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Category: Book Reviews
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
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Today we’ll look at a best selling piece of fiction called American Dirt by Jeannie Cummins. Cummins writes about Mexico, specifically Acapulco and follows opens with a bang as most of a family is wiped out by a local gang lord. Two people escape, Lydia and Luca and we join them hiding in the shower…
The Organized Mind by Daniel J Levitin
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Who doesn’t want to be organized? Who doesn’t want to have all the thoughts that run through their head in a decent order so that they can be retrieved as needed? Trying to answer these questions is what The Organized Mind, by Daniel J. Levitin, is meant to do. Let’s look at some of the…
A World Without Email by Cal Newport
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Cal Newport’s latest entry into the productivity genre takes on email as a main evil in holding back the productivity of knowledge workers today1. Newport calls how we currently deal with email _The Hyperactive Hive Mind_2, which is a workflow that’s more about dealing with all the communication that comes in instead of controlling your…
Books In/Out May 2021
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Out Ready Player Two The War on Normal People: See the review High School I’ll be Seeing You: See the review The Space Trilogy Normal Sucks: See the review Guests of the Nation Fearvana Tribe of Mentors The Pragmatic Programmer Diefenbaker Memoirs In Leonardo Da Vinci Brilliant Blunders His Needs Her Needs The Comeback Quotient…
I’ll Be Seeing You by Elizabeth Berg
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Today we’re going to talk about I’ll Be Seeing You by Elizabeth Berg. This is a memoir by an adult as they deal with the aging of their parents. My biggest takeaway is that I need to have long talks about my aging process with my kids to relieve them from as much guilt as…
The Fringe Hours by Jessica Turner
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I have no idea where and when I decided that The Fringe Hours by Jessica Turner was a book I should be reading. Within the first few pages it’s very obvious that the book is focused directly on women that want to have some time for themselves. The whole goal of the book is to…
My Favourite Short Reads
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Not every read needs to be an epic, sometimes we need a short read that brings value. The Dip How to Take Smart Notes Make Good Art FIVE Stillness is the Key
Basic Income for Canadians by Evelyn L. Forget
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What is Basic Income, and what does it mean in the context of Canada? This is what Evelyn L. Forget wants to tackle in her book titled Basic Income for Canadians1. She says that basic income is money provided to people without condition2. There needs to be no requirement for working a certain number of…
First Break All the Rules by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
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I recently became the manager of a small web development team. While I’ve managed freelancer’s off and on for 10 years, this is my first experience digging in with the same people over the long haul. Of course I asked for some reading suggestions from experienced managers and one of the first recommendations was First…
Strong Towns by Charles Marohn
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For a while now I’ve been wanting to read more about what makes a strong town from an infrastructure and layout perspective. Based on the recommendation of theNot Just Bikes YouTube Channel, I’m starting my reading with Strong Town by Charles Marohn because the Strong Towns organization seems to be one of the leaders in…
