Classic Reviewer Rank: 12,621
Helpful votes received on reviews, lists & guides:
81% (428 of 529)
Location: USA
In My Own Words:
I only do reviews for books that I can give 4 or 5 stars (very few exceptions to this). There are several reasons for this: 1) If the book is terrible, chances are I won't finish it. Life's too short, and there are too many good books to finish reading books that won't add value to me. And, since I didn't finish the book I don't feel it is appropriate to review it. 2) There are instances… Read moreI only do reviews for books that I can give 4 or 5 stars (very few exceptions to this). There are several reasons for this:
1) If the book is terrible, chances are I won't finish it. Life's too short, and there are too many good books to finish reading books that won't add value to me. And, since I didn't finish the book I don't feel it is appropriate to review it.
2) There are instances when my curiosity is piqued and leads me to complete a book that I am not enjoying; either because it was recommended, or because I am holding hope that the book's value will be revealed towards the end. When I finish these books and the value still manages to elude me; I don't review it because of the respect I have for writers that assiduously toil for months, in solitude, to put a few ideas together. I also figure that other readers might “get it” and I wouldn’t want to steer them wrong.
I mainly read non-fiction, and in particular business, although I do allow myself the pleasure of good fiction. I am currently getting familiar with some of the classic literature that I should have read in high school or college, but was too lazy and apathetic to even consider.
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Classic Reviewer Rank: 12,621
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37 of 52 people found the following review helpful:
Bill Cosby talks common sense and creates a much needed dialogue in America about the crisis in the black community and for that matter most of the inner city. He explains that five out of six children were born into a two-parent home in 1950 versus less than two out of six today. He goes on to write that there are whole blocks without a responsible male to watch over wayward sons. Without the "complete" family and in particular the father figure, boys go from bad behavior to worse once they enter school and even more so once they reach their teenage years and are void of any role models and authority figures they respect.
Cosby goes on to advise people to avoid the… Read more
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
The relationship between freedom and economics is undeniable. Also undeniable is the relationship between government and freedom. Milton Friedman brilliantly makes a clear persuasive case for the perpetuation of free markets and the elimination of big government, as a means of augmenting freedom worldwide and as a result expand prosperity. Although this book is over 27 years old, the economic principles of this book are as timeless as Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations".
The book covers topics, such as socialized medicine, which is even more popular today, due in large part to the propaganda promulgated by the sensationalist media circuits. Of course, Americans do not… Read more
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
Ayaan Hirsi Ali grew up in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia and Kenya. Her childhood was unkind and she endured more heartache, abuse and tragedy than most people can ever imagine in an entire lifetime.
Ms. Ali grew up in a family and culture where strict adherence to Islamic traditions where observed. This adherence controlled the way she would behave with family members, what she could read, who she would marry and how she would live.
When her father arranged her marriage to a man from Somalia, living in Canada, she was forced to accept it and flew to Europe where she would wait for her time to go to Canada. During this visit to Europe she began to… Read more
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