Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Nature Girl

A while back I saw Carl Hiaasen on 60 Minutes. He seemed like an interesting guy and I made a note to someday read one of his books.  I finally did.

Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen is a fun story that takes place in the South Florida Everglades. I really don’t read enough fiction [...]

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

The Futurist

Recently I read The Black Swan which exposed ideas of the fallacies of predictions. The Futurist is a story about a man in that profession that comes to the same conclusion.

The Futurist: A Novel by James P. Othmer is a fictional book that follows a futurist who has lost the faith. He no longer [...]

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Little Thoughts

It seems most of the books I read these days at one point were mentioned in the Wall Street Journal. Yes I prefer non-fiction over fiction. And if the book has a finance or psychology angle, even better. With that said, I decided to read a fiction book before the year ended.

The Mezzanine by Nicholson [...]