Category: Book Notes

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

Hillbilly Elegy
by J.D. Vance

Vance’s autobiography is a tale of many people pulling on his bootstraps on the road to success.

Upheaval
by Jared Diamond

Jared Diamond once again applies his prodigious intellect and vast experience to a series of interesting problems.

Edison
by Edmund Morris

This biography of America’s greatest inventor is a great way to spend some reading hours.

That Old Ace in the Hole
by Annie Proulx

I’ve made enough bad recommendations to the club that I have to forgive whoever recommended this book.

The Great Influenza
by John Barry

Today’s Coronavirus pandemic bears an eerie and tragic resemblance to the 1918 Influenza.