Tag: best books
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BR331) “Stolen Focus” Book Review
Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention – and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari. 5/5 rating. 283 pages. Book #47 of 2023. Read November 19, 2023. This has officially become one of my favorite books! Johann looks at the epidemic of failing attention throughout the world. If you talk to nearly anyone,…
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BR324) “The Anthropocene Reviewed” Book Review
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green. 5/5 rating. 274 pages. Book #40 of 2023. Read September 17, 2023. This book is the outgrowth of quite possibly my favorite podcast of all time. After listening to all 37 episodes of John’s podcast (multiple times) where he “reviews different facets of the…
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BR259) “The Overstory” Book Review
The Overstory by Richard Powers. 5/5 rating. 502 pages. Book #26 of 2022. Read June 7, 2022. This is an incredible novel about the intersecting stories of a small group of people and their discovery of awe for trees. The main characters include everything from a computer scientist, to a professional of trees (dendrologist), to…
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BR201) “The Long Fix” Book Review
The Long Fix: Solving America’s Health Care Crisis with Strategies That Work for Everyone by Vivian Lee. 5/5 rating. 208 pages. Book #37 of 2021. Read April 26, 2021. I have read 442 books since the beginning of 2017 and this is one of the 3 best out of all of those. EVERYONE should read…
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BR168) “The Blue Sweater” Book Review
The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World by Jacqueline Novogratz. 5/5 rating. 284 pages. Book #4 of 2021. Read January 17, 2021. This is an amazing, powerful, and illustrative read about Jacqueline’s work to help provide skills, access, and dignity to the global underprivileged. Jacqueline is truly everything…
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BR159) “The Healing of America” Book Review
The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care by T. R. Reid. 4/5 rating. 251 pages. Book #84 of 2020. Read November 29, 2020. This is a fascinating book looking at some of the top healthcare systems in the world. T.R. starts by looking at the sad-state of the…
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BR149) “Tools for Grassroots Activists” Book Review
Tools for Grassroots Activists: Best Practices for Success in the Environmental Movement Edited by Nora Gallagher and Lisa Myers. 5/5 rating. 288 pages. Book #74 of 2020. Read October 19, 2020. This is an incredible book that should be everyone’s first resource if you’re thinking about starting a movement of any kind! This book is…
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BR144) “The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared” Book Review
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. 5/5 rating. 384 pages. Book #69 of 2020. Read October 4, 2020. This is probably the most fun book that I’ve ever read! Allan Karlsson has lived an amazing and winding life when on his 100th birthday he decides to climb out…
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BR142) “Bird by Bird” Book Review
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott. 5/5 rating. 220 pages. Book #67 of 2020. Read September 27, 2020. This is an absolutely amazing book about writing and life: one of my favorite books that I have ever read! Anne is hilarious! Her writing is dark, poignant, and just so…