Books, Writing and Other Fun Stuff
Enjoy watching television shows and movies about the FBI like Quantico, The Americans, The Informant, or Wolf of Wall Street? Ever wonder how accurately the bureau is portrayed? You can find out in Jerri Williams new book, FBI Myths and Misconceptions: A […]
Amazon Description: Daemons: computer programs that silently run in the background, waiting for a specific event or time to execute. They power almost every service. They make our networked world possible. But they also make it vulnerable… When the obituary of legendary […]
I read five books in January with mixed results. Here are my thoughts: Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps by Kelly Williams Brown Lots of good advice here on everything from cleaning to careers to catastrophes. Worth a […]
Less by Andrew Sean Greer Arthur Less is an interesting character, so accustomed to being a young man that he’s not sure quite what to make of turning 50. There are worse ways to avoid an awkward situation than taking a world […]
My July and August reads included six non-fiction and six fiction books. Three of them were re-reads, ten were hard copies and two were Kindle versions. If I had to choose just one to recommend, I would suggest Bad Blood. The topic […]
Unhinged by Omarosa Manigault Newman I wasn’t terribly familiar with Omarosa. I was aware she had been on The Apprentice, but I had never seen the show, so this was my introduction. She came off pretty well in the account, as is […]
The Five Second Rule by Mel Robbins I expected this book to be gimmicky or like a blog post that had gone on far too long. I was pleasantly surprised. I picked 5 Second Rule after seeing Amy Landino interview Mel Robbins. […]
The Trespasser by Tana French One of the things I enjoy most about about Tana French’s books are the unpredictable twists and turns. For fans of mystery or thrillers there is a delicate balance between figuring out the puzzle and being baffled […]
Choose Your Own Disaster by Dana Schwartz Equal parts Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar and Jenny Lawson’s Let’s Pretend This Never Happened. I wanted to say this book is a fun read, and it is, in the sense of how you proceed […]
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain I binge read this the weekend after Anthony Bourdain died. I had never read it previously. I knew him to be churlish and talented. I was unaware that he had struggled with substance abuse.I saw him as […]