Sunday, February 26, 2012

Five Word Book Reviews

The End of Money by David Wolman: Interesting, provactive, give up cash! Grade: B+

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer: Heart wrenching, extremely well written. Grade: A-

Big Lake by Nick Russell: entertaining, surprising, I miss Arizona. Grade: C+

Proofiness by Charles Seife: educational, usually insightful, appealingly short. Grade: B

The List by Konrath and Kilborn Enjoyable but lacking realism, forgettable. Grade: C+

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman: Extremely interesting, similar to Blink. Grade: A-

The Information by James Gleick Hard subject, good writing. Long. Grade: B+

Radioactivity: A History by a Mysterious Science by Marjorie Malley Surprising, early focus, nuclear decay. Grade: B-

Those Guys Have All the Fun by Shales and Miller Comprehensive, interesting style, insufficient Simmons! Grade: B

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