by Bill Browder, 2015, Simon & Shuster I thought this was a very good book, well-written and informative. There are some reviews on Amazon that fault the author for being self-absorbed. This book is about him and his experience with … Continue reading →
by Yangsze Choo, 2019, Audiobook read by the author, Macmillan Audio This is a story that takes about a young girl in Malaysia and an even younger boy whose paths cross in a number of ways. There is also a … Continue reading →
by Michael Lewis, 2016, W. W. Norton & Company This is the story of two Nobel-winning psychologists, Daniel (Danny) Kahneman and Amos Tversky, and their research into how humans make decisions. It was an interesting book, but I didn’t enjoy … Continue reading →
by Will and Ariel Durant, 1968, Simon and Schuster, New York This is a wonderful 102 page book that the Durants published in 1968 after publishing their ten volume set, The Story of Civilization beginning in 1944. The book attempts … Continue reading →
by Pat Conroy, 1986 Our men’s book club chose this book for our March selection. We previously did Conroy’s South of Broad so obviously someone on the selection committee likes Conroy. This is the story of Tom Wingo who grew up in … Continue reading →
by Bob Woodward, 2018, Simon & Shuster, New York I was very disappointed in this book. It is not much more than a recounting of conversations that occurred between Trump and his aides. The book, although the events were chronological, … Continue reading →
by John Carreyrou, 2018, Knopf This, in my opinion, is a great book. The narrative is mostly chronological (as well as logical) and the author introduces new characters well. In addition, his sentence structure and language usage is very good. … Continue reading →
by Tayari Jones, Audiobook narrated by Sean Crisden and Elsa Davis, 2018, Highbridge, a division of Recorded Books This is a novel about a black couple and their marriage which fell apart after the man was incarcerated for a rape … Continue reading →
by Jay Winek, 2001, Harper Collins Publishers, Inc., New York This was a great book to read, primarily because the author used, in his own words, “vivid writing.” I’m not sure what he meant by this, but his prose is … Continue reading →
by Edward J. Larson, 2018, Kindle Edition, William Morrow publisher One of the topics in this book was especially interesting to me because it depicted Shackleton’s 1909 attempt to reach the South Pole in 1909. I visited Shackleton’s hut on … Continue reading →