Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Book Reviews

The Litigators by John Grisham This book was enjoyable but predictable. Grisham has written some pretty original books (by his standards) over the past few years, but this book was a bit of a regression to the mean. I don't know if this book is accurate or not, but it doesn't make life at a big law firm seem very appealing. Grade: C
Maphead by Ken Jennings While I am only a mild "maphead", I really enjoyed this book. Well, I enjoyed it as much as possible considering that it was a book about maps and people that are passionate about maps. Grade: B
13 Things That Don't Make Sense by Michael Brooks A wonderful book about 13 unsolved mysteries in science. The book focuses mainly on problems in cosmology and human biology, but I loved the book even though I don't work in those areas. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in science. Grade: A-
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathon Haidt Another very interesting book about psychology, morality, and human nature. It highlighted a number of issues that I've observed but failed to full appreciate when it comes to division in the areas of politics and religion. I recommend this book because it will help you to appreciate where other people that you may not agree with are coming from. I'd give it a higher grade, but I feel like the author could have cut at least 30% of the words without cutting information. Grade: B