought I would enjoy the philosophical analyses of life illustrated by Ayn Rand. The […]
I grew up learning and performing classical music. My favorite pieces to play before I began composing my own, were classical pieces. When I was 7 or 8, my dad […]