Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons by Mike Reiss
Great book. Simpsons insider stories, stuff about show business, funny jokes. 9/10
Combat Crew: The Story of 25 Combat Missions Over Europe From the Daily Journal of a B-17 Gunner by John Comer
Interesting 1st-hand account (with some borrowings from others in unit). Good details and atmosphere from missions and back at base/leave 8/10
Far-Seer by Robert J. Sawyer
“An allegory about Galileo on a planet of intelligent dinosaurs”. 1st in a Trilogy by one of my favorite authors. Balanced between similarities & differences from humans. 7/10
Working Actor: Breaking in, Making a Living, and Making a Life in the Fabulous Trenches of Show Business by David Dean Bottrell
Lots of advice for aspiring actors along with plenty of interesting stories from the author’s career. 8/10
Becoming by Michelle Obama
A good memoir. Lots of coverage of her early life, working career and the White House. Not exhaustive and it skips ahead at time. But very interesting and inspirational. 8/10
Fossil Hunter by Robert J. Sawyer
2nd in the Trilogy. The main human analog here is Darwin with a murder-mystery and God checked in for fun. 7/10
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
Well written as expected and concentrates on the period when the brothers were actively flying which is the most interesting but avoids their legal battles & some other negatives. 8/10
