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I'm a husband, father, author, cyclist, sailor, travel addict, and Silicon Valley software engineer. I've written 4 books and actively review books on this blog. Comments on this blog are aggressively moderated against link-spam and rude or meaningless comments.

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Review: Aqua Sphere Kayenne Goggle

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I've been suffering from some lower back pain due to lifting my toddler at a time when he was struggling. The pain's been bad enough...

Review: Invisiblity

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Invisibility is a young-adult novel by Andrea Creme and David Levithan. Levithan, you'll recall, is the author of Every Day , and the v...
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Review: Six Earlier Days

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Six Earlier Days is a short prequel to David Leviathan's novel, Every Day . It's a light fast read, but doesn't have the heft o...

Review: Deep Risk

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William Bernstein has written a new series of short books titled "investing for adults". Deep Risk is one of the series. The book...
Saturday, September 21, 2013

Review: The Sports Gene

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The Sports Gene is not just a book about athletes. It's also a thorough debunking of books such as Talent is Overrated . If you were to...
Wednesday, September 04, 2013

Review: Naked Statistics

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Naked Statistics is a non-technical introduction to statistics. In terms of explaining the science of statistics to laymen, it does a passa...

Review: Cold Days

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Cold Days is the latest available novel in the Dresden Files series. Like the previous couple of books in the series, you are well advised ...
Friday, August 23, 2013

Review: Ghost Story

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Ghost Story is book 13 of the Dresden Files. It is a direct sequel from Changes , and if you haven't read that book you'll not get ...

Re-Read: Ender's Game

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This is my third time reading Ender's Game , and I've read the previous incarnation of the novel (which began as a short story in 19...
Friday, August 16, 2013

Review: Changes

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Changes is book #12 in the Dresden files. In many ways, the series reminds me of a RPG game. As the characters get more and more powerful, ...
Sunday, August 11, 2013

Review: Turn Coat

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Turn Coat is book 11 of the Dresden Files. The series finally comes full circle, as Dresden now has to bail out the very person who was his...
Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Review: Small Favor

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Small Favor is book 10 of the Dresden files. It is so far the best book yet. It's action packed, exciting, and is the equivalent of a s...
Saturday, August 03, 2013

Review: Neptune's Brood

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Neptune's Brood is set in the same world as Saturn's Children , but is not a direct sequel in style, tone, or humor. This is a feat...
Thursday, August 01, 2013

Review: White Knight

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White Knight is book 9 of the Dresden files. What impresses me about this book is that Jim Butcher seems to actually be tying up loose ends...
Monday, July 29, 2013

Review: Proven Guilty

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Proven Guilty is book #8 in the Dresden files, and we see Jim Butcher finally starting to tie all the previous books together.  This is a g...
Thursday, July 25, 2013

Review: Modernist Cuisine at Home

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Modernist Cuisine at Home is a cookbook. As such, it shouldn't be read end-to-end, but should be reviewed for the recipes it contains. ...
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Review: Dead Beat

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Dead Beat is book 7 of the Dresden files. The theme villains for this novel are the necromancers, so we finally get to see zombies in actio...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Review: Strikefleet Omega

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The first time I saw Air Traffic Control, I immediately got addicted. This is one of those genre of games which are ideal for a tablet or ph...
Thursday, July 18, 2013

Review: Weeride Kangaroo Childseat

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It is clearly not a hidden agenda with me that I want my child to enjoy cycling, preferably from as early an age as possible. One of my fell...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

My Books Are Discounted on Amazon

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Those of you who visit my books' website know that I don't believe in discounting. But Amazon believes otherwise, and for now, prin...
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