Life’s Work
David Milch Published: September 13, 2022 Read: October 10, 2022 Life’s work was not the memoir of sex, drugs, and television production I was expecting. I was familiar with the author, the television show writer David Milch, creator of Deadwood (which I have watched and love) and NYPD Blue (which I have not seen). Life’s…
Carrying the Fire
Michael CollinsPublished: 1974Read: 7/30/22 I just don’t know how long it takes, except that it had taken me thirty-five years to reach crew quarters at Merritt Island, Florida, and on July 17, 1966, I felt ready. I felt it had taken exactly the right amount of time. Michael Collins, Carrying the Fire, 1977 Carrying the…
Termination Shock
Neal StephensonPublished: 11/16/21Read: 12/28/21 Termination Shock takes its time, and is quite meandering for a thriller. After 800 some pages, the book makes me feel like I only watched the Season 1 finale of the a new slow burn TV series. Termination Shock is set in the near future, is centered around climate change, and…
Books That Jake Happened to have Read in 2021
2021, what a year, one of those years where I couldn’t tell you how much happened and everything it meant to me… So I wrote about what i read instead. I hope you will find my insights interesting or enraging and let me know about it. Out of all I’ve tried to read, I have…
Liftoff
By Eric Berger Published: March 2021 Read: September 28, 2021 Liftoff describes a life and a situation that although not as exciting as it may be I have experienced. The early days of SpaceX walk the line that is out of vogue now, but can become intoxicating if you catch it. When people have hard…
Circe
By Madeline Miller Published: April 18, 2018 Read August 15, 2021 Circe is a retelling of Greek myths following the demi-goddess Circe, which is why Madeline Miller decided to call the novel about Circe, ahem, Circe. I haven’t dipped my toe back into Greek mythology in many many travels of the chariot of Helios, so…
The Code Breaker
Walter Issacson Published: March 9, 2021 Read: August 1, 2021 I was looking forward to reading this one. I am, by education and nature, someone who is firmly in the physics camp and not biology at all. Not to mention, someone who usually avoids all things blood, guts or biological. I’m also a man who…
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino Written: June 29, 2021 Read: September 3, 2021 Rick thought, I don’t wanna do no Italian movies. I DONT WANNA DO NO FUCKING ITALIAN MOVIES. Rick said. Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Man that Once Upon a Time in Hollywood book is definitely a book for people who love Tarantino…
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John (Jake) Kolb III 