Year: 2014
Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder
The first ‘serious’ book I have read for a while – have had the book for a few months and just started to read it. Sometimes new ideas are difficult to grasp – but for me the central idea of this book is “obvious”. I put that in quotes because it is only obvious because of other things I have read/experienced/thought over the years. Taleb’s style may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but I quite enjoy reading him.
The Crow Road
A new author for me – although one that had been on a “perhaps should read” list for quite a while. Not my usual sort of book really, but it was compulsive reading – perhaps will try one of his sci-fi books in the future.
The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day
All the magic (and science) is there! Just started on this one and the three author’s are living up to their previous three books in this series.
Shock Wave
I inherited this book from my daughter and I don’t think I have read any by Clive Cussler before. This, it turns out, is actually in the middle of his “Dirk Pitt” book series.
It was quite a good yarn – although to my mind not as good as Tom Clancy. The plot was, perhaps, a bit predictable – which isn’t unusual in books – so it perhaps suited what I needed in my current speed reading sessions….
Command Authority
And again….
Threat Vector
Standard stuff from Tom Clancy – just what is expected…