Too Big to Fail

Title: Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System - and Themselves

Author: Andrew Ross Sorkin

Publisher: Penguin Books

 
ISBN: 9781101443428

 

Thoughts:  Sorkin writes non-fiction that reads like fiction, but there were just too many players in the 2008 financial crisis to keep everything straight.

Rating: 3/5

The Electricity Fairy

Title: The Electricity Fairy

Author: Alex Mar

Publisher: Amazon Originals

 
ISBN: 9781542003865

 

Thoughts:  I had never heard of Loie Fuller, who was a dancer as well as a pioneer of lighting design, and now I want to learn more.

Rating: 4/5

My Friends

Title: My Friends

Author: Fredrik Backman

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

 
ISBN: 9781668131602

 

Thoughts:  To quote many of the characters in this rather drawn-out novel, "it's a long story."

Rating: 3/5

Wintersmith

Title: Wintersmith

Author: Terry Pratchett

Publisher: Harper

 
ISBN: 9780060890339

 

Thoughts:  Parts of this had the whimsy of the previous Tiffany Aching novels, but some of the main points with the Wintersmith seemed like I was missing something.

Rating: 3/5