Animal Farm by George Orwell My rating: 3 of 5 stars That face when you realize you’re a Boxer and – best case scenario – can aspire to be a Benjamin. View all my reviews Share:Share Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on...
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka My rating: 5 of 5 stars I didn’t think I’d enjoy ‘Metamorphosis’ as much as I did. By the halfway point, I was thinking, “Not bad. I get it. Probably don’t need to finish.” But, by the end of the second half, I was left...
Digging Up Mother: A Love Story by Doug Stanhope My rating: 4 of 5 stars Stanhope is one of my all-time favorite comedians, and his (auto-)biography is exactly what you’d expect. It’s dark and compelling. The first half is sad in a way that’s nihilistic and depressing, but the second...
So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Given how much I was looking forward to reading this book, I’m surprised by the degree to which it surpassed my expectations. It’s an understatement to say that I’m interested in the panopticon to which we...
Leap First: Creating Work That Matters by Seth Godin My rating: 5 of 5 stars Seth Godin is a philosopher who just happens to mostly philosophize about business and entrepreneurship. Every time I encounter his work, he gains more of my respect. Will definitely re-listen to this one several times....
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber My rating: 4 of 5 stars Overall, a valuable addition to the “child raising” section of the bookshelf. Lots of foundation, tactics, and illustrations. It gets the best endorcement I know how to give...
The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need by Andrew Tobias My rating: 2 of 5 stars I didn’t enjoy this at all. In attempting to be The Only book you’ll need on investing (and personal finance, in general)), the author put himself in the tenuous position of being both an...
Equality for Men by Glen Poole My rating: 4 of 5 stars Very good as an introduction to men’s issues.Assuming a person (1) can get past the title and (2) isn’t already polarized/radicalized, it’s written with such simplicity and clarity that it’d be hard for them to walk away from...
The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell My rating: 4 of 5 stars Being an earlier work of Vowell’s, this book is more a collection of narrative essays than a single narrative work. Basically Sarah Vowell is Chuck Klosterman but, instead of pop culture and sports, she writes about politics...
This morning, I started listening to Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Snow Queen‘ and was blown away from the start. I feel like Andersen was looking into a magic ball and describing the current media climate: fragmentation, piling on, tearing down, and generally producing a more cynical and less-informed world. Here it is,...
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