Mind-bending. Underlined a line in the middle of the book that sums up the book (and the experience reading it): "Whatever they thought they understood was not wrong but irrelevant." Unsettling, provocative, original.
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Rick Klau rated Fair Warning: 5 stars
Rick Klau rated The Fifth Risk: 5 stars
The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis
Vignettes from the first Trump presidential transition after firing the transition team and throwing the transition plans out the window.
Rick Klau rated The premonition : a pandemic story: 5 stars
The premonition : a pandemic story by Michael Lewis
For those who could read between the lines, the censored news out of China was terrifying. But the president insisted …
Rick Klau rated Project Hail Mary: 5 stars
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will …
Rick Klau rated Greenlights: 5 stars
Greenlights by Crown
Rick Klau rated This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: 5 stars
Rick Klau rated One Summer: America 1927: 5 stars
One Summer: America 1927 by Bill Bryson
The summer of 1927 began with one of the signature events of the twentieth century: on May 21, 1927, Charles …
Rick Klau rated For All The People: 5 stars
Rick Klau reviewed Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Amanda and Clay head out to a remote corner of Long Island expecting a vacation: …
Review of 'Leave the World Behind' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Mind-bending. Underlined a line in the middle of the book that sums up the book (and the experience reading it): "Whatever they thought they understood was not wrong but irrelevant." Unsettling, provocative, original.
The award-winning author of Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self brings her signature voice …
Review of 'The Office of Historical Corrections' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Hard to know which superlative to give this remarkable book. It is as searing, as important, as original as anything I've read in years. Masterpiece.
Hard to know which superlative to give this remarkable book. It is as searing, as important, as original as anything I've read in years. Masterpiece.
Rick Klau rated Midnight Library: 5 stars
Midnight Library by Matt Haig, Matt Haig
Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each …
Rick Klau rated A Promised Land: 5 stars
Review of "A Civic Technologist's Practice Guide" on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Cyd's guide is the most practical, empathetic, and optimistic view of the potential for technologists to join government and make a difference in the lives of others. If you've ever thought about going into government, or you were simply curious about how government works, how progress happens, and what it takes to make it happen - then you'll find this book an invaluable guide.
Cyd's guide is the most practical, empathetic, and optimistic view of the potential for technologists to join government and make a difference in the lives of others. If you've ever thought about going into government, or you were simply curious about how government works, how progress happens, and what it takes to make it happen - then you'll find this book an invaluable guide.