As a self described wild man… I, of course, find myself incapable of sitting down and reading one single thing. Therefore, I have books spread throughout the house in the different areas that I spend time: Office (@work), Front-room, Bedroom, Livingroom, etc.
Still Life with Crows - I read the first chapter. I am enjoying this so far. I had previously read Relic (WHICH MY WIFE AND I LOVEEEE) and Terminal Freeze from Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. The setup for the case is intriguing and it reminds me of what the show, True Detective, started out as. I am looking forward to Pendergast and his Southern dandy charms.
The Man Who Invented the Computer - Wow! This is dense. Within the first chapter it referenced SO MANY inventors and computer scientists that it takes a long time to wade through the material. I have to put down the book and pick up my phone to browse the aforementioned persons’ Wikipedia pages. I enjoy the parallels the author draws with mathematicians’ and physicists’ needs to calculate complex equations, not having enough time, and instead focusing on homebrew rudimentary calculation machines - The computer’s ancestor. I also appreciated a history lesson on Land-Grant Universities. The author takes care to set the entire landscape - who, what, where, when, why. Eventually we will get to the computer!
The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings - All I have to say is that Oxford sounds so romantic and magical. I look forward to the deep dive into Carol and Tolkien. As well, I look forward to learning more about Williams and Barfield who I, admittedly, know very little about - despite having previously read this tome in ~2016.
The Personal MBA - By far this is considered a top resource manual for my working conduct. It is not so much as a chapter book meant to be read cover to cover but is split up into topics meant to reference as needed. I am just looking to get a broad overview so I’ll switch FROM scattershot reference to actually going subject to subject as the book is arranged. I’ve owned this book for a few years and have found it to be very valuable. The premise, I believe, is that the author had a blog where he wrote on the topics that he taught himself regarding the material that would comprise an MBA program. He then organized and published it for everyone to use. For someone who studied fine arts, this is a good supplement to learn professional concepts as I traverse the business space.
That’s it for now. I can’t really speak intelligently on any of the books I’ve picked up yet, but I just wanted to convey my excitement for the journey here.
Thanks for reading!
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