Another Week In the Books
Another Week In the Books
Alexander the Great Reader
My weekly book thoughts, books I'm currently reading, books I have finished, books I added to my reading list, books mentioned on podcasts I listened to, and my book stats.
WEEK 7: 05/27/2019 - 06/02/2019
๐—ช๐„๐„๐Š ๐Ž๐… 0๐Ÿ“/27 - 06/02 -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐“๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌโฃ * โ€œThe Road to Unfreedomโ€ while reading โ€œThe Assault on Intelligenceโ€ * โ€œUncle Tomโ€™s Cabinโ€ while reading โ€œNarrative of the life of Frederick Douglassโ€ * โ€œThe One Thingโ€ while reading โ€œA Curious Mindโ€ * โ€œCompound Effectโ€ while reading โ€œA Curious Mindโ€ * โ€œWhen I stop Talking, Youโ€™ll Know Iโ€™m Deadโ€  while reading โ€œA Curious Mindโ€ -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ˆโ€™๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐ โฃ * โ€œCrushingโ€ by T.D. Jakes * โ€œInfinityโ€ by Jonathan Hickman * โ€œHappierโ€ by Tal Ben-Shahar -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ˆ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐โฃ * โ€œNarrative of the life of Frederick Douglassโ€ by Frederick Douglass * โ€œThe Assault on Intelligenceโ€ Michael Hayden * โ€œShow Your Work!โ€ By Austin Kleon * โ€œUnlearnโ€ by Humble the Poet * โ€œA Curious Mindโ€ by Brian Grazer -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐š๐๐๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญโฃ * The Age of Surveillance by Shoshana Zuboff (James Altucher) * Frederick Douglass by David Blight (BooksandBeers) * The Game of Nations by Miles Copeland (Books of Titans) * The siege of Mecca by Yaroslav Trofimov(Books of Titans) * Saudi, Inc. by Ellen Wald (Books of Titans) * Barracoon by Zora Hurston (B&N) * The American Spirit by David McCullough (B&N) -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญโฃ * EconTalk with David Epstein * James Altucher Show with Robert McNamee * Making Sense with Adam Grant -๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฌโฃ * Books for month: 2 * Pages for month: 544 * Books for year: 99 * Pages for year: 24,815 -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9 -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH
Jun 11, 2019
16 min
WEEK 6: 05/20/2019 - 05/26/2019
๐—ช๐„๐„๐Š ๐Ž๐… ๐Ÿ“/20-๐Ÿ“/26 -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐“๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌโฃ * โ€œThe Filter Bubbleโ€ while reading โ€œZuckedโ€  * โ€œThe Road to Unfreedomโ€ while reading โ€œZuckedโ€ * โ€œThinking, fast and slowโ€ while reading โ€œZuckedโ€ * โ€œPrinciplesโ€ while reading โ€œTrillion Dollar Coachโ€ * โ€œRadical Candorโ€ while reading โ€œTrillion Dollar Coachโ€ -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ˆโ€™๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐ โฃ * โ€œThe Assault on Intelligenceโ€ Michael Hayden * Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass * Crushing by T.D. Jakes * Infinity by Jonathan Hickman -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ˆ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐โฃ * Black Panther Vol.1 by Christopher Priest * Zucked by Roger McNamee * The Four Horsemen by Christopher Hitchens * The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino * Uncle Tomโ€™s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stoweโฃ * Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmidt -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐š๐๐๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญโฃ * The New Right by Michael Malice (JRE) * Move fat and Break Things by Jonathan Taplin (Zucked) * World Without Mind (Zucked) * The Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick (Zucked) * Brotopia by Emily Chang (Zucked) * The Circle by Dave Eggers (Zucked) * After On by Rob Reid (Zucked) * Irresistible by Adam Alter (Zucked) * Glow Kids by Nicholas Kardaras (Zucked) * Itโ€™s Complicated by Danah Boyd (Zucked) * Twitter and Tear Gas by Zeynep Tufekci (Zucked) * Messing with the Enemy by Clint West (Zucked) * Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier (Zucked) * Mindhunter by John Douglas (JRE) * The Upstarts by Brad Stone (The Everything Store) * Automate This by Christopher Steiner (Customer bought) -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญโฃ * JRE with Michael Malice * James Altucher with Rich Karlgaard -๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฌโฃ * Books for month: 20 * Pages for month: 5,028 * Books for year: 94 * Pages for year: 23,505  -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9 -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH
Jun 4, 2019
14 min
WEEK 5: 05/13/2019 - 05/19/2019
-๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐“๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌโฃ * โ€œCan't Hurt Meโ€ while reading โ€œCrushingโ€ * โ€œAntifragileโ€ while reading โ€œCrushingโ€ * โ€œCan't Hurt Meโ€ while reading โ€œExistentialism is a Humanismโ€ * โ€œMindsetโ€ while reading โ€œExistentialism is a Humanismโ€ -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ˆโ€™๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐ โฃ * Uncle Tomโ€™s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stoweโฃ * Black Panther by Christopher Priest * Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass * Zucked by Roger McNamee -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ˆ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐โฃ * Adulthood Is a Myth by Sarah Andersen * Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleonโฃ * Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conranโฃ * Existentialism is a Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartreโฃ * Crushing by T.D. Jakes -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐š๐๐๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญโฃ * God in the ICU by Dave Walker * Conscious by Annaka  * No Sweat by Michelle Segar  * The Tools by Phil Stutz * Awareness by Anthony de Mello * The Zookeeperโ€™s Wife by Diane Ackerman * Jaws by Sandra Kahn * The assault on Intelligence by Michael Hayden * The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญโฃ * Aubrey Marcus with Mark Manson * Impact Theory with Mark Manson * JRE with Annie Jacobsen -๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฌโฃ * Books for month: 14 * Pages for month: 3,294โฃ * Books for year: 88 * Pages for year: 21,771 -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9 -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH
May 21, 2019
17 min
WEEK 4: 05/06/2019 - 05/12/2019
WEEK OF 5/6-5/12 -Book Thoughts * โ€œOpenโ€ by Andre Agassi while reading โ€œThe Great Aloneโ€ * โ€œThe Great Gatsbyโ€ while reading โ€œThe Great Aloneโ€ * โ€œSh*t My Dad Saysโ€ while reading โ€œDad Is Fatโ€ * โ€œTrust me, Iโ€™m Lyingโ€ while reading โ€œThe Filter Bubbleโ€ -Books Iโ€™m reading * Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conran * Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon * Existentialism is a Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre * Uncle Tomโ€™s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe  -Books I finished * The Everything Store by Brad Stone * Thanos: Redemption by Jim Starlin * The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah * Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan  * The Barbarian Way by Erwin McManus * The Filter Bubble by Eli Pariser * Start Something That Matters by Blake Mycoskie -Books added to Reading List * The Remains of the Day * Memos from the Chairman by Alan Greenberg * The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick Brooks Jr. * Lean Thinking by James Womack * The Elephant in the Room by Tommy Tomlinson * The Handmaidโ€™s Tale by Margaret Atwood * The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker * The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai * Ghosts in the Schoolyard by Eve Ewing * Eating Animals by Jonathan Foer * Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmidt -Books on Podcast * School of Greatness with Mark Manson * The James Altucher Show with Eric Schmidt * Tim Ferriss with Derek Sivers -Stats * Books for month: 8 * Pages for month: 2,160 * Books for year: 82 * Pages for year: 20,637 -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9 -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH
May 13, 2019
22 min
WEEK 3: 04/29/2019-05/05/2019
๐—ช๐„๐„๐Š ๐Ž๐… ๐Ÿ’/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—-๐Ÿ“/๐Ÿ“โฃ โฃ -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐“๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌโฃ * โ€œFight Clubโ€ while reading โ€œThanos: Infinity Abyssโ€โฃ * โ€œThe Last Lectureโ€ by Randy Pausch while reading โ€œThe Unwinding of the Miracleโ€โฃ * โ€œEducated,โ€ โ€œA Child Called It,โ€ & โ€œGlass Houseโ€ while reading โ€œThe Great Aloneโ€ & โ€œThe Boy in the Striped Pajamasโ€โฃ โฃ -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ˆโ€™๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐ โฃ * Thanos: Redemption by Jim Starlinโฃ * The Everything Store by Brad Stoneโฃ * Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad โฃ * The Great Alone by Kristin Hannahโฃ โฃ -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ˆ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐โฃ * The Unwinding of the Miracle by Julie Yip-Williamsโฃ * Thanos: Infinity Abyss by Jim Starlinโฃ * The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyneโฃ โฃ -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐š๐๐๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญโฃ * Comedy Sex God by Pete Holmesโฃ * A Brief History of Everything by Ken Wilberโฃ โฃ -๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญโฃ * 3 Books Podcast with Mark Mansonโฃ โฃ -๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฌโฃ * Books for month: 2โฃ * Pages for month: 400โฃ * Books for year: 76โฃ * Pages for year: 18,877 -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9 -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH
