Books

Book Report: Book and Dagger

A recommendation from my friend Jared.

I slacked off on writing notes for this one. It was well written and a really fast read.

This is a book about the beginnings of the intelligence service in the US. A man named Donovan was asked by Rosevelt to bootstrap this service because it didn’t exist. This service was named the OSS: Office of Strategic Services. Donovan, a lawyer, filled this with scholars from all fields. Including many fields that traditionally didn’t not do intelligence work. They were able to get information from unconventional sources: newspaper clippings, family photos, etc.

Book Report: Julia

After finishing 1984 again, I finally read Julia. It was a really good read. Read more for a poor summary. ;)

Book Report: 1984

Context

I heard about Julia which is 1984 from the perspective of Julia, the other main character in 1984. I decided I wanted to re-read 1984 before reading Julia so I could appriciate it more. I last read 1984 when I was in late elementary or early middle school. So I definitely didn’t remember details, but did remember the general gist of things at least. I wrote the below on my phone at varying levels of detail. Something to improve with these book reports.

Book Report: Taqwacores

I’ve been trying to take notes as I read books now. I tend to totally forget what a book was about a few months after I read it. This is an attempt to counter that a bit.

My friend Karl mentioned he had read this book, so I decided to give it a go. I’m stoked I did.