March 2020 Book Recap
Extra delayed monthly recap ... thanks corona! Although it did inspire my pandemic reading—check out Richard Preston if you're looking for real-life nightmare fuel.
*Call Sign Chaos* was a solid four-star memoir by a four-star general, with some of the most memorable quotes on reading I've ever read.
Food for Thought:
"If you haven't read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent, because your personal experiences alone aren't broad enough to sustain you."
— Jim Mattis, *Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead*
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*Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come* by Richard Preston (NF) // [Science; history: Exhausting — yet essential reading.] // GoodReads Review
*The Strange Bird: A Borne Story* by Jeff VanderMeer (F) // [Sci-Fi; Dystopian: Trippy novella, sequel to Borne.] // GoodReads Review
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*Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead* by Jim Mattis (NF) // [History; memoir: Improvise. Adapt. Overcome ... Read.] // GoodReads Review
*The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus* by Richard Preston (NF) // [Science; history: “Chance favors the prepared mind.”] // GoodReads Review
*David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants* by Malcolm Gladwell (NF) // [Who doesn't love a good underdog story!?] // GoodReads Review
*The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World* by Steven Johnson (NF) // [History; science: We've come a long way ... and yet ... have we really?] // GoodReads Review
*The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company* by Robert Iger (NF) // [Business; memoir: What will Disney buy next?] // GoodReads Review
*Brief Answers to the Big Questions* by Stephen Hawking (NF) // [Science; philosophy: Extremely readable—on par with Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.] // GoodReads Review
*Between the World and Me* by Ta-Nehisi Coates (NF) // [Memoir; race: A letter to the author's teenage son about the feelings, symbolism, and realities associated with being Black in the United States.] // GoodReads Review
*Red Sparrow* by Jason Matthews (F) // [Spy thriller; Russia: Matthews spent 33 years working for the CIA.] // GoodReads Review
*The Likeness* by Tana French (F) // [Mystery; crime: Engaging, atmospheric, and maybe a skoatch too long.] // GoodReads Review
