Books

I just finished reading Farenheit 451, approximately 15 years after it was assigned to me in high school. The book was written in 1953 by Ray Bradbury, inspired by several troubling trends seen by the author.  The story follows Montag, a fireman of the future, who’s job is to start rather than put out fires. […]

I’ve read a lot of self-help books, but I’m starting to grow tired of the genre. Over and over again, many of these books have a message that could be summed up in a paragraph but is stretched out into 300 pages. It’s good marketing. A catchy title, a fancy cover, and the continuing promise […]

This past year, I read 27 books. That’s quite a few more than I read in 2015, but honestly, I didn’t find as many that I loved in 2016. Last year, I wrote about 7 books that I loved, this year, I narrowed it down to 5. Historical non-fiction, self-help, science, biography, and business make […]

I’m by no means a voracious reader, but I do try to read at least 100 pages every week. This equals roughly a book per month, a rate of reading I’m trying to double in 2016. Goals aside, there were 7 books in particular last year that I thoroughly enjoyed. I had a hard time putting […]