Bowling Book Review

  Ok so Liam’s grandma said to read a book called the kingmaker because it is good. But it is not this one. There is another book called the kingmaker that i will have to read one day. Anyways I read this for fun. It is too pornographic for me although I think the slang is right on or at least for someone my age it is right on.  Don’t waste your time unless you like literary porn. Shelf it. It is fiction and not too long.  -BB

I read this via audio. This is an interesting book. It makes a strong case for more women leaders in the workplace. It partly blames men. It partly blames “the system”, and it partly blames women themselves. By blame I mean these things are declared guilty as to why there are not as many full time women in the workplace. It is a little dated by now as it was published in 2013.  She makes a lot of valid points. Men should probably help their spouses more with childcare. Ambitious women are probably unliked sometimes because society says women are supposed to be nurturing first and not aggressive. Women should literally sit at the table during business meetings as a way of respecting themselves. Done is better than perfect. We had this problem all the time at IMF. She says it is better to complete a task instead of trying to be perfect all of the time. I think minorities and women must live in a different universe than me. As a white male, I do not feel discriminated against at all. For

  This is a short book. I listened to it. It is a bit hard to get all of the names down. By the end, you will do a bit better I think.  You do not need to like chess or know anything about chess to read this book. It is more about survival and poverty than chess. The poverty is recent and unreal. These are people who do not see their parents for days, do not know how old they are, could be born with aids but are not sure, and whose children are and could be abducted. They also often eat 1 meal a day. This book gives you really really awesome perspective. I am very grateful for all I have in my life and cannot believe people in the world have to live this way.  Scott, this is worth reading. @everyone, page it for sure and become more thankful for all you have. 

  Disclaimer: I didn't know it was fiction until half way through, I got duped.  I sought this book out because I wanted to read something that would shed some light or give insight into the feeling of being content with a life that might not be 'society normal'. 'Society normal' in my head is married by 30, kids, a job that you are actively trying to get a promotion with or more money, typical home layout. This book touches on this topic but I wouldn't say this book helped give insight into it. So I'm probably biased since that's was the main reason for reading it. Instead this book follows the life of a girl that is lost in life besides her job at a simple convenience store and how that store shapes her life. There is some discussion about how society views her but it's honestly kind of weird the direction the author chose to take. It's a very light book with some quirky stuff related to the work life and simple things of life. If you aren'

  This is one of those book that gives you raw unfiltered view of an event that is so widely popular that you could never imagine these things ever took place. The book is from the view of a rider that was in the tour de France but specifically rode with Lance Armstrong. The nature of the book is already interesting. He's giving you a detailed account of the life of an elite cyclist which is already cool and then also with one of the most famous people on the plant. In addition to those, which would already give you a good book, he also gives you the first hand account on the cheating and lengths that teams would go to win. The life these people live is already crazy but they also have wives with them that are just home alone while they are training 24/7 PLUS he said walking hurts recovery so when he is off he can't even walk around with her LOL idk who these women are but why would they stay. Also on cyclist forced his team to carry him up the stairs because it affected recove

  I was in search of a book to give guidance and actionable advice to help prevent/rehabilitate injury and this book did just that. It gives you the scientific backstory of it all and then slowly translates to how that applies to exercise in which finally makes its way to the exercises to do. I enjoyed the way he explained fairly complex topics in a manner in which was understandable for the person that doesn't know much about this stuff. Something that I didn't anticipate but now appreciate is the format of this book. It is a great tool to come back to when you actually get an injury. You can go through the specific steps he lays out and the exercise that he recommends for that body part. I wasn't anticipating this but will be doing so in the future. My only caveat to this book is that unless you are looking to prevent/rehabilitate injury then it wouldn't be something id casually read for fun. Decent book. Read if you want to learn about this stuff.