One Sentence Book Reviews

Making Comics: Scott McCloud

Thorough and insightful, let down by too many allusions to where the author thinks comics are 'at'.

The Seven Day Weekend: Ricardo Semler.

Not as good as Maverick, yet full of inspiration for just how much better our jobs could be.

The Intelligent Investor: Benjamin Graham

If you get past the somewhat taxing chapters on history of the stock market, it really is THE book on investing.

If Chins Could Kill: Bruce Campbell

He really is nothing like the characters he portrays, you wouldn't introduce Bruce to Ash at a party.

How To Win Every Argument: Some Guy

Based on his initial book 'The Book of Fallacies' I wish I'd just bought that for an education in logic, rather than this publisher marketed 'how to win' guide since most fallacies seem to just be bad habits.

What Got You Here Won't Get You There: Marshall Goldsmith.

There are 21 bad habits but 3 solutions, that said it is one of the most through and convincing books on instituting behavioral change in one's self.

Why I Write: Goerge Orwell

He really is the shizznizz of writing though his prediction that only a socialist England could win 'the' war fell a tad short of the mark.

The God Delusion: Richard Dawkins

Rereading this Dawkins smarm came out, but his rational case is still brilliant to behold.

The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand

Along with Dune, it's an enjoyable read I'm not sure humanity wouldn't be better off without, an intellectuals soap opera.

Goedel Escher Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid: Douglas Hoffstader.

Don't read it unless you have 8 months to prove something to yourself.

Any other books I read in the past year weren't memorable enough for me to remember just now. Pick of the above litter would be a tie-breaker betwixt 'The Intelligent Investor' and 'The Seven Day Weekend'.