annegoodreads's reviews
75 reviews
Down the Hill: My Descent Into the Double Murder in Delphi by Susan Hendricks
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Dead Weight: Essays on Hunger and Harm by Emmeline Clein
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
The Money Kings: The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America by Daniel Schulman
adventurous
informative
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
Loved learning the backstory to all the names synonymous with American money, banking, and stocks.
To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul by Tracy K. Smith
adventurous
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Great read!
Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization by Ed Conway
adventurous
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
This is the best nonfiction book of 2023! Loved learning so much.
The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center by Rhaina Cohen
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder by Huggy Rao, Robert I. Sutton
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
My favorite part is the Theranos part where they discuss those that didn’t buy in to installing the equipment on Medavac helicopters without FDA approval. It was great to see real world examples of those who caused friction and it was the correct choice.
The Longest Minute: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 by Matthew J. Davenport
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
The Social Instinct: How Cooperation Shaped the World by Nichola Raihani, Nichola Raihani
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0