Alice

This is a memoir.

Entertaining. I thought the end was too jam-packed.

I think I liked the idea of this book more than the book itself. You know what I mean.

This will probably be my favorite read of the year. Kahneman and Tversky are two of my academic heroes, as they were/are to many behavioral economists and social scientists, so when I heard that Michael Lewis of Moneyball and The Big Short fame was writing a dual-biopic about the pair, I was very excited. To be honest, parts of the book were a little slow and dry, but other parts made me tear up. I cannot imagine how someone who is unfamiliar with this field or their work would react to all of the psychology terminology and mathematical equations, but for me, this book was the origin story of all the topics I loved in grad school. I am looking forward to the movie (half-joking about this).

A true word nerd. A lot of information to take in all at once, but some interesting insights on how language reveals emotions and motivations.

It took me three tries, but I finally got into this book and read it all. Anyone who went to a small private college or prep school might appreciate the setting; it reminded me of a twisted Dead Poets Society.

Very interesting and relevant. Scared me more than a little bit. For anyone who wants to begin knowing what Facebook, Google, Twitter, everyone, etc. are doing with all the data that we give them.

The GoodReads description, “Apollo 13 meets Cast Away” is spot on. Too bad Tom Hanks is probably too old to play the title character in the movie. But I hope they get Ed Harris for Mission Control. Anyway, great book, exciting story. Highly recommend to anyone who ever wanted to be an astronaut (so everyone).

Unfortunately, this book is not about a road trip to Alaska. I figured this out early on, but I kept reading anyway. It was a good story, but on the YA-spectrum, the writing was more “Y” than “A.” Skip unless you are looking for a super-easy read.