@alvalvano

@alvalvano

Al Valvano

Joined2 months ago

🚜 Lives on a small farm
πŸ’Ό Investor, entrepreneur and former tech executive
❀️ Outdoors, cooking, gardening and guitar
πŸ“˜ Favorite genres: mystery, thriller, fantasy, sci-fi, history & biographies

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Location:Fall City, WA

Al Valvano's Books by Status

42 Books

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Dead Money
Liar's Game
Wild Dark Shore
The Secret of Secrets
Crooks
The Peak
The Persian

Al Valvano's Reading Goals

Goal

88/100 books
88%

2025 Reading Goal

Read 100 books by . You're 16 books ahead of schedule. πŸ™Œ

Al Valvano's Pinned Prompts

Featured Prompt

4,448 books

What are your favorite books of all time?

When you think back on every book you've ever read, what are some of your favorites? These can be from any time of your life – books that resonated with you as a kid, ones that shaped your personal...

hardcover
Hardcover
There Is No Antimemetics Division
Open
A Drop of Corruption
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Lonesome Dove

Al Valvano's Most Popular Reviews

Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It

Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It

Should be required reading.

Catching Fire

Catching Fire

Compared to the first, which I found engaging and well-paced, this one seemed to drag.

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

Bought this one on a whim. I really appreciated the attention to small character details.

The Passage

The Passage

Hate to over-simplify this, but I just wanted to like it more.

Outliers: The Story of Success

Outliers: The Story of Success