Two Stars Three Stars Four Stars Delusions by Cazzie David (Audiobook) Her first book, No One Asked For This, was released in the depths of COVID and was great comic relief during a very boring time. At the time, I gave it a 3/5. The sequel earns an extra star perhaps not just for the Continue reading Books Read in the First Half of 2026
Two Stars Three Stars Four Stars When Money Dies: The Nightmare of Hyperinflation in Weimar Germany by Adam Fergusson Democrats generally did not like to admit or acknowledge in 2024 that the election was about inflation and the cost of living. There was a lot of incredulity about “how could people vote for Trump”. Continue reading Books Read in 2025
I tend to read books in themed batches. Unfortunately the topic for the last six months was politics. I’m usually pretty arms length from politics, but the twisting narratives had me hooked and wanting to understand a field I’d normally write off as uninteresting. So I apologize in advance to those who’d rather forget 2024 Continue reading Books Read in the Second Half of 2024
In 2013 I published a post titled “Is California’s Budget Endangering Silicon Valley?”. This was driven at the time by the publication of the first book by Meredith Whitney, an investor who became famous for essentially predicting in 2007 the upcoming 2008 financial crisis through her analysis of Citibank (which ended up being a prime Continue reading Revisiting My California Economics Essay A…
As a reference, my grading scale is: Two Stars: Not recommended, except for those very interested in the subject. Three Stars: Recommended, may cover too niche a topic to get a stronger recommendation for a broad audience, is only high-level coverage of its theme, or just moderately interesting fiction. Four Stars: Recommended, well-written, and covers material I think Continue reading Books Read…
I haven t posted book reviews in two years due to starting a business and going through Y Combinator. But this holiday season provides enough respite for me to do a catch-up post and share everything I ve read since the last post. Most of the books were read either in the first quarter of 2022 and Continue reading Books Read in 2022-2023
As a reference, my grading scale is: Two Stars: Not recommended, except for those very interested in the subject. Three Stars: Recommended, may cover too niche a topic to get a stronger recommendation for a broad audience, is only high-level coverage of its theme, or just moderately interesting fiction. Four Stars: Recommended, well-written, and covers material I think Continue reading Books Read…
As a reference, my grading scale is: Two Stars: Not recommended, except for those very interested in the subject. Three Stars: Recommended, may cover too niche a topic to get a stronger recommendation for a broad audience, is only high-level coverage of its theme, or just moderately interesting fiction. Four Stars: Recommended, well-written, and covers material I think Continue reading Books Read…
As a reference, my grading scale is: Two Stars: Not recommended, except for those very interested in the subject. Three Stars: Recommended, may cover too niche a topic to get a stronger recommendation for a broad audience, is only high-level coverage of its theme, or just moderately interesting fiction. Four Stars: Recommended, well-written, and covers material I think Continue reading Books Read…
As a reference, my grading scale is (without any one or two star books this time): Two Stars: Not recommended, except for those very interested in the subject. Three Stars: Recommended, may cover too niche a topic to get a stronger recommendation for a broad audience, is only high-level coverage of its theme, or just moderately interesting Continue reading Books Read in the First Half of 2020