Books I’ve Been Reading

The Occasional Mortifications of a Serial Wedding Guest [Review]

by William | Book Reviews

The Occasional Mortifications of a Serial Wedding Guest (I dropped “Save the Date” from the beginning of the title because I think it’s stupid, and poorly represents the book) was purchased on accident. Yes, on accident. I was rather indiscriminately...

Venture Deals [Review]

by William | Book Reviews

At more than one point in Venture Deals by  Brad Feld and James Mendelson, did my eyes glaze over and require me to go back and read again. This, in spite of how frequently the authors state that this book is mostly for entrepreneurs seeking their first financing....

Value Based Fees, 2nd Edition [Review]

by William | Book Reviews

Much of the wisdom in Value Based Fees by Alan Weiss can be understood by thinking really hard about why the book cost $33.49 for the Kindle edition, when most books of its kind max out at about $20. The book was good and I paid attention. It was an expensive book,...

How to Fight Presidents [Review]

by William | Book Reviews

How to Fight Presidents by Daniel O’Brien is a cabinet of laughs. A constituency of “fact” and “history”. I’m trying pretty hard on the puns. I’m not a comedy writer here, people. I’m a comedy judger, which will make me...

Notes From the Internet Apocalypse [Review]

by William | Book Reviews

I feel I have to confess something about Cracked.com. I really like them a lot. I don’t mean that I’m embarrassed to say I like them. No, lots of people like them, and I’m one of them. But I’m one of those people who likes them a lot. I have...

The Power of Full Engagement [Review]

by William | Book Reviews

I think it might be time to take a break from reading books that start with “The Power Of…”. Seriously, I’m tired of being embarrassed when I tell people what books I’m reading! Come on, authors, a little creativity please. The Power of...

The 4-Hour Workweek [Review]

by William | Book Reviews

The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich is a book by Tommothy Ferris published in 2007. Lots of people have liked the book and it’s spent about four years on the New York Times Best Sellers list. It’s sold something to the...

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices [Review]

by William | Book Reviews

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices is a book published in 2002 from the late Paul R. Lawrence and cohorts. The purpose of Driven is to propose a unified theory of human behavior based on existing research across the various social sciences. It’s a tall...

A Short History of Nearly Everything [Review]

by William | Book Reviews

There’s a certain irony about reviewing this book. But that’s for another WordPress category. To continue my long held tradition of wanting to talk about Heat anyway, I read Bill Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything, published in 2003.  I...

An Esoteric Review of Kurt Vonnegut’s Lies

by William | Book Reviews

William Petruzzo used to hate reading. It was tedious, and boring, and time is such a precious thing to waste on thinking. One day William Petruzzo loved reading. Books and shampoo bottles and websites. Books about God, and about books about God; Shampoo bottles about...