read 20 books

white man’s burden- bill easterly
better- atul gawande
globalization and its discontents- stiglitz 3 weeks ago

takes a viewpoint on aid somewhere between that of jeff sachs and bill easterly 1 month ago

Chris Baty’s brilliant book which guides, pushes, shoves and lures you through NanoWrimo. 1 month ago

A great nonfiction book about whales, whaling, and Moby dick. Really captivating read. 1 month ago

Perfect perfect perfect. a wonderful collection of 4 Poirot stories for a wintery afternoon. 1 month ago

OH NO. Somewhat terrible book with a few spooky moments. Very fast read, but I hate to say it, probably not worth the time. 2 months ago

WONDERFUL book. Certainly the best I’ve read in quite a while. Really well crafted, beautifully written, dark and epic and fascinating. 5 months ago

an interesting and well crafted though flawed book about the ripples of scandal in a boy’s boarding school. Interesting characters and links, some very beautiful moments but terribly predictable. 6 months ago

A book of short stories, often gratuitously shocking. Beautifully written, but not my bag. 7 months ago

It was fine. An enjoyable book although he really doesn’t know how to write female characters! 7 months ago

Ugh! What a dreadful book. I felt very little sympathy for any of the characters and I felt to book was monotonous. How did this win such big prizes? I felt it addressed some interesting issues but in a way that could have lasted a few chapters to reach the same depth. Shocking. 7 months ago

Fun, fast book on the bard. Wish he’d left out the authorship chapter, but overall, enjoyable and easy to digest 8 months ago

Very moving (almost manipulatively moving) contrast of two stories about faith. 8 months ago

Very fun series of connected shorts. Some were beautiful and exquisitely crafted, others courser. Well worth reading. 8 months ago

A silly witchy Vampire novel. Big questions raised and not tied up – unsatisfying! Worth figuring out if she ties them up in the next one? Unclear. 8 months ago

Started on the book of disease 9 months ago

Started with th book on anger management 9 months ago