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By the time you read this - Cheslie Kryst - 2024

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  So Gram just read this so I decided to read it too. But it was not really what I was expecting so I don’t really recommend it. I will try to give some brief thoughts. Cheslie was gorgeous. I put her up there with Mariah the Scientist and S M-L. But the book does not really discuss her mental illness other than like one text message. It is mostly about her career as miss usa. As someone who has mental health problems I was looking forward to hearing from her, exactly what her problems were, and what she did to deal with them.  This is the second book I’ve read where the protagonist kills themselves by jumping off of a building. First off, if you are able to convince yourself to do that, you probably can accomplish anything in your life. In both books, both of the women were highly successful and super talented. If I ever kill myself it is not going to be from jumping off a building. I am too afraid I will survive that. I would definitely OD, because to me it is less scary and...
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The Splendid and the Vile - Erik Larson - 2020

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  Pretty long (about 17 hours on audio). Not my favorite book by Erik Larson. I think these authors make a lot of money off of their first few books and then don’t try as hard. As Scott once said it’s hard to train if you sleep on silk sheets. Anyways if you like history this is a must read. If you do not like history, I would skip it because it reads like a history textbook a lot of the time. I liked the ending more than the beginning. Churchill was unique. Next I will read Outlive by Peter Attia (as recommended by my strength coach). Happy reading. Go USA and England!!
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Educated - Tara Westover - Scott Goggins

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  Have you ever watched a tv show where a character is just so freaking annoying and it makes you angry every time they mess up or do something wrong? While that is frustrating, I think it's a sign of a good show. This book in my opinion was very heavy. It's just so frustrating reading and wondering why they keep doing things to themselves but it's hard to understand from the outside looking in. It seems that the crux of the problem is the loyalty and submissiveness she has for her family and especially her dad. Honestly I get it. I tried to relate to my father and I would say that I value and oblige to his guidance or advice BUT that is only up to a certain point. I think you follow that until it starts causing you harm and that's when your father is no longer being your father. What makes it super hard for her is that in addition to her father, religion is tied heavily into this. Those two are very powerful because then you are saying to yourself 'am i wrong?'...
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The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis - 1942

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  Definitely before it’s time in terms of ideas but overall far too dense/academic for me. I am not sure if I like Lewis’s writing or not. I think I am not smart enough to read it.  If you are smarter than me then read it, if not prepare to read and reread a lot of the text in order to understand.  I did not like this book. -BB
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The Blind Side - Michael Lewis - 2006

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  If this was basketball I would shoot a 3 cuz I need a heat check jajaja. Much better than moneyball. Not as good as the big short. He has another book called going infinite that is about crypto that I want to read but I cannot find it on Libby for some reason.  The main thing I learned from this book is that who you know really matters and that having money really matters. These people got Michael out of the hood by accident and used their vast wealth and connections to help him make it to the nfl. Without their help he could have easily ended up dead or flipping burgers.  This book was a bit mean at times. At one point it says Michael would likely never read a book for pleasure because he was not good at reading. lol  I honestly believe the Tuohy family helped him without any malicious motives (however there is definitely some doubt, read the whole review). They thought he was going to play basketball and thought he was not very good at football.  This book s...
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Choose Strong - Sally McRae - 2023

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  Well where to begin? Thank you to Rachel Leach (soon to be Bowling??? :) jajajajajajaj lol) for gifting me this book. Also no thanks to Rachel Leach for giving me a hard copy book (jajajaj). Next time just tell me the title and I will get it digitally (jajajaj). I will send you the bill for my optometry appointment shortly.  Anyways, short book easy reading, probably the second saddest book I have ever read (see my review of What Made Maddy Run for the saddest). I do not really think the author is a great writer especially after reading Krakauer, Hanna, Lewis, and Larson, but hey I have written exactly 0 books so good for her for writing her story. There is going to be a second book (or maybe it is out already, I will have to check with Rachel) because this book only covers the first 18 (terrible) years of her life. It took her 20 years to write this book which I think was because she had a really hard time writing about some of her worst experiences growing up. I don’t blam...
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A little history of the united states - James West - Scott Goggins

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  This book I read out of insecurity for not knowing much about history. Honestly I got what I wanted out of it but man do I wish I had a better memory. If I could retain everything that I read in this book in terms of dates and names then I'd be in such a good spot. O well. It honestly was everything I wanted. I wanted a timeline from conception to current and this delivered. It also threw in some interesting tidbits to entertain the reader such as nickelodeon (the kids channel) originated form movie tickets being a nickel. Basically "nickel theater". So with stuff like that sprinkled in it was cool. I learned a lot and it also made me realize that history is riddled with chaos. People might say 'this is the worst time to be born' but then you could just say well you didn't live through the depression. So no matter what there are always going to be issues. No one could ever agree, all the way back to the founding fathers. Even then they compromised on stuff. ...
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