Tom Randall

Great read for casual football fans who want to know more about some of the game's most popular trends and strategies. The chapter on Dantonio-Narduzzi's defense puts it over the top.

Between reading this and Washington this year, Chernow is now one of my favorite biographers

Loved it - essential history of computing from Ada Lovelace to Google.

Enjoyed Clouds the most and a lot of the humor holds up, but this translation updates a lot of jokes for a 20th century British audience, so it's tough to know what I'm reading. I think I prefer a translation somewhat closer to the original text.

Incredible story weaving engineering feats, machine politics, and personal tragedy. I keep thinking about the genius and precision it took to sink the caissons into the riverbed an inch at a time. My only gripe is that Emily's story isn't really told until late in the book when it's acknowledged early that she was a key player.

Great overview and argument for the 1970s as the next decade of horror

The epilogue, written just after Scalia died, is pretty depressing given all that's happened since.

John Darnielle always seems to capture something about the Midwest that is so hard to describe. I didn't understand the plot at all until the final pages but the vibe is so familiar. 

He gets extreme creepiness from so few words and so little plot.

Always love Bruenig's writing and this is really effective. It feels like she's still circling a longer and more complete work on the subject, but I'm looking forward to reading that. 

Great beach read. Somewhat darker than I expected, but it's from the creator of True Detective so I should have known.

Pretty good but no better than the Sissy Spacek movie.

No real theme, just a kitchen-sink approach to social science. Some interesting bits.

Some very good parts on the nullification debate. Overall the scope was too narrow for me and I didn't feel like I had great context without knowing more about Jackson's life pre-White House.

I'm sold on the overall direction of the critiques but some of the particular arguments hit better than others

Must own for new homeowners

More “science/fiction” than “science fiction”. Loved every page, and highly recommend for anyone who solves problems. Looking forward to the movie.

Good intro to the historical debate, but he doesn't make the case strongly enough in the back half

The writing didn't blow me away, but the plot was surprisingly plausible and thought-provoking. Looking forward to reading the rest of the series.

I didn't grasp enough of the physics to give it more than 4 stars, but it's presented very well and interesting throughout.

An excellent end to an excellent trilogy. Thoroughly modern, mostly highly plausible, and global. This is what modern sci-fi should be. Must-read for fans of Philip K. Dick or Neal Stephenson.

Some highlights when talking about folk horror, Mark Fisher, etc. But ultimately too academic for me

Great overview of 400 years of history, but starts to break down in the final chapters post-WW2.

Once you get a feel for the structure, it's really moving and well done.

Huge, sweeping book. Loved every part of it.