Category: Book Reviews
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Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance
First and foremost, this guy should be featured on the Dos Equis commercial. Fuck that dude with the organ-donor beard who is literally only well known for being in that string of commercials. Elon Musk is arguably the most interesting man in the world, and if you don’t agree with that then I challenge you to find somebody…
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Infinite Awareness by Marjorie Hines Woollacott
For the past few hours, I’ve been freaking staring at this blog post trying to figure out the best way to present the information in this book. I’ve hashed out paragraph upon paragraph talking about stuff ranging from boxes to Weird Al to mind-blowing inspiration, but everything seems to fall short of what this book actually represents.…
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead translated by Robert Thurman
When I was about 5 years old, I remember occasionally lying awake in bed at night with my eyes closed imagining what the experience of death would be like. I would vividly envision piercing assaults from sharp silver blades, my cherry red blood cascading from cavernous gashes across my abdomen and jugular, agonizing shrieks into the…
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On Anarchism by Noam Chomsky
*Disclaimer: In reading this blog post you are assuming personal responsibility for your frame of mind. In the event you are searching for a reason to be angry, support for your political views, or feelings of superiority over me or others then I highly recommend you do not venture any further. This post is intended…
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The Future of the Mind by Michio Kaku
In an attempt to take a step back from the more “Woo Woo” topics I’ve been delving into recently, I picked this up from Barnes and Noble in the hope that it would bring me back down to earth. I figured a solid dosage of cerebral-osity would do me some real good. Aside from the obvious…
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All About Love by Bell Hooks
A part of me cringed after reading this, knowing that I would eventually have to write a blog post about it. It’s not because I completely disagree with the material presented; I don’t. Nor is it because it was badly written; it was crystal clear. The reason was purely because it sounds so freaking cheesy!…
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Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
For the past couple years, I must admit my interest in Malcolm Gladwell’s books has been entirely superficial. Whenever I would enter into bookstores I would always steal a passing glance at his books thinking maybe today I will finally read one. Sometimes when I was in the right mood I would even pick one up,…
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The Yoga of Eating by Charles Eisenstein
Doesn’t that title just roll off the tongue? It seems to explain so much about the essence of the book in just 2 words, or I guess 4 if you are picky about it. I was drawn to this book precisely because of the idea the title painted in my head. Yoga suggests a release…
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But What if We’re Wrong? by Chuck Klosterman
“Thinking about the present as if it were the past.” That’s it. That’s pretty much the entirety of this book packed into one quote. No need to really summarize anything or even discuss it for that matter. Done. Moving on. … But if that’s it then why did I actually enjoy this book? I felt disappointed and…
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The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
A family member actually recommended this book to me, and I remember my first instinctual response being “ew, a self-help book.” There seems to be a general stigma that exists against self help books; my guess is that it suggests the person reading it is incapable of helping themselves and therefore weak. On the flip side,…
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