We – humans – do a lot of silly things. We never stop to think about them, though. Then comes in Dan Ariely. With his ability to think of experiments that outline our behaviour. I was curious to see where this train of ideas would lead, so I read Predictably Irrational. It might come to a surprise that I found out that I am also very irrational.
“Suppose we are nothing more than the sum of our first, naive, random behaviors. What then?” – Dan Ariely
After Michael Crichton passed away in 2008, they found some manuscripts and unfinished books. One of these was Micro, and Richard Preston was chosen to finish it. I am so glad he did. I found out the book doesn’t get real good ratings, so I was curious. I mean, come on. This was a Crichton book (partially). Here’s what I think about it.
It is done. End of Watch. The final book of the Bill Hodges trilogy. I read it. What happened to the characters of Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers? I was curious too. What was up with Brady Hartsfield? I was curious to find out. Want to know what I think of the book?
“Payback is a bitch, and the bitch is back.” — Stephen King
I am a fan of Joe Hill’s work. I’ve had some plans on reading his books even before I read The Fireman. So it was about time I got to read Horns. And while I didn’t really have very high hopes, I was curious for this book that has turned into a movie as well. Here’s my review of the story.
Good doesn’t triumph over evil. There’s just random chance and death.
This is one of the messages Ethan Cross tries to tell us. I found this book at a local book fair and I’m very happy that I did. I hardly come by books that interest me, because those fairs are mostly littered with poor young-adult books.
Here’s what I think about The Shepherd.
Wow, I thought I would be able to read as much as seven books in July. Seven!! What was I thinking? I’ve learnt now that there is so much to do in Canada. And I was able to read five books. Still a lot, if you ask me. Let me tell you about those books: here’s what I read in July.
Briefly before I left for our road trip, I was able to finish a book about teenagers with superpowers. Zeroes is a book written by three authors, and I found it on a Goodreads list full of superhero books. As you (may or may not) know, I am a big fan of super-humans and super-villains. I therefore had some expectations when I started reading this book.
