Adam's Updates en-US Thu, 21 Mar 2024 19:43:58 -0700 60 Adam's Updates 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Review6364158276 Thu, 21 Mar 2024 19:43:58 -0700 <![CDATA[Adam added 'Technical Analysis Explained : The Successful Investor's Guide to Spotting Investment Trends and Turning Points']]> /review/show/6364158276 Technical Analysis Explained by Martin J. Pring Adam gave 4 stars to Technical Analysis Explained : The Successful Investor's Guide to Spotting Investment Trends and Turning Points (Hardcover) by Martin J. Pring
Very comprehensive and dry. ]]> Review6347336573 Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:47:03 -0700 <![CDATA[Adam added 'Agyar']]> /review/show/6347336573 Agyar by Steven Brust Adam gave 4 stars to Agyar (Paperback) by Steven Brust
I didn't even realize this was a vampire book until about 2/3 of the way through. Having said that, it's a pretty decent read for a vampire book, which I usually find boring. ]]> Review6332575804 Sun, 10 Mar 2024 10:47:08 -0700 <![CDATA[Adam added 'Himmler, the evil genius of the Third Reich']]> /review/show/6332575804 Himmler, the evil genius of the Third Reich by Willi Frischauer Adam gave 5 stars to Himmler, the evil genius of the Third Reich (Paperback) by Willi Frischauer
This is a very good book. Really digs deep into the 'monster' that was Heinrich Himmler. He was a monster. But I put it in quotes because that's all you hear about him. This book takes you deeper into his character in a way I never heard before. Essentially he was a total coward. Weirdly, unlike many of the nazi hierarchy I also don't think he was a psychopath based on this book. He was a total idealist and totally subservient to authority. So subservient in fact that even at the end of 1945 when Germany was losing completely, he refused to betray Hitler. Ironic that Hitler ended up calling him a traitor in his final memorandum, leaving the leadership of the Third Reich to Admiral Donitz.

Himmler is the man the Germans blamed for the Holocaust, and while no one man - least of all a quivering coward like Himmler - could be responsible for all that horror, he did sign all the documents leading the Jews to their deaths, he ordered it, he took responsibility.

Another reason I say he wasn't a psychopath, is that he suffered terribly every day from headaches and stomach pains, obviously brought on by his decisions to send people to death. Well, we can't be totally sure that's the cause of it, but based on everything else I read about him in this book there is a high likely correlation.

The fact that Himmler ends up dying like a quivering dog in a corner, under Allied captivity (via a cynade capsule) is so pathetically in keeping with this character. There is very little to recommend Himmler as a human being. The best one could say is he was a highly organized company man. That's a pretty low bar for human achievement. A man like this should never be in power, anywhere, ever. ]]> Review6281364939 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 21:36:28 -0800 <![CDATA[Adam added 'One Nation Under Blackmail: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Organized Crime That Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein, Vol. 2']]> /review/show/6281364939 One Nation Under Blackmail by Whitney Alyse Webb Adam gave 2 stars to One Nation Under Blackmail: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Organized Crime That Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein, Vol. 2 (Paperback) by Whitney Alyse Webb
]]> Review6167668405 Sun, 14 Jan 2024 11:53:30 -0800 <![CDATA[Adam added 'The Death of Sigmund Freud: The Legacy of His Last Days']]> /review/show/6167668405 The Death of Sigmund Freud by Mark Edmundson Adam gave 4 stars to The Death of Sigmund Freud: The Legacy of His Last Days (Hardcover) by Mark Edmundson
Enjoyable book with many insights. I was let down only by the very end of the book when the author suggests that a sizable group of people in the US, who want a theocracy, is one of the grave threats of our time. Yea, no. The truth threat in this country are the authoritarian left woke elite. Everyone can see it clearly now if they use their brains. ]]> UserChallenge50272569 Thu, 04 Jan 2024 16:38:12 -0800 <![CDATA[ Adam has created a challenge to read 12 books in 2024. ]]> /user/show/150144369-adam-falkenberg 11634
Adam Falkenberg has read 6 books toward their goal of 12 books.
 
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]]> Review6033396306 Fri, 08 Dec 2023 06:52:32 -0800 <![CDATA[Adam added 'We Got Steam Heat!']]> /review/show/6033396306 We Got Steam Heat! by Dan Holohan Adam gave 5 stars to We Got Steam Heat! (Paperback) by Dan Holohan
Good book - learned a lot about my steam heating system. ]]> Review6032332211 Thu, 07 Dec 2023 17:48:56 -0800 <![CDATA[Adam added 'One Nation Under Blackmail, Vol. 1: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein']]> /review/show/6032332211 One Nation Under Blackmail, Vol. 1 by Whitney Alyse Webb Adam gave 2 stars to One Nation Under Blackmail, Vol. 1: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein (Paperback) by Whitney Alyse Webb
Very well-researched and very large. Full of details of all kinds of shady shit throughout the last 100 years of US history touching on the Clintons but mainly focused on Republican politicans for some reason. I sense a bias there. At any rate, this book is too chock full of detail for me to find the narrative interesting. If anything it's confusing and I was bored by the whole thing. Skimmed a large part of it. Not looking forward to part 2 which I also bought. Again, it's incredibly well-researched and there is a lot of solid seeming evidence for a lot of dirty laundry, I just found it oddly boring. ]]> Review6030978072 Thu, 07 Dec 2023 07:00:20 -0800 <![CDATA[Adam added 'Writing Past Dark: Envy, Fear, Distraction and Other Dilemmas in the Writer's Life']]> /review/show/6030978072 Writing Past Dark by Bonnie Friedman Adam gave 4 stars to Writing Past Dark: Envy, Fear, Distraction and Other Dilemmas in the Writer's Life (Paperback) by Bonnie Friedman
This is a well-written book and had some very enjoyable moments. ]]>