chriskirk rated A Gentleman in Moscow: 5 stars
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
nice
A decent intro to learning techniques, though padded with a lot of self-help fluff.
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chriskirk reviewed Ultralearning by James Clear
Now a Wall Street Journal bestseller.
Learn a new talent, stay relevant, reinvent yourself, and …
Review of 'Ultralearning' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
chriskirk rated Le meurtre de Roger Ackroyd: 5 stars
Le meurtre de Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot, #4)
Cela fait tout juste un an que le mari de Mrs Ferrars est mort. D'une gastrite aiguë. Enfin, c'est ce …
chriskirk reviewed The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn Era One, #2)
The impossible has been accomplished. The Lord Ruler -- the man who claimed to be …
Review of 'The Well of Ascension' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
The characters spend the first third of the book agonizing over strategy and their own insecurities while weeks pass in the story with no meaningful narrative development. There are a lot of tired tropes at play here, including the suggestion of a love triangle that seems totally unconvincing and contrived. Some of the action occasionally comes across as indulgent. Despite its warts, this is an effective page-turner, and the taut final act includes some truly weird twists that make the whole journey worthwhile.
chriskirk rated The Final Empire: 5 stars
The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn, #1)
For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery …
chriskirk rated A Promised Land: 5 stars
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
A Promised Land is a memoir by Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. …
chriskirk rated Why We're Polarized: 5 stars
One day by David Nicholls
15th July 1988: Emma and Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must …
chriskirk rated John Adams: 5 stars
John Adams by David McCullough
In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, …
chriskirk rated Red Notice: 5 stars
Red Notice by Bill Browder
Bill Browder's journey started on the South Side of Chicago and moved through Stanford Business School to the dog-eat-dog world …
chriskirk rated Educated: A Memoir: 5 stars
chriskirk rated Midnight in Chernobyl: 5 stars
Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham
"Journalist Adam Higginbotham's definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster--and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, …
chriskirk rated The Great Bridge: 5 stars
The Great Bridge by David McCullough
Built to join the rapidly expanding cities of New York and Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Bridge was thought by many at …
chriskirk rated Leviathan Wakes: 4 stars
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #1)
Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars are still out of our …
