I Got a nice stack of books the other day from Mr. Books on the Tub. Have you read any of them? It was hard to choose which one to start with but I ended up with “The Glass Cage” from the author of “The Shallows”, Nicholas Carr. Which was one of my favorite books […]
Books That Will Change You Forever!
I did a “favorites of 2016” last year on my instagram and I thought it would be a good addtion to my blog. Good book recommendations are always relevant, right? The list for 2017 is coming soon butthese books sure are worthy gifts for loved ones this holiday season! Favorite Books of 2016 – Self-Discovery […]
Thoughts on: ‘Norse Mythology’ by Neil Gaiman
It’s all well presented and somewhat interesting but I think I hoped for something other than what I got. I wished to read about what remnants of these myths can be found in today’s society. What have survived, and in that case, why? and what has it morphed into? But instead I got a “Best […]
Thoughts on: “King of the World” by David Remnick
You don’t have to be a big fan of boxing yo enjoy this book. Only a small percentage of it is spent on the actual boxing while he bigger chunk of it deals with the early career of Ali; him joining the Nation of Islam and racial tensions of the era. ———————- For me the […]
Thoughts on: “Siddhartha” by Hermann Hesse
I’ll do this one in “verse”: 🖌 Siddharthas father was a learned man// for religious rites was all he cared// Siddhartha followed his fathers footsteps, but was not content// He wanted more than dogma and finally off he went// Into the forest and joined the ascetics // who liked to fast and thought possessions where […]
Quick Review: Radical Honesty by Brad Blanton
“We lie like hell to ourselves and others, and it stresses us to death.”Radical Honesty is a book that is to the point, unapologetic, and without sugar coating. The type honesty Dr Blanton is talking about is not just “truth is the best policy”, but to tell the truth as you experience it, in great […]
Thoughts on: “The Stranger in the Woods”
Christopher Knight was 20 years old when he one day walked into the woods, never to return to society again. It took 27 years for him to reemerge, not by his own choosing, but because he got captured by the police for stealing food. ————— He spent a third of a century alone in the […]
Thoughts on: “Light for Visual Artists”
There are two areas into which I want to spend more of my reading time going forward; classic fiction and textbook learning materials. —————– This one falls in the latter category – which is the harder of the two to write interesting post about – and as reading material these types of books can be […]
Thoughts on: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacsson
Asshole, crybaby or smelly hippie? Steve Jobs can be described in many ways. He certainly was a flawed man, yet brilliant! The products he brought into this world disrupted whole industries, a result of always demanding the impossible. What really stood out for me in this book was how much of a hippie this guy […]
Thoughts on: “Zen Mind, Beginners Mind”
I feel like some book are meant to be studied rather just being read. There are some book that I decided not to review for this reason. Reading them ones just don’t do the trick, usually this is the case with esoteric writings like today’s book. ——————— So I read the book two more times […]