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"Disappointing Affirmations"
by Dave Tarnowski
8-Word Book Review:
Sarcasm at its best: short, silly, searing, scintillating
Rating: *****
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March 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
“As a Man Thinketh”
by James Allen
8-Word Book Review:
“Thinketh?” It’s more like as a book stinketh
Rating: *

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February 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
“Truth Worth Telling: A Reporter's Search for Meaning in the Stories of Our Times”
by Scott Pelley
8-word book review:
Ace reporter demonstrates how journalism should be done
Rating: *****

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February 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“The Case Against Sugar”
by Gary Taubes
8-word book review:
Sugar is worse than garbage. Less is more
Rating: *****

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February 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
“Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error”
by Kathryn Schulz
My rating: ***
8-Word Book Review:
Didn’t love this, but I could be wrong
Rating: ***

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February 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
“Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind”
by Yuval Noah Harari
8-Word Book Review:
I learned so much, it changed me forever
Rating:*****

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February 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
“The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness”
by Jonathan Haidt

8-Word Book Review:
Social media ruining our kids? Damn scary read.
Rating: *****

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February 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
“His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life”
by Jonathan Alter
8-Word Book Review:
Elegant sendoff for a great, brilliant gentleman president
Rating: *****

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February 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
One Summer: America, 1927
by Bill Bryson

Rating: ****
Bryson at his best! Read this book now

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February 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again
by Johann Hari

Rating:*****
If you can't focus, don't read this book

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February 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
by Robert A. Caro

Rating: *****
This is a long book, but it's fascinating

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February 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
by Charles Duhigg

Rating: *****
Communicate like a champ: listen more, talk less

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February 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon”
by Kevin Fedarko

Sweaty adventure brings lots of thrills and chills
My rating: *****

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February 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
“The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource”
by Christopher L. Hayes
8-Word Book Review:
Brilliant analysis by one of my favorite writers
Rating: *****

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February 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM