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A combination of 12 mini books, each in the form as a months goals. Somewhat a condensed version of Getting Things Done, relationship advice, family, friendship, religion and time. One interesting insight by Gretchen was the comment that Agnostics/Athiests read biographies to identify with people for a similar reason that Catholics read the bible. Some good insights and many good reminders on how to be happy.

A time confused story tieing together world war 2 with alien abduction. As a story, it was amazing. The story about watching a war film in reverse was touching.

Completely hilarious all the way through.

A look into what motivates us and how our hidden desires contribute to our behavior.

2nd Book in Asimov's Empire series, and probably the last I'll read. I see why Asimov called this his “least favorite novel”. I only wish I knew that beforehand.

First book in Asimov's Empire series. Interesting to learn how everything was setup for Foundation, the characters and the story were slow and painful to finish.

The 4th book in Asimovs Robot series. Somewhat awkward in it's sexuality, but a decent detective tale on its own. Less technical than the other books in the robot series.

Short take on enjoying the pleasures of travel.

This was the first book I read in 2013 by a female author – after reading 36 other books. After finishing it, my initial reaction wasn't altogether positive. The more I reflected on the book, I came to realize how amazing a world Atwood created in this dystopian tale. Not one of my all-time favorites, but still great storytelling.

Very similar to Caves of Steel, this is the 3rd book in Asimovs Robot series. Fun detective novel in a space setting. I was a bit disappointed by some of the answers, but overall it was satisfying.

Even though I respect Ive, I felt this biography only hit skin deep. It went over all the major events in his life, his passion for design, awards he achieved – but that's really it. I don't feel I know him anymore than before reading this.

Most useful takeaways? Give people problems to solve. Show what they'll be building. When students are wrong, ask them questions rather than telling them the answer.

This 2nd book in Asimovs robot series after I, Robot. It is more a detective novel than a serious sci-fi story, but it does set the stage for the world.

Reading this reminded me of The Daily WTF where a weird problem is presented, and eventually solved. That's much of the format of this series of short stories. The book is a combination of various parts of these 9 stores, which are considered the beginning of Asimovs Robot/Empire/Foundation series.

Being an amazing writer on religion led me to reading everything Dawkins has written. This biography details his life and inspiration that drove him towards a life in science. Interesting subject, but reading about years in boarding school and all about academia wasn't that interesting to me. His background in coding was the most interesting part, but covered quickly.

Both biography of Salman Khan, and the start of Khan Academy, and a look at Khan's ideal world for education. If you're curious about changing education, with the help of technology, this is a definite must read. Even though the education target is different from something like Code School, many of the ideas work in both settings.

As last books in a series go, this was the most rewarding ending I've ever read. Topics introduced at the beginning of book 4 are handled. Topics that other authors might spend entire chapters on are only touched on briefly, and left for the reader to expand on.

Expanding on the Hyperion universe while introducing new realistic and thoughtful characters.

Not a sequel, but the second half of the first book. More conventional storytelling than Hyperion, but in the same tone.

When I learned that Steve Jobs re-read this book each year and the autiobook is read by Ben Kingsley, I knew I had to check it out. It proved to be more religious than I expected, relying on faith to explain much. Reading this helps to understand how Jobs could persue alternative medicine when diagnosed with cancer.

I'd heard the Sci-Fi channel was in the process of making this book into a mini-series and decided to give it a shot. Being an inspiration for Halo also tipped my interest. This one follows the idea of a Dyson Ring, which has always been an intriguing topic to me. The idea that one Dyson Ring could have the habitable area of 3 million earth-size planets is mind-blowing. The world was more interesting than the characters, unfortunately. There is some controversy about the minimized role of women in this book, which I'd also agree with.

Another Neal Stephenson story following 2 story lines: one following code breakers in World War II, another a group of dot com entrepreneurs. Featuring fictionalized versions of names from the time including Alan Turing made it easier to identify with the characters. The first half of this very long book was tough to get through, with most of the payoff towards the end. The detailed descriptions of cryptography and theories about a digital currency were the most interesting part.

Fight Club is my favorite movie. The book was all over the place — like the movie. Somehow the format fit the screen better for me.

Good story, although predicitable at times. Sets things up for part 3 of the series in a solid second book in a trilogy, in the same ways you'd expect from a part 2.

Part 3 of the Foundation trilogy. I wasn't as emotionally attached to some of the characters in this one as the others, but at least the ending payed off.