Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael Schulman
The evolution of the awards sprinkled with lots of stories of campaigns and shows in a changing Hollywood. A fun read. 4/5
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires by Tim Wu
A chronicle of the America’s Radio, Phone, Film and TV industries and how they all ended up as monopolies or cartels. 4/5
Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen
A minute by minute account of a present-day nuclear war with other chapters explaining background to what is happening. Pretty good 4/5
The Shadow Puppet by Georges Simenon
After a businessman is robbed and murdered, Maigret is convince one of the residents of an adjoining apartment building is responsible. 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
