Another fun side story to the main series. I wish this had been longer though. More background. The Billy the kid story was almost three times longer (still pretty short and a quick read).

I can see how this play would be great. But it just was so painful to read. It’s like anything that could have gone wrong did. Some of it was pretty expected. Like you saw it coming a mile away. Most of it was just sad. I can’t say that whatever I walked away with from this play was worth all the cringe and pity I felt for most of the characters.

What I loved about this book is that the author really took us along on their journey to learn about the fire in the LA public library. In the same way that you might go off on small related tangents while researching something, so we went with Orlean. It made for a more lasting impression about libraries as a whole and their value, as well as broke up an incident and investigation and otherwise would have felt a bit boring.

This was a well written and organized case study. It definitely lays out the problems in US healthcare, showcases what we can learn from health care systems in India, and documents the successes of US based health care providers that have already adopted some of these strategies. Like any well thought out study, the book also addresses questions, concerns, and obstacles in improving health care in the US. This book doesn't pretend to know all the answers, or suggest that there is a one size fits all solution to improving US healthcare. This book does however provide a framework for how to best address these issues, and nurture innovation, by providing examples of successful innovators. Great read for anyone who thinks healthcare in the US is doomed. Not all is lost.

This book was pretty clear. The examples are sometimes boring, but luckily there aren't too many of them. Just included as necessary and they are usually short and concise examples. Overall I would say this book is a great reference in preparing for and navigating negotiations. The examples also covered a variety of negotiations so that you can tailor the key points to your situation.

I would love to talk to the people who decide what is and isn’t a classic. I would love to know what kind of nepotism got certain works on the list. I picked this up because it was on a buzzfeed list of books you didn’t actually read in high school but should. What a waste. I would have given this one star, but I want to imagine that if I were to have seen the play I might have chuckled once or twice at the characters. Maybe an ‘Oh Estragon!’ But really, there is no story. There is nothing to tell. It’s two dudes with horrible memory, or maybe they’re both on drugs and imagining everything, waiting for a flaky friend.

Not quite sure what to call this. A short story. A poem. A letter from a father to a son. Whatever it may be technically, it is beautiful and beautifully illustrated. Many of us think of war torn countries as far off problems. But I think in such a short read Hosseini brings it all so very close to home.