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Man's Search for Meaning — 20 November, 2024

Why I decided to buy and read Man's Search for Meaning at this moment I do not know. However I am glad that I did. I have heard of it…

The WEIRDest People in the World — 26 March, 2022

The WEIRDest People in the World was a really great book. I don't have much of a review to write at the moment, but I highly recommend it.

Collapse — 31 May, 2021

I loved Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond so I have been looking forward to reading Collapse and I finally got around to it. It was a…

Confronting The Classics — 09 January, 2021

Confronting The Classics I picked up because Taya had suggested that I might like it given my recent interest in history podcasts…

The Kingdom — 06 August, 2020

The Kingdom is both really annoying and amazing. It radically altered how I view Chistrianity, The Bible, and the church. But the author is…

Say Nothing — 31 May, 2020

Say Nothing is a history of "The Troubles" which is a part of history that I only vaguely understood before reading this book. This is a…

Munich — 16 June, 2019

From the author of An Officer and a Spy comes Munich yet another wonderful piece of historical fiction. This is a fictional spy thriller…

The Spy and the Traitor — 10 June, 2019

I am not sure why this one got recommeneded to me but The Spy and the Traitor as been on my list for a while now. I am happy to have watched…

The Last Stone — 14 May, 2019

Having children changes your outlook on life. The Last Stone is a true crime story about the kidnapping and murder of two young girls in the…

The Real Lolita — 06 February, 2019

I still need to read Lolita. It is one of the only audiobooks that I have ever made it all the way through and actually felt like I followed…

Acid Test — 29 December, 2018

Another member of the drug related books on Taya's bookshelf, Acid Test is yet another historical look at psychedelics in the United States…

The Harvard Psychedelic Club — 01 July, 2018

The Harvard Psychedelic Club was recommended to me by Taya as she was surprised I had not read it already. I had a decent understanding of…

Rise and Kill First — 04 April, 2018

I saw a review for Rise and Kill First a month or so ago and immediately put it on my reading list. I decided to read it after I picked up…

The Great Leveler — 27 February, 2018

Continuing in my reading trend of all things about inequality, The Great Leveler is a history book attempting to find causes for how income…

11/22/63 — 15 January, 2018

A recommendation from Taya led me to pick up 11/22/63, yet another Stephen King book that she said I would enjoy. It turns out that I should…

Capital in the Twenty-First Century — 24 January, 2017

Every once in a while a book comes along that many people talk about wanting to read or bragging about having read and I often find it hard…

Country of My Skull — 13 December, 2016

Country of My Skull is a very good book both in content and style. I had never heard about the Truth and Reconciliation Committee (TRC) or…

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind — 02 November, 2016

I thoroughly enjoyed Guns, Germs, and Steel as it presented a narrative that was based on the entirety of human history. This long time…

All the Light We Cannot See — 28 January, 2016

All the Light We Cannot See has been constantly recommended to me, it was a top book of the year a couple years ago, as well as a Pulitzer…

The Moonlit Garden — 13 January, 2016

Amazon started a program called Kindle First where you can pick one of six books each month to get for free. Of the six choices for January…

The Nightingale — 28 December, 2015

Even though this book kept popping up on Amazon recommendations and other lists, for some reason every time I read the description I put off…

The Lost Codex — 18 December, 2015

After reading a few of the Scot Harvath books by Brad Thor, Amazon recommended The Lost Codex which is part of the OPSIG series by Alan…

Spec Ops — 01 July, 2015

I was looking for books related to the history of unconvential warfare, and Spec Ops kept popping up. This book presents a theory for how to…

Masters of Chaos — 20 June, 2015

While reading Chosen Soldier, there was a reference to the book Masters of Chaos as a good historical account of the missions of the Green…

Inside Delta Force — 23 May, 2015

I have been reading a few military books recently, so naturally I would eventually come to read something about Delta Force. What better…

Cryptonomicon — 04 May, 2015

Cryptonomicon was a long and at times convulted read, but overall it was entertaining. Although the book was not ridiculously long (around…

Guns, Germs, and Steel — 30 March, 2015

One of the more eye opening books I have read in a while, Guns, Germs, and Steel is a look at why some parts of the world advanced faster…

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