Non-Fiction

Search Inside Yourself by Chande-Meng Tan – Tan created a mindfulness based program at Google based on the Emotional Intelligence framework.  His approach takes the teachings one step passed Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and bring in some stories and practices from Buddhism. Tan also brings the science and research that has been conducted on these practices, which gives the strict business applications more justification. I liked alot about the book, but the structure made it hard for me to moved easily through the book and tie it all back together. That also makes it hard for me to describe why you might like it…because you might. Could.

Unshakeable by Tony Robbins with Peter Mallouk – This is the shorter version his 2014 book Money: Master The Game. If you need convincing on index funds, the right kind of financial advisor, and allocation diversity, read the book. If you are looking for the next level of detail or advice, get the other book. Could.

Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer – This is a beautiful book, written with deep care and deep thought for both word and idea. Palmer writes about the work to find our life’s work. After reading the first essay, my wife handed the book back to me and said, “This is heavy.” She’s right. He asks you to take care and look deeply at your life. Find the threads, honor the limits and work in a vocation that expresses your true self. Should.

Graphic Novels

Old Man Logan Volume 0, Volume 1 and Volume 2 – After the original eight issue run in 2008, Marvel brought the story line into an ongoing series in 2015 and those have been released in four collected editions. I read the first three volume and they are good. The storyline quickly uses time travel to move Wolverine back into the current Marvel time line. He starts to track down all of his past enemies, only to find they may not be his enemies. The whole series has this feel of looking again at common Wolverine tropes from another angle. As I said it is good, but it never captures the originality or quentessial nature of the original run of Old Man Logan. Could.

Black Widow Volume 1 by Mark Waid and Chris Samee – This reboot is kind of interesting. New villian, return to the Red Room, and lots of spycraft. The art for me to was rough and tough to follow, made me want to skip through the story. Wished for me, won’t be continuing on with the series. Could.