A bit too negative, and a bit too much promotion on other works from the same author.
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15% complete! maxy has read 15 of 100 books.
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maxy rated The no complaining rule: 4 stars
Jon Gordon: The no complaining rule (2008, John Wiley & Sons)
The no complaining rule by Jon Gordon
Negativity in the workplace costs businesses billions of dollars and impacts the morale, productivity and health of individuals and teams. …
maxy rated Power and Impact: 3 stars
Power and Impact by Harvard Business Review, Dan Cable, Peter Bregman, and 2 others
In the years following the publication of Patrick Lencioni's best-seller The Five Dysfunctions of a …
Review of 'Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
maxy rated 7 Habits in 7 Minutes: 4 stars
maxy rated All Systems Red: 3 stars
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved …
maxy rated Fourth Wing: 4 stars
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (The Empyrean, #1)
Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the …
maxy rated The Saint of Bright Doors: 3 stars
The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. This gave him plenty to …
Unsouled by Will Wight (Cradle, #1)
Sacred artists follow a thousand Paths to power, using their souls to control the forces of the natural world.
Lindon …
maxy rated Permutation City: 3 stars
Permutation City by Greg Egan
The story of a man with a vision - immortality : for those who can afford it is found in …
maxy rated A Memory Called Empire: 3 stars
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
A Memory Called Empire is a 2019 science fiction novel, the debut novel by Arkady Martine. It follows Mahit Dzmare, …
Outlive by Peter Attia, Bill Gifford
A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new …
maxy reviewed Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo (Alex Stern, #2)
Wealth. Power. Murder. Magic. Alex Stern is back and the Ivy League is going straight …
Review of 'Hell Bent' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Contrary to other second parts this one assumes that you have all the events from Ninth House fresh.
Expanding the Yale beyond the veil universe.
While it's still entertaining I find that it harder to empathize with the characters.
maxy reviewed Mickey7 by Edward Ashton
Dying isn’t any fun…but at least it’s a living.
Mickey7 is an Expendable: a disposable …
Review of 'Mickey7' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Sci-fi, popcorn.