It’s been a busy last two months, so I haven’t been able to read as much as I’d like to. I only had a chance to read two books this month, but both were really good.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. This was one of [...]
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February Books
March 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Books
Tags:Books·change·chip heath·dan heath·guernsey·made to stick·switch
December Books
December 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Books
I read three interesting books in December. All three of these books actually made me think, which doesn’t always happen. The first two books were an amazing contrast and I think I wouldn’t have enjoyed them as much if I had not read them back to back. Here’s my thoughts on my December books, Infidel, [...]
Tags:Books·infidel·politics·soccer·soccernomics·Sports·three cups of tea
November Books
December 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Books
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) – Tom Vanderbilt. Traffic is full of interesting stats about how and why Americans drive the way they do. Vanderbilt tries to figure out why Americans behave the way they do inside their cars: tailgating, road rage, aggressive driving etc. It [...]
Tags:anthony bourdain·Books·kitchen confidential·traffic·Travel
October Book Reviews
October 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Books
I only had time to read two books in October, but they were both interesting and well worth my time. One was fiction and one was non-fiction. Check out my reviews from past months here.
SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance – Steven Levitt and Steven Dubner. SuperFreakonomics [...]
Tags:Book Reviews·economics·finance·government·politics·Technology
August Book Reviews
September 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Books
I read three very different, but interesting books in August. All were non-fiction, but had to do with completely different areas.
Soccer Against the Enemy- Simon Kuper. Kuper is an English journalist who covered soccer at the start of his career, moved to finance and economics but got bored and moved back to soccer. This book [...]
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July Book Reviews
August 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Books
One of my favorite parts about traveling is having extra time to read interesting books. When I travel, I usually try to pick at least one book that is relevant to where I am going to be. I read some great books in July and all but one of them were fiction.
The White Tiger(review), by [...]
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