Review

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson. This is a strange book. The fact that it has so many new readers even after 50 years has passed since it was written is outstanding. I realized this book has quite a lot of unfavorable reviews, particularly from young readers. It is clear there […]

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. The Children’s Crusade Jr. An alternative title of this book is “The Children’s Crusade”. The reason of the name come from a medieval kids army that supposedly was sent to Jerusalem 800 years ago to fight along christians during the crusades. Billy Pilgrim, the main character in this novel, goes to

Introduction to psychology by Paul Bloom (2007). This is an extraordinary course on psychology. Prof. Bloom uses an evolutionary point of view to understand the human mind. He explains very well complex subjects like religion or love. One of my favorite parts is when Bloom uses the concept of parental investment to explain physical and

The Miracle of Self-discipline by Brian Tracy (2010). This book focuses on advice on business, finances, family and relationships. This is not so much about techniques of self-discipline. But it presents several compelling reasons why you need to be focused in all aspects of your life. Self-discipline is to know what you should do and

Novel 11, Book 18 by Dag Solstad. The reason I started reading this Norwegian author is that I had previously read other books originally written in Norwegian and translated into English by Sverre Lyngstad, like “Hunger” by Knut Hamsun. Fifty-year-old Bjorg Hansen has been living in a small city, where he fled to be with

T. Singer by Dag Solstad. On the cover of this book there is the quotation: “Utterly humane”.  When I first saw this quotation, I thought to myself –we are all humans, what’s the big deal? It was until I was deep in the second half of the book that I understood the reason. This  book

Five Levels of Leadership by John Maxwell (2013). This books describes different levels of leadership in a managerial context. At the lower level of leadership people follow you because they have to, but they don’t necessarily like you. When they like you, then you are in a new level in which people follow you because

The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver by Shawn Inmon. This book is both strange and enjoyable. Thomas Weaver, a man in his fifties, is unemployed and lives with his mother after his divorce. He decides to take his own life after decades of struggling with depression, which began when he accidentally killed his beloved

Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz (1956). This book is about a family in Cairo, Egypt  in the early 20 century during WW1.  This book captures the culture  of an ultraconservative family, and at the same time provides us with a good understanding of the thoughts, feelings and the sorrows  of each member of the family.