We Are the Nerds: The Birth and Tumultuous Life of Reddit, the Internet’s Culture Laboratory by Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
A history of reddit up to 2018. A little gushing and gossipy but mostly interesting. 3/5
Truman and the Bomb: The Untold Story by D. M . Giangreco
Fifty percent about the historical controversy rather than the events themselves. Lots of sniping at opponents. For friends of the author only. 2/5
Lakes Their Birth, Life, and Death by John Richard Saylor
Delivers on the title. Interesting explanations of types of lakes, how they came to be and how they evolve. Great writing and lots of interesting information 4/5
Running The Show: Television from the Inside by Jeff Melvoin
A Veteran TV Writer and Showrunner writes about his career, the business and how to make it as a TV writer and possibly eventually a showrunner. Excellent 4/5
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
