Category: Book Notes

These are notes written for the Aptos Men’s Book Club and others about books I have read.

The Life We Bury and The Shadows We Hide
by Allen Eskens

Iverson is dying of cancer and doesn’t seem like a murderer, so Joe gets quite interested in him.

Golden Hill
by Francis Spufford

The remaining characters appear somewhat randomly and seem to have little purpose.

The Chip
by T. R. Reid

When the smoke had cleared from the courtrooms and deposition hearing rooms the two men said they would prefer just to share credit for the historical invention.

Empire of Pain
by Patrick Radden Keefe

Find out exactly how Sackler avarice bred worldwide opioid pain and Sackler notoriety, and how little could be done about it.

How Democracies Die
by Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt

As the book warns, it could get worse.