Cannonball Read 10

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thewheelbarrow

I'm a 34yo father of a magnificent daughter and her baby brother. I participate in CBR because I want to share my enthusiasm for reading while helping a great cause. I'm pretty good at the reading part and pretty bad at the writing part.

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Whoa, a little too real!

American War by Omar El-Akkad

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I thought this book sounded interesting when I first heard of it a little while ago.  Then it started showing up on a few recommended reading lists that I follow.  I was surprised not just by the number of recommendations but from where they came.  As a military person, I read some military blogs, one such blog is called ‘From the Green Notebook.”  The green notebook is a ubiquitous tool used by leaders in the military as a planner and notepad and the blog is mostly about leadership.  I digress.  Early this summer, ‘From the Green Notebook’ published an article […]

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10/3/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:37 |

A Dual Biography that works

Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom by Thomas E. Ricks

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I read Churchill and Orwell because I am a fan of the author, Thomas E. Ricks.  Ricks is best known as a military historian who wrote Fiasco and The Generals, both of which I highly recommend.  This book is a bit of a departure for Ricks but the topic seemed interesting.  Churchill and Orwell is a dual biography of two British men who had similarly parallel lives during WWII-era Great Britain.  I was surprised to find how much the two men had in common, especially considering how different they were.   Churchill and Orwell is not a comprehensive dual biography. […]

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9/5/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:36 |

Chief of Staff Reading List #14

The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World by Ruchir Sharma

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So, if I am completely honest with myself, I read this book months ago and had to find a summary to jog my memory.  Thus, I can’t say it was great but after reading the summary, I remember finding it interesting. Rise and Fall of Nations is another selection from the Army Chief of Staff reading list.  I think I understand why it was added to the list but it really feels more like it was added because it’s the kind of book that people think you should read more than just being good or insightful.  I can easily see […]

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8/30/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:35 |

If Douglas Adams knew about ICP…

Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente

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So, this book was really fun.  It kept popping up as recommended to me and I kept it on the back burner until my good friend called me to say that I had to read it next.  I can’t emphasize enough how important it is that this friend picked up his phone and called me about it.  Not a quick text.  Space Opera necessitated a phone call.  That is about as high a recommendation as I can imagine in 2018.  My friend then told me the one thing that I needed to know to get me to read it right […]

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8/23/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:34 |

The Future is going to suck

Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan

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Altered Carbon sat on my night stand for just over two years.  A very good friend of mine recommended it to me years ago and I bought it on sale and started it right away.  The first think I realized is that this was not a read before bed book.  It required more attention to detail to fully appreciate it and I really liked that.  Unfortunately, that meant that it languished on the night stand for a long, long time.  I finished it a couple of weeks ago but not before I started the show.  I started watching with the […]

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8/21/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:33 |

Army Chief of Staff Reading List #14

Flashpoints: The Emerging Crisis in Europe by George Friedman

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George Friedman is a geopolitical forecaster with degrees in political science and government.  He worked for think tanks before founding Stratfor, an intelligence platform known for being open-sourced and available to the public, for a fee of course.  Friedman earned renown for predicting a handful of major global events.  The New York Times Magazine wrote in 2003 of Friedman and Stratfor “He predicted that the surging Asian economy would collapse by the end of 1997, while the American economy would reach unprecedented heights.” (NYTmag).  I feel like this background is necessary to describe Flashpoints accurately. Flashpoints is a book that attempts […]

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7/3/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:32 |

More Expanse Side Plot

The Vital Abyss (The Expanse 5.5) by James S.A. Corey

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As I write this and extol the virtues of the Expanse series, I have a tinge of guilt.  I recommend the show to friends, in addition to the books, but I am part of the reason it, the show, was cancelled.  ScyFy owned the rights to only the first run of the show and I don’t watch any scripted shows at airtime, I am part of the cause for the cancellation.  That said, it has officially been picked up by Amazon, apparently Jeff Bezos is a big fan. Note: I have no idea if the two statements are correlated.  I […]

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6/1/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:31 |

A Sci-Fi Crime Procedural Series

Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome (Lock In 0.5), Lock In (Lock In, #1), Head On (Lock In #2) by John Scalzi

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So, I’ve read a handful of John Scalzi and I’ve really liked everything that I’ve read.  I bought Lock In on Audible a little while ago.  Then Head On was about to come out so I listened to Lock In and immediately pre-ordered Head On.  I think I finished Head On, the audiobook mind you, the day after it came out.  I ate lunch in my car for two days to listen to it.  I played it while washing dishes.  I couldn’t put it down. Why do I love this series?  It’s fun.  It’s familiar but yet new.  I know […]

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5/30/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:30 |


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