drwozniak's reviews
506 reviews

Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

dark funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

3.0

Really good on audio. Just too…looking over the shoulder for me. I wish he had just written the story and not done a literal self insert. 

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara

informative

4.0

Peru by Gordon Lish

challenging dark slow-paced

5.0

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

4.0

I love this freaky little book. 

Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage by William Loren Katz

informative medium-paced

3.0

Interesting! Indeed a good place to start. 

Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins by Andrew Cockburn

challenging informative medium-paced

3.5

The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare by

1.0

Most smooth brained book I’ve read in a minute. The entire book rests on ignoring real-world data and history of the US military and buying into what the US military likes to say about itself. 

The most glaring example is when the author says that “it’s hard to imagine” the United States military ever overstepping international law and acting maliciously. The My Lai Massacre and all of Cambodia beg to differ. Good lord. 

Good read if you want to see what uncritical people think. 

Black Looks: Race and Representation by bell hooks

challenging informative reflective

5.0

Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics by bell hooks

reflective medium-paced

4.0

There Will Be Fire by Rory Carroll

informative slow-paced

3.0

Interesting! Not as gripping as I would have liked but perhaps planning to kill a really horrible person is much more boring than I thought. 

Too bad they failed though. Least she’s burning and rotting in Hell with all her horrible friends.