In the last year I set a goal for myself to write a short book review every week. I love to read and go through almost a book a week either in print, on an electronic device, or as an audio book.
I also decided to focus the first half of the year on non-fiction books and the second half of the year reading fiction. Many of the fiction books I have written reviews for are part of a series and the reviews are for more than one book in the series.
I really enjoyed these books and look forward to even more reading in 2011.
Non-Fiction Books
- The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook by Ben Mezrich 8 out of 10
- Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend 10 out of 10
- Creative Black & White by Harold Davis Unrated
- Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: The Classic Guide to Understanding the Opposite Sex by John Gray 9 out of 10
- The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson 9 out of 10
- Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? by Seth Godin 4 out of 10
- No More Mondays: Fire Yourself — And Other Revolutionary Ways to Discover Your True Calling at Work by Dan Miller 8 out of 10
- 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know 8 out of 10
- How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In by Jim Collins 8 out of 10
- A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson 8 out of 10
- Around the World in 80 Days by Michael Palin 7 out of 10
- Storming Las Vegas: How a Cuban-Born, Soviet-Trained Commando Took Down the Strip 8 out of 10
- iWoz: How I Invented the Personal Computer and Had Fun Along the WaY 7 out of 10
- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without by Malcolm Gladwell 5 out of 10
- Andrew Carnegie by David Nasaw 4 out of 10
- The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children by Wendy Mogel, Ph.D. 10 out of 10
- Influencer: The Power to Change Anything 7 out of 10
- National Geographic Photo Books 8 out of 10
- iPad: The Missing Manual by J.D. Biersdorfer 7 out of 10
- High Performance JavaScript by Nicholas C. Zakas 8 out of 10
- Firebug 1.5: Editing, Debugging, and Monitoring Web Pages by Chandan Luthra and Deepak Mittal 8 out of 10
- The Unofficial LEGO Builder’s Guide by Allan Bedford 8 out of 10
- Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food By Jeff Potter 8 out of 10
Fiction Books
- Maximum Ride: Books 1, 2, and 3 by James Patterson Unrated
- Ender’s Game: Special 20th Anniversary Edition by Orson Scott Card 9 out of 10
- The Callahan Chronicals by Spider Robinson 9 out of 10
- Doctor Who: The Sands of Time By Justin Richards 8 out of 10
- A Hat Full of Sky, An Adventure of Tiffany Aching and the Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett 9 out of 10
- Doctor Who: The Taking of Chelsea 426 by David Llewellyn 8 out of 10
- Dresden Files: Storm Front & Fool Moon by Jim Butcher 9 out of 10
- Dresden Files Book 3: Grave Peril by Jim Butcher 8 out of 10
- Dresden Files Books 4 through 8 by Jim Butcher 8 out of 10
- Dresden Files: Books 9 "White Night" and Book 10 "Small Favor" 8 out of 10
- Doctor Who: Night of the Humans By David Llewellyn 8 out of 10
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