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The Man who loved Books too much (Allison Hoover Bartlett) - (audio) 6 hours 04 minutes
This is the story of a book thief. Not just your regular books but high value collectibles.
While his story was interesting I liked the insight into the world of other book collectors even more. Why they collect books that are too valuable to read for risk of damage. How they find such books and how their prices are set.
9/10
Faceboom (Juan Faerman) - 160 pages
This book does not really give any new insight as to why we use Facebook or how it changes us.
There are also parts where it is overly obvious that the book originally written for a South American audience, as it mentions other social portals as important, that I have never heard of before, while only mentioning Twitter once in passing, calling it unimportant and without influence.
3/10
Why Popcorn Costs So Much at the Movies: And Other Pricing Puzzles (Richard B. McKenzie ) - 328 pages
Basically everything in this book falls down to one conclusion, things have the prices they have because there are enough people willing to pay it.
4/10
Animal Farm (George Orwell) - (audio) 3 hours 08 minutes
I'm not one for lengthy analyzing of books, and prefer to take them at face value, but even to me it was obvious as to what conclusion this was going, when the pigs decided to take charge of the revolution.
5/10
Donald Strachey - Book 6 - Chain of Fools (Richard Stevenson) - 216 pages
Not really one of the better books in the series, but a good way back into the series after a short break.
And as for a way to accidentally lose 16 million dollars - I hardly heard of a better method than in this story.
5/10
2011:
Books: 005
Cover to back: 005
Not read to end: 0
Non fiction: 3
Audio Books: 2
Rereads: 0
Pages: 704 pages
Audio time: 9 hours 12 minutes
This is the story of a book thief. Not just your regular books but high value collectibles.
While his story was interesting I liked the insight into the world of other book collectors even more. Why they collect books that are too valuable to read for risk of damage. How they find such books and how their prices are set.
9/10
Faceboom (Juan Faerman) - 160 pages
This book does not really give any new insight as to why we use Facebook or how it changes us.
There are also parts where it is overly obvious that the book originally written for a South American audience, as it mentions other social portals as important, that I have never heard of before, while only mentioning Twitter once in passing, calling it unimportant and without influence.
3/10
Why Popcorn Costs So Much at the Movies: And Other Pricing Puzzles (Richard B. McKenzie ) - 328 pages
Basically everything in this book falls down to one conclusion, things have the prices they have because there are enough people willing to pay it.
4/10
Animal Farm (George Orwell) - (audio) 3 hours 08 minutes
I'm not one for lengthy analyzing of books, and prefer to take them at face value, but even to me it was obvious as to what conclusion this was going, when the pigs decided to take charge of the revolution.
5/10
Donald Strachey - Book 6 - Chain of Fools (Richard Stevenson) - 216 pages
Not really one of the better books in the series, but a good way back into the series after a short break.
And as for a way to accidentally lose 16 million dollars - I hardly heard of a better method than in this story.
5/10
2011:
Books: 005
Cover to back: 005
Not read to end: 0
Non fiction: 3
Audio Books: 2
Rereads: 0
Pages: 704 pages
Audio time: 9 hours 12 minutes