The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Deirdre Mask
Covered the subtitle well. I would have like some of more technical stuff that the author mentioned reading. 3/5
The Fated Sky: Lady Astronaut #2 by Mary Robinette Kowal
Set mostly in the lead-up to the first Mars expedition and the journey to Mars. Lots of interpersonal/interracial problems & fixing toilets. 3/5
Enola Gay: Mission to Hiroshima by Gordon Thomas
Mainly following Paul Tibbets and the 509th Composite Group plus some on the ground in Hiroshima. Has “minute-by-minute coverage of the critical periods”. 3/5
Pandemic by John Dryden
A 3 part radio play set before/after and during a global pandemic. Total length just 2 hours. Parts 2 & 3 felt a little cliched. 3/5
An Economist Walks into a Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk by Allison Schrager
Examples of how people in unusual situations handle risk and how you can apply it to your life. Interesting and useful. 4/5
100 Things The Simpsons Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die by Allie Goertz & Julia Prescott
Over 4 minutes per fact so plenty of depth. A Great collection of stuff for casual and serious fans. 4/5
Chernobyl 01:23:40 : The Incredible True Story of the World’s Worst Nuclear Disaster by Andrew Leatherbarrow
Chapters on the disaster and aftermath alternate with the author’s trip to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. A good intro to the disaster. 3/5
Turn the Ship Around! : A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders by L. David Marquet
The management advice is lost on me but the stories about turning around an under-performing sub crew in weeks is interesting. 3/5
My Scoring System
- 5/5 = Brilliant, top 5 book of the year
- 4/5 = Above average, strongly recommend
- 3/5 = Average. in the middle 70% of books I read
- 2/5 = Disappointing
- 1/5 = Did not like at all
