Best Book Reviews You've Ever Read!
‘Measure What Matters‘ gives you a framework to decide on goals, be it for your business or life. The OKR framework seems robust, powerful and scalable to fit a one-person home business just as well as a mega-corporation with thousands of employees. This book review of ‘Measure What Matters‘ is brief – because there’s really … Read more
If you enjoy novels based on time travel… If you read about stuff like the block universe and multiverses for fun… If you like your fiction to be a bit mind-stretching, and force you to think a bit…then you’ll enjoy Blake Crouch’s ‘Recursion‘. I read this fast-paced, beautifully written book in a few long sittings … Read more
‘Ask Again, Yes‘ is a hopeful, shining, glorious story that brings forcefully home the message that no matter how bad things may seem in the moment, in retrospect and with context, we will feel redeemed. When did I start reading emotionally complex stories? That’s what I asked myself midway through Mary Beth Keane’s brilliant novel Ask … Read more
Sub-titled “Big Questions From Tiny Mortals”, Caitlin’s book “Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?“ addresses the naively innocent (but tough, no-holds-barred!) questions from young kids about a disconcerting and taboo subject… Death! When I die, I’d consider it an honor to be cremated by the coolest mortician in the world, Caitlin Doughty! Why? Because of … Read more
‘The Most Fun We Ever Had‘, Claire Lombardo’s debut novel, addresses the complicated dynamics between a mother and her four daughters through a lengthy exploration into each of their lives and how they become entangled. You tear through some books, eager and excited to reach the end. You slow down to savor and relish others, … Read more
‘Locked Down‘ by Manjul Bajaj is an unconventional book. In fact, if these were ‘normal’ non-COVID times, it wouldn’t make sense to write it, much less to read one like it. But it’s because of the unusual times that this book was actually written – and why it’s so necessary to read it! ‘Locked Down‘ … Read more
James Altucher’s ‘couldn’t care less’ style of self-improvement writing seems paradoxically to have a better shot at working to create actual impact… and ‘Choose Yourself!‘ is a great example of the principle at work! Whenever Muffin grabs hold of something that fascinates her, she’ll shake her head from side to side violently. We joke about it … Read more
‘CONFESS: The Autobiography‘ is a compelling memoir by Judas Priest lead singer Rob Halford. It’s about the band’s journey as it soared to the top, to rule the roost in heavy metal – and his travails as a closet gay man during this meteoric rise. This brilliant memoir is fascinating. And human. A story written … Read more
Malcolm Gladwell’s DAVID & GOLIATH: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants, like the legendary biblical anecdote, is about the triumph of the puny against the great. In a series of historical studies and real-life stories, the author makes a convincing, fact-backed case for how what appears to be, by conventional standards, a “disadvantage” … Read more
Sometimes you pick up a book not for any epic revelation, or soul-stirring emotion, or paradigm-shifting discovery… but just because you’re intrigued by the premise of a question that begins with “What if…?” That’s also why I expected ‘The Gorgeous Dozen‘ to be a light, light-hearted read. Vivek Aiyyar’s debut novel was that – and … Read more