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2007 book review
Here are some of the books I read in 2007. Note the standard four star rating system (e.g. 4/4 means four out of four stars).
The Naked Capitalist by Cleon Skousen (4/4)
None Dare Call It Conspiracy by Gary Allen (3/4)
Small Business Desk Reference by Gene Marks (desk ref - didn’t read it through)
As a Man Thinketh by James Allan (5/4)
Founders at Work: Stories of Startups Early Days by Jessica Livingston (3/4)
How Would a Patriot Act? Defending American Values from a President Run Amok by Glenn Greenwald (4/4)
The Road by Cormac Mccarthy (4/4)Â
Inspired Prophetic Warnings by Duane Crowther (4/4)
Prophecy and Modern Times by Cleon Skousen (4/4)
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferris (5/4)
Glorious Accidents: How Everyday Americans Create Thriving Companies by Micheal Glauser (4/4)
F’d Companies: Spectacular Dot-Com Flameouts by Phillip Kaplan (2/4)
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (still reading it but so far its 3/4)
Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives by Dan Millman (2/4)
Forgotten Fundamentals: The Answers are in the Box by Dan Clark (4/4)
South: The Last Antarctic Expedition of Shackleton and the Endurance by Sir Ernest Shackleton (still reading it but so far 4/4)
The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World by Randell Stross (still reading it but so far 3/4)
The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes (still reading it but so far 3/4)
45 Things You Do That Drive Your Boss Crazy–And How to Avoid Them by Anita Bruzzese (3/4)
The Power of Nice: How to Conquer the Business World With Kindness by Linda Kaplan Thaler (2/4)
Stealing the Network: How to Own a Continent by FX (4/4)
Microhydro: Clean Power from Water by Scott Davis (3/4)
Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings (Jumbo) by Ingo Walther (coffee table book but still gets 4/4)
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High by The VitalSmarts guys (4/4)
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (4/4)
Crash Proof: How to Profit From the Coming Economic Collapse by Peter Shiff (4/4)
Day of Reckoning: How Hubris, Ideology, and Greed Are Tearing America Apart by Patrick J. Buchanan (4/4)
1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler’s Life List by Patricia Schultz (desk ref book but still gets 4/4)
1,000 Places to See in the U.S.A. & Canada Before You Die by Patricia Schultz (desk ref book but still gets 4/4)
Liar’s Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street by Michael Lewis (just got it so far 4/4)
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (audio book - 5/4)
America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It by Mark Steyn (4/4)
The Mormon Way of Doing Business by Jeff Benedict (haven’t cracked it yet)
The Better People Leader by Chuck Coonradt with Lisa Ann Thompson (4/4)
The Dip by Seth Godin (4/4)
Blowback by Chalmers Johnson (4/4)
The Sorrows of Empire by Chalmers Johnson (4/4)
China, Inc. by Ted Fishman (2/4)
Doctrinal Commentary on The Book of Mormon by McConkie and Millet (four volumes I’m currently on volume two - 5/4)
The Book of Mormon compiled by Mormon and translated by Joseph Smith Jr. (do I really need to rate this one?)
Most of these books are from Amazon - some where gifts. I think Jeff Bezos owes me one. You may wonder how I read so much. I usually read in the morning and I read for a couple hours in the evening depending on the day. I don’t watch much TV and I’m an insomniac so I have a lot of time to read. Also, last year I traveled a lot and ended up reading on the plane and in my hotel room. Some of these books were short so they only took a couple of hours to read. So there you go. I have about five books in the cue so far for 2008. I still have several I need to finish from 2007. I better go get some reading done.
Whoa! Don’t they have TV on that side of the mountain? You’re going all educated on me!
Left by Brad on 01/11/2008