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The Miracle of Forgiveness by Spencer W. Kimball
challenging
hopeful
informative
tense
medium-paced
4.25
It gives you a better understanding of your sin, and it's severity, while spelling out perfectly how to over come it and it's effects
Saints, Volume 3: Boldly, Nobly, and Independent, 1893–1955 by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
Grant by Ron Chernow
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
2.5
Ron Chernow took his love for US grant and turned it up to 11. The book was so positive on the man and his career that it bordered on propaganda. It is written as a straightforward biography and not an analysis, but it has all the angles of an analysis without much of the charm and character other biographies have had.
This book could as well have been titled "Grant's drinking" because for every one war story there were 25 paragraphs dedicated to differing accounts of presidential benders.
It also did a poor job of explaining the political world that grant existed in using terms like war democrats and whig and expecting the reader to understand meaningfully the distinctions. To a Layman like me it is difficul to understand what about the democrats in the 1860s would draw union generals like Mcclellen and the author did not provide meaningful insights into that.
The book is thorough otherwise and I appreciate taking time to get Grant's view on many of the issues of the time
This book could as well have been titled "Grant's drinking" because for every one war story there were 25 paragraphs dedicated to differing accounts of presidential benders.
It also did a poor job of explaining the political world that grant existed in using terms like war democrats and whig and expecting the reader to understand meaningfully the distinctions. To a Layman like me it is difficul to understand what about the democrats in the 1860s would draw union generals like Mcclellen and the author did not provide meaningful insights into that.
The book is thorough otherwise and I appreciate taking time to get Grant's view on many of the issues of the time
Content Warnings
Graphic: War and Death
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Did not finish book. Stopped at 14%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 14%.
Maybe I'll pick this up again later, don't really want to read two novels in a row, it's also possible that I've grown tired of the Hemingway style
Based on a True Story by Norm Macdonald
funny
reflective
fast-paced
4.25
Norm Macdonald takes a shot at a Russian classic.
A novel posing as a celebrity memoir this book switches from self depreciating insanity to prose on self time death and gambling, or as norm says hope.
A novel posing as a celebrity memoir this book switches from self depreciating insanity to prose on self time death and gambling, or as norm says hope.
Gracie: A Love Story by George Burns
5.0
Great book, given the life of Gracie through George burns who portrayed her as a caring humble wonderful women. With a mix of humor and heart touching insight
Harpo Speaks! by Harpo Marx
5.0
If you're hoping for an account of the Marx brothers career you're reading the wrong book. If you want an refreshingly honest and charming account of a great mans life this is the book for you
So, Anyway... by John Cleese
4.0
Good book with some super insights into comedy and funny stories. My one complaint is after reading it I don't feel like I know John Cleese any better then I did when I started it. It felt very impersonal, while I understand he may have intended it that way I feel it still took away from the read