Pleased to Meet Me is a close look into why are we different... We all have different tastes, hobbies, interests, addictions, appetites, and loves. The book's message relies on little history, a bit of scientific research, some key anecdotes, and quite a few enjoyable cultural references. What happens at the intersection of DNA, the microbiome... Continue Reading →
Turtles All The Way Down by John Green
"It can be a long and difficult road, but mental illness is treatable. There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t." - John Green from his afterword. Aza is a young woman who has episodes of the ‘spiral tightening.’ Her circular anxious thinking freezes her thoughts and actions. One of her main... Continue Reading →
Curveball: How I Discovered True Fulfillment After Chasing Fortune and Fame by Barry Zito
Growing up in Marin County just north of the Golden Gate Bridge, my father had no intention of driving me through the city to a cold and windy Candlestick Park... thus, I became an Oakland A's fan. From Dave Kingman and Tony Phillips, Jose Canseco and Dave Stewart, Eric Byrnes and Eric Chavez... I have... Continue Reading →
Archangel One by Evan Currie
A military scifi novel about a squadron of new high-powered spaceships and a plan to infiltrate the all-consuming Empire that rules over the galaxy. The Archangel ships are designed by Earth and its allies to fly faster and with more ease in controls than any fighter ever. Yet, the brunt force and shear number of... Continue Reading →
Bitter Root Vol 1 by Chuck Brown and David F. Walker
The Sangerye family have fought monsters for generations. When evil turns people against themselves, when greed and avarice blind, the Sangerye family has the remedy. They collect these rampaging zombies-like turnings and take them to their shop in Harlem to bring them back to humanity. Set in the 1920s during a time of great cultural... Continue Reading →