Excellent. Highly recommend. 4/5
Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing by Peter Robinson
Covers the plane and the corporate culture at Boeing that lead to the failure. Well sourced and Interesting. 3/5
1177 B.C. The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric H. Cline
An overview of the civilisations of Eastern Mediterranean before and possible causes of the Late Bronze Age collapse. 3/5
The Spice Must Flow: The Story of Dune, from Cult Novels to Visionary Sci-Fi Movies by Ryan Britt
Pretty good history of the books and TV/Movie adaptions including a little on the 1st Villeneuve movie. Fun with lots of quotes and seems well researched. 4/5
How to Fight a War by Mike Martin
Uses simple language it works though the complexity of modern warfare, addressed to an imaginary political leader. Recent enough to include lessons from Russian’s invasion of Ukraine. Highly recommend 5/5
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
