Friday, March 31, 2023

The Boys from Biloxi by John Grisham

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Fascinating look at the rise and fall of the Dixie Mafia with thrilling legal drama and great storytelling. 5/5 Stars.

Power, Faith, & Fantasy, America in the Middle East 1776 - 2011 by Michael Oren

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"I am not a great man. I am a failure, and you have made me one."  --Jimmy Carter to Yasir Arafat, July, 2000. This well-researche...

Armageddon by Craig Alanson

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This chapter in the never-ending story is better than some of the others, and continues to develop all the characters.  It drops direct hint...
Thursday, March 30, 2023

Detecting Deception

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In Malcolm Gladwell's Talking to Strangers , Gladwell has some fun anecdotes explaining how experts and trained professionals were decei...
Friday, March 17, 2023

Meetings according to devth

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My buddy (who unwisely works in fintech) posted this twitter thread about meetings that I have enhanced and summarized. All two of you who ...
Sunday, March 12, 2023

Babel by R. F. Kuang

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The Nebula Award nominees for 2022 were recently announced ; Babel  looked intriguing; my ranking algorithm pushed it high up on my queue.  ...
Friday, March 10, 2023

What makes you feel bad must be eradicated

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Someone pointed me at this fascinating Boston Globe opinion piece that is worth sharing.  It has some interesting insights but is an inadeq...
Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Quantum Earth, Book 2: Earthside by Denis E. Taylor

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The story continues.  Still fun. 4/5 Stars.

Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell

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It's been a (long) while since Gladwell's David and Goliath (2013).   I do not read Gladwell's New Yorker column or listen to h...
Saturday, March 4, 2023

Ceephay Queen by Joel Shepherd

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I love the Spiral Wars series by Shepherd.  The two year gap between Qalea Drop and Ceephay Queen was difficult to endure but enhanced th...