Harsh

Sure, it was an okay book about a girl who falls in love with a teacher and goes out to save him and even expresses her love to him. To me, that's a fantasy in itself. But then again, that's not my cup of tea (and is a little creepy) and neither was this story in itself. I had high hopes with this book with so many rave reviews about how imaginative it becomes with paper magic, but it falls completely short. Though, it did make me fall in love with origami once again.

A really great start to the series

Though this book definitely feels like just a huge prologue, it still sets up a really great start to the series. A good short book to boot up the Witcher universe.

I like Stephen King's books. Generally, the books start with a premise which makes it clear what you're in for. The Outsider, however, is a different setup. Yes, the cover indicates that this should have supernatural elements in it, but almost through the first half of the book, Mr King leads us in a way which makes us believe that there is a Sherlock Holmes explanation to all the confrontations. How can someone be at two places at the same time. The book presents contradictory evidence that the perpetrator (or, the victim?) is at both the places with iron clad evidence for both the setups. However, the next half suddenly becomes Josh Whedon's, The Cabin in the Woods. I, as a reader, am left with a feeling where I am not even able to decide whether I liked the read or not. While, I like the execution, the read - maybe not so much.

Maybe 3.5?

James Comey, former Attorney General, and more famously known as the fired FBI director, writes this memoir/autobiography where he talks about all the decisions that he took and why he took them. You may or may not agree with his decisions (though I really hope you do), Mr Comey makes convincing arguments for his decisions and emphasizes that if he had to do it again, he would still do the same things that he did (given the amount of information that he had during that time).
This book also acts a lesson on being a good leader who lives by principles and ethics. There are two incidents from his life which act as torch-bearer for all his actions. You would easily identify this when you read the book. The first incident teaches him to be a leader who is forgiving and commands respect instead of being the one who demands loyalty and allegiance through authority. The second incident teaches the most important lesson of them all - never be a bully.
With lots of references from personal life, A Higher Loyalty is a great and fast read which should probably be considered as a mandatory read for anyone who aspires to be a great and ethical leader.

It's not a bad book. I just had different expectations. There were stories, references and learnings about the preconceived notions I had for this book, but the book overall was more about Barack Obama himself than just about her.
To each his own, my review for this book might feel like a let down. Being an Obama family fan, I wanted to read Michelle Obama's journey and life experiences, considering that I am reading her autobiography. “I was not bossy, I was just confident” - for a reader, this line automatically set an expectation that we are going to get an overhaulish account from the ex-FLOTUS. But the book losses track and then what we get from almost next half of the book is actually Mr. Obama - the President's journey. By the time, we get back to Michelle Obama's experiences and contributions, the book is more than 3/4th done. Maybe, the expectations were set accordingly through various post-release book tours, that this is more like a family journey - a political change that came across with Obama presidency. But with a title like Becoming, a reader feels misled that what he ended up reading was not what the book tried to deliver (through its title and its cover).