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 […]