Matt Inman

This book took time to work through, and that ended up being the point. Kotler packs in a lot of depth, and each chapter gives you something worth sitting with. The value here is how practical everything feels. He breaks down motivation, learning, creativity, and flow in a way that makes them understandable and doable instead of mysterious.

What surprised me most is how he treats flow as a trainable skill. It is not something you wait for. It is something you build through structure, challenge, and recovery. That shift alone made the book worth reading.

I liked the book. There is a lot here to learn from, and it left me wanting to be more intentional about how I work and how I set up my days. It gave me a clearer sense of what it actually takes to level up, and it made that path feel possible. Now whether I do it or not is the question.

I enjoyed The Last Murder at the End of the World for its fresh take on the classic murder mystery genre. It offered some interesting twists that kept me engaged and guessing. Definitely a worthwhile read if you're looking for something a bit different.

I went into this book with an open mind, curious about the research and claims around remote viewing and consciousness that Russell Targ helped pioneer. The early chapters are interesting, and some of the testing methods he describes make sense on the surface. He clearly believes in what he’s presenting, and his background at Stanford Research Institute adds some credibility to the story.

That said, I just couldn’t get fully on board. The experiments often rely on results that are hard to verify, and even when something sounds repeatable, it doesn’t feel solid. I wanted to believe, but too much of it comes across as anecdotal or conveniently vague.

Still, I think Limitless Mind is worth checking out if you’re curious about the history of parapsychology or want to see how scientists once approached ideas most of us would call impossible. Even if you walk away skeptical like I did, it’s an interesting read that makes you think about how far people will go to explore the boundaries of the mind.

This book hits at the right time for me. The core idea is simple, but the way Mel explains it makes it feel practical and doable. She lays out the process clearly, and the framework really does make you pause and rethink how much energy you spend trying to manage things that are never yours to control in the first place.

I also liked that she brought in science to back up her points. It keeps the book from feeling like another self help idea floating around without any grounding. You can tell she cares about making the reader understand not just the what, but the why.

The only part that dragged a bit for me is that she repeats herself in a few places. But if you have ever watched Mel speak, you know that repetition and enthusiasm are part of her style. She is a high energy person. That energy shows up on the page too.

Overall, the idea is excellent, the book teaches the process well, and it gives you something you can use right away. It is one of those rare personal growth books where the takeaway is simple enough to remember and strong enough to actually change how you move through your day.

A friend recommended The Kill Artist to me after I finished a Dan Brown novel, but it didn’t quite live up to what I was hoping for. The writing itself is solid and well-paced, and Silva clearly knows his craft, but the story felt more like a straightforward spy thriller than the layered mystery I expected. I was looking for more intrigue and complexity, something with sharper twists or deeper secrets. Instead, it played out predictably. Not a bad read, just not the one that kept me guessing.