Thinner This year by Crowley and Sacheck

This book's full title is Thinner This Year: A Diet and Exercise Program for Living Strong, Fit and Sexy by Chris Crowley and Jen Sacheck, PH. D. Chris Crowley has a web pages on the Workman.com website. This is the second book I have read by him. The other one was Younger Next Year. I know he put another Younger Next Year book out for women, but I have not gotten it as I read the original one.

Jen Sacheck also has a website. It is a site worth exploring. She has a blog at this site. Also she has a section devoted to where she has given talks. http://thepoweroflifestyle.com/thinner-this-year/

I am still trying to get rid of the extra weight I put on at menopause but with very little results. He says if you eat crap, you are going feel like crap. You will be sluggish, dispirited and slow. If you are stupid enough about your diet for long enough, you will get sick and die. Good point. However, my problem is that I already have a very healthy diet and I walk and exercise.

There are some interesting review at Good Reads. There are lots who did not like this book. I must say that I did. Maybe Chris Crowley is a bit gung ho, yes, but you probably need this attitude to push eating properly and doing exercise. There were reviewers that quite liked this book also. On Dr. Ed Dodge'sblog he talks about this book. He did not like the title, but thought that the book was full of good information.

There is a very short video by Bill Fabrocini about exercising properly (and buying his DVD). Chris Crowley gives a talk at Private Advisor Group. Michele Ammon interviews Chris Crowley and Henry S. Lodge. In this video, Jim Zirin interviews Chris Crowley. Jeff Glor and Rebecca Jarvis interviews Chris Crowley and Jen Sacheck on CBS This Morning.

An index of the books I have reviewed are on my website at Books. I have three blogs. The first talks only about specific stocks and is called Investment Talk . The second one contains information on mostly investing and is called Investing Economics Mostly. My last blog is for my book reviews and it is called Non-Fiction Mostly. Follow me on Twitter.

The Art of Risk by Kayt Sukel

This book's full title is The Art of Risk: The New Science of Courage, Caution and Chance. Kayt Sukel has her own web site for this book here. There is a blog on her site.

I am interested in risk because I make my living investing in the stock market. I did not really learn anything new from this book, so that was a bit of a disappointment. I have always understood myself very well. I also get prepared by investigating stocks I invest in. Why I continued reading this book was because it was an easy read with some interesting stories

People at Good Reads mostly liked it. But they did not seem to get much more out of the book than I did. There is a review at Kirkus. Reviewer ends up saying about the book and risk that it was "Not an in-depth trip but an enjoyable tour".

Kayt Sukel talks at TedMed about risk. This is a bit off topic, but in this video Kayt Sukel talks about another of her books about Sex at Chicago Ideas Week. This is Your Brain on Sex is the name of the book. This is a video of Kayt Sukel being interviewed on radio. There is also a nice review by Meredith Knight on Scientific American.

An index of the books I have reviewed are on my website at Books. I have three blogs. The first talks only about specific stocks and is called Investment Talk . The second one contains information on mostly investing and is called Investing Economics Mostly. My last blog is for my book reviews and it is called Non-Fiction Mostly. Follow me on Twitter.

The 100 Year Old Man by Jonas Jonasson

This book's full title is The 100 year old Man who climbed out the Window and Disappeared. It is never too late to start over. I seldom read fiction, especially if the fiction is not sci-fi. However, this book was a lot of fun. There has been a number of very interesting authors coming out of the Nordic countries lately and this is certainly by one of them.

There are reviews of this book on Good Reads. A lot of people did not seem to appreciate this book however; I thought it was great fun. Some of the readers felt this way also and give it a 5 star rating. Maybe this book calls for a certain sense of humor? The best thing about the review by Lowenna Waters in the Telegraph Telegraph is that the trailer for the film is included. There is a much better review by Aggie H. in the Guardian .

At this site of Lit Lovers there are a book summary, author bio and some discussion questions. You will find the official movie trailer here. David Domine left an interesting review at Literary Labors. At Harper Collins you can read a fair bit of this book. I looked at some reviews on YouTube, but found them boring.

An index of the books I have reviewed are on my website at Books. I have three blogs. The first talks only about specific stocks and is called Investment Talk . The second one contains information on mostly investing and is called Investing Economics Mostly. My last blog is for my book reviews and it is called Non-Fiction Mostly. Follow me on Twitter.

The Geography of Genius by Eric Weiner

This book's full title is The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places, from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley. Eric Weiner has his own web site here. The Genius Nuggets tab is interesting.

One thing I found interesting was that ideas embed themselves in the fiber of merchandise. Authoritarian regimes feel that they can open their economies but not their politics, but eventually subversive ideas that imbedded themselves in a can to tomato soup or a pair of crocs squirm free.

Ashlee Vancejan provides a good review at NY Times. The book is an interesting romp though some places and time. There are some good reviews on Good Reads. I disagree with the review that wanted to chop out one quarter of the book because he thought it was trivial stuff. I found Eric Weiner an engaging writer and this "trivial" made this book the great read I thought it was. I liked Susannah Nesmith review in the Miami Herald the best. She clearly describes what you will get if you read this book.

Eric Weiner talks at Google. Eric Weiner speaks at Idea City. He talks about happiness and genius. Jeffrey McMahon reviews this book on YouTube. I started here with part 1.

An index of the books I have reviewed are on my website at Books. I have three blogs. The first talks only about specific stocks and is called Investment Talk . The second one contains information on mostly investing and is called Investing Economics Mostly. My last blog is for my book reviews and it is called Non-Fiction Mostly. Follow me on Twitter.

The Autistic Brain by Temple Grandin

This book's full title is The Autistic Brain: Thinking across the Spectrum by Temple Grandin and Richard Panek. Temple Grandin has her own web sitehere.

There are some very good reviews on Good Reads. Most of the reviewers loved the book as I did. There is an interesting review by David Dobbs at NY Times. Scott Barry Kaufman also does an interesting review at Scientific American. These last two reviews are good both for the positive and negative things that they say about this book.

Temple Grandin talks at the Chicago Humanities Festival. Temple Grandin talks at Google. She does an interview with George Stroumboulopoulos . I liked this video the best. She also had a Ted Talk.

An index of the books I have reviewed are on my website at Books. I have three blogs. The first talks only about specific stocks and is called Investment Talk . The second one contains information on mostly investing and is called Investing Economics Mostly. My last blog is for my book reviews and it is called Non-Fiction Mostly. Follow me on Twitter.