Tag: books
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Business Made Simple by Donald Miller – A Book Review
A good friend recommended Business Made Simple in order to bolster my business acumen as I continue navigating the corporate waters. There are several elements I appreciated about the book. First of all, it’s very well organized. Miller broke the book down day-by-day, and even provided supplemental material if you’d like to take it a…
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Star Wars | The High Republic: The Fallen Star by Claudia Gray – A Book Review
This is the third novel I’ve read in The High Republic Star Wars series. The High Republic is set about 200 years before Star Wars: A New Hope. It may be important to note that these novels are just a small facet of the overall The High Republic campaign. There are also comic books, YA…
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Day Zero by C. Robert Cargill – A Book Review
Day Zero is C. Robert Cargill’s follow-up to Sea Of Rust. Sequel isn’t quite the right word because it actually takes place before Sea Of Rust. Prequel doesn’t quite fit, either, though, because the stories are largely disconnected from each other. Let’s just say companion piece. Regardless of how you’d like to label it, if…
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Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls – A Book Review
Like several of my other recent reads, I discovered Mrs. Caliban on Literary Hub’s “The 50 Best Contemporary Novels Under 200 Pages.” At just 111 pages, Mrs. Caliban is indeed a swift, potent read full of social commentary but cleverly disguised as pseudo-fantasy. The story focuses upon a housewife named Dorothy. Dorothy is in an…
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Range by David Epstein – A Book Review
While discussing our range of interests with friends, one of them recommended a book with that very name — Range by David Epstein. You may remember this author from his other, very popular book entitled The Sports Gene. Subtitled Why Generalists Triumph In a Specialized World, Range offers many examples as to why it’s totally…
