Reviews and Comments

I like Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters, and the book was interesting. But, I can't say it kept me engaged. After a while, I was almost tired of him going on about how the next famous person was his idol, and was the reason where he was today. It's cool that he still sees other artists as inspirational. But, it started to feel like he had a list of celebrities that he needed to include, and was just ticking off the names in the list.

While interesting at times, this was very much a slog for me. I think it could have used more images, as others have noted. But, I also think it read almost like a textbook, and so not very engaging for me.

So, you would expect reading about math to be boring. But, I really, really enjoyed this book. The author has a great sense of humor, and is good at describing the math errors.

A lot of interesting content written in a not so interesting way. At times it was an extreme slog. But I learned a lot.

A good read that really makes you think about mortality, and its affect on our happiness and overall life satisfaction. What if we could live forever? What kind of motivation would we have to work, or do anything really? How do you control population growth when everyone lives forever?

Entertaining travel writing, with some nice observations on how the people of the world are not all that different! I can't say I would be brave enough to take my kids to a lot of places they did. But I'm not very well traveled myself.

Jimmy Wayne seems like a great guy, and the book is written about a great cause. But, the writing was not very engaging.

Interesting, but not real engaging. Lesson learned: don't sail the Great Lakes in November!

Highly recommended to anyone that enjoyed the first book in the series, "Eragon". A wonderful continuation of the legend of Eragon and Saphira.

Very interesting perspective on growing up "in" New Orleans, the flight from Katrina, and trying to make sense of the world from that starting place.

A very interesting read about a live boy growing up in a graveyard full of ghosts. Toward the end there were some descriptions of events that felt like after thoughts added in to try to patch a hole in the story. I don't want to go into more detail, as it would ruin the story. But, other than that small section, the story was very entertaining and imaginative.

It seems kind-of crazy that someone can write an entire book on checklists. But Atul Gawande has done just that, and in a way that is interesting and informative. His argument is geared toward the use of checklists in surgical situations. However, he does address other situations where checklists would improve outcomes. Overall, a good read.