Shut Up, Legs! – ***
Shut Up, Legs!: My Wild Ride On and Off the Bike by Jens Voigt
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
An entertaining read for fans of Jensie.
Category: books
The Box – *****
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger by Marc Levinson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I really enjoyed this but I’m not sure my friends will – but hey, I could be wrong.
I originally wanted to learn about containers themselves and their history because I’m fascinated with how architects and builders use discarded ones.
But this book was all-encompassing and deals with not only the container’s history, but the history of shipping, trucking, trains, economics, unions, city governments, and everyone’s favorite topic: automation and increasing efficiencies in the workplace.
Even the Jones Act comes up and that’s been in the news a lot thanks to the Chief Orangutan and Puerto Rico.
Homo Deus – ****
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Very engaging book (subject matter &writing style). In a way I was racing to get to the last section to ready about where things were heading but the whole book is important and it all fits together well. I may have enjoyed Sapients more, but can easily recommend this one too.
Between the World and Me – *****
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A heavy read, but well-written, timely and poignant.
Altered Carbon – ****
Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I wasn’t sure I’d like this book or get in to it at all, but once I started I wound up getting caught up in it. I haven’t read SciFi in quite a while- well, not like this- but I got in to it as the story in itself is more of a pulp-style mystery. Almost like a SciFi noir. The mystery itself was good so that kept me engaged and the sci-fi aspects weren’t distracting, but well thought out ideas that added to the environment. I wound up really enjoying it.