My Reading Log
Here's where I keep track of all the books I have been reading lately. This is mostly for my own personal benefit so that I don't forget what I have read.
| Title | Author | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No, They Can't: Why Government Fails-But Individuals Succeed | John Stossel | 9/10 |
John Stossel is awesome. I've been a fan ever since I was in the seventh grade and watched him debunk pro wrestling and, in... Read More... |
| Sourcery | Terry Pratchett | 7/10 |
I enjoyed the first half of the book in which the Discworld is introduced to the first all-powerful sorcerer they have seen... Read More... |
| Mort | Terry Pratchett | 8/10 |
So, I'm now four books into the Discworld series and I think I will keep going with it (only 33 more to go). ... Read More... |
| How We Decide | Jonah Lehrer | 7/10 |
I am not usually a non-fiction reader outside of the occasional political tome, but I bought this after it was recommended... Read More... |
| Equal Rites | Terry Pratchett | 9/10 |
The third Discworld novel starts a completely new storyline with no crossover with the first two books. I actually liked... Read More... |
| The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress | Robert Heinlein | 2/10 |
This sci-fi classic starts off interestingly enough: in an authoritarian society on the Moon, an engineer befriends a self-... Read More... |
| The Light Fantastic | Terry Pratchett | 8/10 |
The story picks up right where The Colour of Magic... Read More... |
| The Colour of Magic | Terry Pratchett | 8/10 |
I'm continuously on the lookout for a new fantasy series to fill my Kingkiller Chronicles/Song of Fire and Ice... Read More... |
| We the Living | Ayn Rand | 6/10 |
Okay, I'll admit it. I'm one of those nuts who actually likes The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. It has... Read More... |
| Title | Author | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pictures of the Socialistic Future | Eugene Richter | 7/10 |
An incredibly prescient book from the 19th century that basically lays out everything that is wrong with the practical... Read More... |
| Last Argument of Kings | Joe Abercrombie | 7/10 |
The final book of the First Law trilogy was a sort of step backwards from the previous book. In the previous book I grew to... Read More... |
| The Declaration of Independents | Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch | 8/10 |
This was a nice manifesto of sorts that hits all the right marks in terms of what it means to be an "independent" in today's... Read More... |
| Before They Are Hanged | Joe Abercrombie | 8/10 |
Although I was disappointed by The Blade Itself, I decided to continue... Read More... |
| The Case of Charles Dexter Ward | H. P. Lovecraft | 7/10 |
Sometime during my late teens I started reading a bunch of H. P. Lovecraft books. His style never fully caught on with me.... Read More... |
| The Red Badge of Courage | Stephen Crane | 6/10 |
Catching up on a classic I missed in high school. I thought it was okay, but not the sort of plot-driven narrative I enjoy... Read More... |
| The Price of Everything: A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity | Russell Roberts | 8/10 |
This book is really an economics lesson presented in layman's terms. The plot and characters are merely a device to get you... Read More... |
| The Bible of Unspeakable Truths | Greg Gutfeld | 7/10 |
I think I would have liked this book better if I had listened to the audiobook version instead. As it is, it's an enjoyable... Read More... |
| A Dance with Dragons | George R. R. Martin | 9/10 |
I was late to the whole A Game of Thrones thang (but, for the record, I was like totally in to this waaayy before... Read More... |
| The Future and its Enemies | Virginia Postrel | 8/10 |
Postrel makes the case for decentralized, dynamic systems. The obvious application of this is in free-market versus command-... Read More... |
| Empire of Lies | Andrew Klaven | 7/10 |
I like Andrew Klaven. His Klaven on the Culture videos are good natured and entertaining little bits of political... Read More... |
| The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power | Gene Healy | 6/10 |
This book analyzes America's proclivity towards an ever expansive and powerful executive branch—admittedly not the most... Read More... |
| Wise Man's Fear | Patrick Rothfuss | 9/10 |
Book two in this excellent series is just about as good as the first. The story picks up right where we left off last time... Read More... |
| Where Keynes Went Wrong: And Why World Governments Keep Creating Inflation, Bubbles, and Busts | Hunter Lewis | 7/10 |
That title is quite a mouthful, ain't it? I am continuing my recent excursion into econ-type books that are probably a bit... Read More... |
| Old Man's War | John Scalzi | 7/10 |
This is a science fiction tale based on the premise that, sometime in the distant future, our planetary defense army would... Read More... |