May 6, 2019
16 min
WEEK 2: 04/22/2019-04/28/2019
WEEK OF 4/22-4/28 -Book Thoughts * While Reading โ€œThe Everything Storeโ€ by Brad Stone I taught about โ€œElon Muskโ€ by Ashlee Vance, โ€œSteve Jobsโ€ by Walter Isaacson, and โ€œBad Bloodโ€ by John Carreyrou -Books Iโ€™m reading * The Unwinding of the Miracle by Julie Yip-Williams * The Everything Store by Brad Stone * Thanos: Infinity Abyss by Jim Starlin -Books I finished * How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky * Shit my dad says by Justin Halpern * Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk -Books added to Reading List * The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer * Small Giants by Bo Burlington * Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan * What If? by Randall Munroe * Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides * The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer * Dropping Ashes on the Buddha by Stephen Mitchell * Hard time by Shaun Attwood * Grandma Gatewoodโ€™s Walk by Ben Montgomery * The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion * Everyday by David Levithan * A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines * The Four Horsemen by Christopher Hitchens -Books on Podcast * Joe Rogan with Graham Hancock * Tim Ferris with Amanda Palmer * Tim Ferris with Kevin Systrom  * Valuetainment with Shaun Attwood -Stats * Books for month: 18 * Pages for month: 4,431 * Books for year: 73 * Pages for year: 18,112 -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9 -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH
Apr 30, 2019
15 min
WEEK 1: 04/15/2019-04/21/2019
๐—ช๐„๐„๐Š ๐Ž๐… ๐Ÿ’/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ’/๐Ÿ๐Ÿโฃ โฃ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐“๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌโฃ * David and Goliath for Running for my lifeโฃ โฃ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ˆโ€™๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐ โฃ * Shit my dad says by Justin Halpernโฃ * Fight Club by Chuck Palahniukโฃ โฃ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ˆ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐โฃ * The compass of pleasure by David Lindenโฃ * The Pearl by John Steinbeck โฃ * Running for my life by Lopez Lomongโฃ * Persepolis by Marjane Satrapiโฃ * The Road to Unfreedom by Timothy Snyderโฃ โฃ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐š๐๐๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญโฃ * The 5AM Club by Robin Sharmaโฃ * The Good Neighbor by Maxwell Kingโฃ * Adulthood is a Myth by Sarah Andersenโฃ * Where the winds leads by Dr Vinh Chungโฃ * News of the World by Paulette Jilesโฃ * The Big Burn by Timothy Eganโฃ * Manic by Terri Cheney โฃ * Zealot by Reza Aslanโฃ * Maid by Stephanie Landโฃ * Nickel and Dime by Barbara Ehrenreichโฃ โฃ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญโฃ * Impact Theory podcast with Robin Sharma โฃ * Aubrey Marcus Podcast with Joe Roganโฃ * School of Greatness Podcast with Jason Silvaโฃ * Jordan Peterson Podcast Lecture June 27, 2018โฃ โฃ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฌโฃ * Books for month: 15โฃ * Pages for month: 3,728โฃ * Books for the year: 70โฃ * Pages for the year: 17,409โฃ -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9 -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH
Apr 23, 2019
22 min
#8: My 3 Thoughts on "Can't Hurt Me" by David Goggins
In this episode, I give My 3 Thoughts on the book "Can't Hurt Me" by David Goggins, which are:  1. The gift of suffering 2. 40% Rule 3. Own the truth  -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9 -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH
Feb 10, 2019
9 min
#7: My 3 Thoughts on "This Is Marketing" by Seth Godin
In this episode, I give My 3 Thoughts on the book "This Is Marketing" by Seth Godin, which are: 1. Direct and Branding 2. Status and Affiliation 3. Fulfilling a desire  -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9 -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH
Feb 4, 2019
8 min
#6: My 3 Thoughts on "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
In this episode, I give "My 3 Thoughts" on the book "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson, which are: 1. Injustice 2. Mental illness 3. Documenting the journey  -My 2018 stats: http://bit.ly/2CN571b -2019 Reading Challenge: http://bit.ly/2R5PB9h -Want To Read List: http://bit.ly/2EJ27RD -Instagram: bit.ly/2rglmg9 -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2joINAC -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2DfYDZH
Jan 23, 2019
7 min
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