Brian Wigginton
This book seems to be split into two parts.
Part 1: Drucker the Mentor
I loved the first half of this book. Seeing Drucker as Mentor to a business executive was great. Buford's experiences were welcomingly human. I felt like I would feel the same way he did meeting Drucker for the first time.
Part 2: Buford The Megachurch Catalyst
All about how Buford decided to devote his life to Christianity by helping build MegaChurches. The tone of the book changed from student mentor, to spread christianity to the masses using Drucker's keen insight into management and leadership principles. Interesting, and some what applicable to other areas of expertise, but not what I was hoping for out of this book.
Lots of good recipes in here, we loved the Sweet Basil Gimlet and the infused simple syrups were a lot of fun to make.
Pretty deep dive into composting and the science behind it. An excellent resource for the active composter.
I take a lot of what Tim Ferris proposed with a grain of salt, and he recommends as much in his opening introduction. There's a lot of interesting content here, all of which I need to read up on. A good gateway book to alternative methods of health and nutrition.
I thought this one started out strong. After just finishing the Slight Edge, I found a ton of similarities between the two. The message being “work hard, do small things everyday to move you closed to your goals.”
As the book progressed, it started to lose me a bit.
Couldn't finish this. Sage, sage, sage, sage, sage. Empty female characters. Maybe this book just fit a certain time.
This book was just ok. Wasn't exactly what I was expecting. More about church and the belief
This was just OK. I find that a lot of the times I get a little lost in Niven's writing. I'll think characters are in some sort of massive cave and then they're actually out in the open.
This one stuck with me for a long while after having finished it. Books that can do that have a special place on my shelf. highly recommend this series so far, just to read this book.
Interesting take on making a society obedient, controlled and predictable.
I now know where soma.fm got its name from!
Cool story, but fragmented and hard to follow at times. Vampires in space was a neat concept, +1 for that.
The last 15% of the book is an appendix and acknowledgments. Pretty interesting stuff back there, can't wait to go back and read through it all.
Slow burn, fascinating ending!
This was a slower read and less exploratory than the first book in the series. However, in Clarke fashion, the end is where all the drama happens and it was great!
While there is a lot of good content in here, especially hearing about the origins of Bridgewater, the organization of the Principles Ray dives into isn't great in audio book format. Sort of like listening to a text book on tape.
I thought this book overall was OK. Jazz felt a little young for her actual age. She also seemed to have that classic super hero ability for the conclusion of the story. All in all a fun read, but not as good as The Martian.
Inspired me to read into Stoicism and other ancient philosophy. Really loved the no-nonsense, practical approach Manson describes.
Listened to the audio book. Pretty dense, will have to go back and reread the parts I'm interested in later.
Lot's of facts and figures. There were quite a few interesting Big Data revelations, most of which revolved around human sexuality. Weak ending.
“Easily one of the most suspenseful books I've ever read. Creepy and horrific around every corner!”
Great introduction to electronics! Although the side stories can be a bit longwinded, the concepts of electricity are explained very clearly. Not only does he explain electrical theory but he also applied the concepts to real life examples, like, how radios and motors work.
Highly recommended for anyone who needs a refresher on electronics.