| The Hero of Ages | Brandon Sanderson | 9/10 |
The Hero of Ages picks up a year or so after the events of The Well... Read More... |
| Title | Author | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Well of Ascension | Brandon Sanderson | 9/10 |
Book two in the Mistborn series continues this the storyline directly after the climactic events of the... Read More... |
| Racing the Beam | Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost | 9/10 |
Racing the Beam is a fairly accessible look at the technology behind the Atari 2600 video game console. Apparently... Read More... |
| In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks | Adam Carolla | 8/10 |
I decided to try this one out on a whim. I like Adam Carolla and his humor translated pretty well into book form (although I... Read More... |
| Devil Born Without Horns | Michael A. Lucas | 9/10 |
Michael Lucas is best known as the schtick-loving bassist of The Phantom Surfers. This book was self-published under his own... Read More... |
| The Blade Itself | Joe Abercrombie | 6/10 |
Once again, I am off in search of fantasy books to match the greatness of the A Song of Fire and Ice series. Amazon... Read More... |
| Financial Fiasco | Johan Norberg | 7/10 |
This book presents a history of the current financial crisis thingy in a way that tries to be as plain-spoken as possible.... Read More... |
| Mistborn: The Final Empire | Brandon Sanderson | 9/10 |
My post-Game of Thrones decent into pure phantasy nerdom continues with the Mistborn trilogy. This first book in... Read More... |
| Rock Stardom for Dumbshits | Phantom Surfers, The | 8/10 |
Leave it to The Phantom Surfers to release an instrumental surf record without any music, singing, talking or audio of any... Read More... |
| When You Were a Tadpole and I Was a Fish | Martin Gardner | 5/10 |
Martin Gardner died around the time this book was released. Like many of his books, it compiles articles and essays that he... Read More... |
| Orphans of the Sky | Robert A. Heinlein | 5/10 |
Another old sci-fi novel by Heinlein that cares more about the concept than the story. Even at 120 some pages, it still felt... Read More... |
| A Feast for Crows | George R. R. Martin | 6/10 |
After the first three rousing volumes of the Song of Fire and Ice series, this book is a huge disappointment. I get... Read More... |
| A Storm of Swords | George R. R. Martin | 10/10 |
I had thought that this was the conclusion of the entire Song of Fire and Ice series, but aparently this is book... Read More... |
| A Clash of Kings | George R. R. Martin | 9/10 |
Not quite as gripping as the first book in the series, but Martin maintains much of the same level of quality throughout... Read More... |
| A Game of Thrones | George R. R. Martin | 10/10 |
After finishing The Name of the Wind, I wanted to continue my fantasy novel kick. A Game of Thrones is a... Read More... |
| The Name of the Wind | Patrick Rothfuss | 10/10 |
An extremely well written fantasy novel that steers clear of most of your standard fantasy fiction cliches. Sure, there is... Read More... |
| Lovers and Madmen | Barry Devlin | 7/10 |
Above average 50's pulp trash. See my Bent Pages... Read More... |
| Motherless Brooklyn | Jonathan Lethem | 10/10 |
It has been a while since I've read a contemporary novel that I liked this much. Motherless Brooklyn is a pretty... Read More... |
| Barbarella | Jean-Claude Forest | 7/10 |
The French comic upon which the movie was based. Stunning 60's stylized artwork, but the story is just a series of bland sci... Read More... |
| Aliens Omnibus | Various Authors | 4/10 |
This is a collection of the Aliens comics that were released by Dark Horse in the late eighties. These came out... Read More... |
| World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War | Max Brooks | 8/10 |
A bit of speculative fiction showing how the world would deal with a zombie apocalypse. The book is written as a collection... Read More... |
| Title | Author | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies | C. S. Forrester | 6/10 |
I was disappointed when I came to the realization that this was more of a collection of short stories rather than a full... Read More... |
| Lord Hornblower | C. S. Forrester | 7/10 |
Starts out nicely with Hornblower sent off to deal with a mutinous crew and keeps up the pace for about half of the book.... Read More... |
| Commodore Hornblower | C. S. Forrester | 6/10 |
A disappointing follow-up to the last Hornblower novel. This one has Hornblower in Russia helping out during the siege of... Read More... |
| Time for the Stars | Robert A. Heinlein | 7/10 |
A fairly good sci-fi novel about a pair of telepathic twins separated when one goes off to survey new worlds in a near-light... Read More... |
| Flying Colours | C.S. Forester | 9/10 |
Another great Hornblower tale. The action picks up right at the end of the previous book and keeps going all the way to the... Read More... |
