I see wolf's point that he is hesitant to jump both feet in because White Fragility is an anti racism books written by a white women. If a Black women had wrote it, he'd be more open.
TLDR I didnt watch this shit. This post was shared by the Kent State dope white women that posts nonstop about racism.
It was decent, but not a fantastic book. The first 300-400 pages were really good, and then it seems like everything else is pretty surface level. Only goes up to when they killed Osama. Nothing about the second term.
He writes well, but at times he is really trying to paint his decisions in a positive light, which I guess I would too. He talks about Libya for a while, and then doesn't address the embassy issue at all.
He does make politics seem very maddening. He takes shots at Democrats as well as Republicans. You really end up hating everybody.
Sapiens--A history of the human race essentially. Mildly interesting. Best part was the discussion that essentially since homo sapiens have existed, from all evidence that we have, our brains have not changed significantly, so just reading about what accounts for the incredible acceleration of "civilization" in the past several decades was interesting. Written in a pretty entertaining style.
Ready Player Two: I kind of thought this was excellent? I didn't really like Ready Player One but for some reason I've gone back and read it a couple times. This one doesn't reinvent the wheel but is a quick easy read. Definitely a better universe for him than Armada was.
Hellbound On His Trail: A book detailing the lead up to and the subsequent search for James Earl Ray after the MLK assassination. Recommended by DREW on MLK Day, which is a really odd choice. It's really good though. In terms of my "hunt for famous assassin" books I've read recently, I would say that it is better than the hunt for John Wilkes Booth book (Manhunt). For obviously such a famous part of American history, I realized real quickly that I had no idea about 99% of it. Strong rec for anyone here, written in a really engaging style, can't really say much bad about it at all.
Hellbound On His Trail: A book detailing the lead up to and the subsequent search for James Earl Ray after the MLK assassination. Recommended by DREW on MLK Day, which is a really odd choice. It's really good though. In terms of my "hunt for famous assassin" books I've read recently, I would say that it is better than the hunt for John Wilkes Booth book (Manhunt). For obviously such a famous part of American history, I realized real quickly that I had no idea about 99% of it. Strong rec for anyone here, written in a really engaging style, can't really say much bad about it at all.
No idea what's up next for me.
For me, that is quite a strong recommendation because I really enjoyed Manhunt.
Have you read this one?
I think this is the book I have read recently that I have enjoyed the most.
Decided to read Dune. It was decent. I can see why it's so influential, the first few chapters when it's jumping from POV to POV really feels like the build up in Game of Thrones. Some decent-ish ideas, pretty well paced. It doesn't fill me with any great need to read any of the sequels, which is probably a pretty significant knock against it.
Ready Player Two: I kind of thought this was excellent? I didn't really like Ready Player One but for some reason I've gone back and read it a couple times. This one doesn't reinvent the wheel but is a quick easy read. Definitely a better universe for him than Armada was.
i hated it. for some reason i felt compelled to finish, but i spent the whole time griping to myself. he clearly felt all the criticism for having written a boys club book in the first one, all that retconning of Halladay stuff felt so forced. it's not really escapism anymore if you drag real world stuff into it. anyway, i'm on to the Farseer Trilogy. heard good things, standard fantasy fare.
