It gets 5 stars for the contents, but 3 for the book itself. There are several interviews with the author online that cover the material in a more engIt gets 5 stars for the contents, but 3 for the book itself. There are several interviews with the author online that cover the material in a more engaging way.
Definitely a lot of interesting points about the benefits of limiting the time in which you eat during the day....more
Wynn-Williams is an intensely frustrating narrator. She makes absolutely insane decisions about her health and life and blames them on needing the incWynn-Williams is an intensely frustrating narrator. She makes absolutely insane decisions about her health and life and blames them on needing the income and the insurance (but seems to mostly be driven by an inability to appropriately have a work-life balance. If this is the story from her perspective, I can only imagine what her husband was thinking while this was all going on, let alone their children)
The stories about Facebook are not as shocking as they should be. Zuckerberg's awkwardness around world leaders is well documented, his not-a-run-for-president was reported on at the time, and everyone knows that the Facebook and Instagram algorithms are poisonous to teenagers. The description of the sexual harassment could unfortunately be told at any number of companies large and small. I have long thought Sandberg's Lean In stuff was tone deaf and shallow, so no big surprises there.
It's worth reading, just to get a feel for what an insane mess Facebook was/is. But this is not objectively a great book. Had it been about any other company, it would not have gotten this kind of buzz. (of course Facebook themselves have helped it along. They should know about the Streissand effect)...more
I'm expecting we will soon see more memoirs from the children of YouTube mommy vloggers. The Franke family was such a shocking mess, it's no surprise I'm expecting we will soon see more memoirs from the children of YouTube mommy vloggers. The Franke family was such a shocking mess, it's no surprise this was one of the first.
The book is interesting, but also very emotional, and written in more of a flowery style than a straightforward telling....more
I was trying to explain the premise of this book to a coworker, and couldn't... The whole alignment of technology to the calendar and the premise of hI was trying to explain the premise of this book to a coworker, and couldn't... The whole alignment of technology to the calendar and the premise of how Cheris and Jedao lead the attack on the fortress are unexplainable. I was so confused for the first third of the book, but super worth it.
That said, the best military-focused sci-fi I have read in years....more
Can I give this book 10 stars? Easily the best book I've read in the past few years.
I was in 1st grade when Challenger exploded. I had a professor whoCan I give this book 10 stars? Easily the best book I've read in the past few years.
I was in 1st grade when Challenger exploded. I had a professor who had been a payload specialist on a shuttle flight. I went with a friend to see one of the shuttles (Columbia, I think? I'd have to go back into old photo albums to be sure) when it was in driving distance of Nashville while I was in college. And mostly, I have always wanted to go to space. I remember all the NASA talk when I was a kid about how the shuttle flights would be the beginning of routine trips to space, ultimately making access to space available to normal people.
So it turns out that all of NASA's promises about the shuttle were a lie. And this book is one hell of an indictment. The explosion happens 3/4 of the way into the book - it's focused lot more on how they got there, than on the investigation afterwards. It's simultaneously detailed and a well paced engrossing read. It feels like a novel, then it hits you that it's real, and people really were so careless.
Also, definitely going to follow it up with a re-watch of Challenger: The Final Flight on Netflix, which is much narrower in focus, but the interviews and footage in the documentary make a great companion watch....more
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