Category Archives: Books

My Life as a White Trash Zombie, by  Diana Rowland You might reasonably be tempted to assume this is a zombie book, but you might also be pleasantly surprised to discover that it is technically a mystery novel. Sure, one of … Continue reading →

Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, Michael Wolff Is Michael Wolff a daring, insightful journalist or a water-cooler gossip? Is Fire and Fury an illuminating exposé of the Trump White House or a trashy retelling of stories we … Continue reading →

Annihilation, by Jeff VanderMeer Annihilation is a very weird book, but it doesn’t start out that way. It starts out just everyday-weird, like a kind of scifi mystery leading you to mildly wonder what could be causing the unusual things … Continue reading →

Homo Deus, by Yuval Noah Harari In keeping with the argumentation style of this book, let’s jump straight to the conclusion. Rating: Skip it. I can only presume that Harari bases Homo Deus on a solid foundation of clearly articulated … Continue reading →

Middlemarch, by George Eliot I don’t want to review this book per se. There is a LOT to say, but I’m not really qualified, and there are George Eliot scholars out there who can do a much better job. In … Continue reading →

What Happened is Hillary Rodham Clinton’s account of the 2016 Presidential campaign and the events leading up to her shocking election-day loss to a complete idiot. Personally, I believe what happened was the result of a 40 year campaign of … Continue reading →

David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell I’m a bit done with Malcolm Gladwell. I really enjoyed Outliers (still do) but each subsequent book as been less and less enjoyable. I suspect it’s how he tends to play a bit loose and … Continue reading →

The Culture Map, Erin Meyer The Culture Map is a non-fiction book that attempts to explain cultural differences between societies (mostly countries) based on 8 separate measures. Meyer convincingly argues that every society falls somewhere on a continuum and how … Continue reading →

The Curve of Time, by M. Wylie Blanchet After her husband passed away, “Capi” Blanchet packed her 5 young children up onto their 25 foot motor boat and embarked on a series of travels in and around the inside passage of western British … Continue reading →