Reviews and Comments

I went into this book with a pretty correct idea about what it would be about. It reminded me of every job I've ever had; a bunch of childish boys trying to decide who's in charge.

What surprised me is that it was actually a nice little tropical vacation of sorts. I should have read it in wintertime.

I enjoyed this book; it's funny like the movie is. There was a lot of stories that didn't make it into the screenplay, but none of it was any good. This is one case where the movie really is better than the book.

This is the first of L'Amour's novels with a female protagonist that I've read, and though it was a nice change of perspective, he's not very good at it.

Still it was an exciting adventure, and occasionally funny when some big strong cowboy got put in his place by a teenage girl.

This is one of my Granny's old books; I imagine she probably liked Echo Sackett's headstrong and humble attitude.

This book reads like an AWS certification study guide but with more buzzwords

This wasn't my favorite Sackett book so far. The story involved a lot of travelling cross country and I had a hard time visualizing the landscapes. He'd often have to make some arduous trek but it would be over in a page or two so it didn't convey the sense of space. The story ended sort of abruptly without much closure too. Hopefully the next Sackett book provides some closure, but so far characters from previous books are barely mentioned. I wish he'd spend a little more time describing the world, and less time monologuing about how sometimes men have to kill each other.

This wasn't my favorite Sackett book so far. The story involved a lot of travelling cross country and I had a hard time visualizing the landscapes. He'd often have to make some arduous trek but it would be over in a page or two so it didn't convey the sense of space. The story ended sort of abruptly without much closure too. Hopefully the next Sackett book provides some closure, but so far characters from previous books are barely mentioned. I wish he'd spend a little more time describing the world, and less time monologuing about how sometimes men have to kill each other.

Adheres a little too closely to the formula, but you have to give it a pass due to it's age. Still would have liked for a few more surprises, some more unique challenges.

Regular computers have bits that can only be in one of two states, quantum computers have qubits that can be in infinite different states and that means they can do anything. The end.

This is the best User Story Mapping book I've read. It's also the only User Story Mapping book I've read.

There's a lot about this book that I like, and that has helped me. Specifically the parts about breaking large daunting habits down into smaller achievable pieces, chaining habits together so that doing one makes you do others, and generally making habits enjoyable and convenient. There's a lot of practical advice. My only problem is that the book is framed from the perspective of an athlete who's striving for excellence. That's by no means unusual in self help books written by American men. I just don't derive a lot of motivation from a need to prove myself through competition.

It's a western, and a pretty pulpy one at that, but I kinda liked it! It's got the things you expect; lots of flowery descriptions of the desert southwest, indian braves, backstabbing ne'er-do-wells, buffalo soldiers, a damsel in distress, and of course, a lone ranger, and his dog. The titular Hondo, can do no wrong. He's always trying to do the right thing with as few words as possible. Like a super hero in buckskin tights. It's a guilty pleasure, but I'm a white man and this book was written to pander to my masculine fantasies and I can't help but love it! I especially enjoyed the bits of Apache lore, though I take them with salt.