Age Proof

Background

Published in February of 2018, AgeProof: Living Longer Without Running Out of Money or Breaking a Hip is a book about investing in both your financial well being and your physical body so you can enjoy it!

Age Proof
Age Proof

My Thoughts

I enjoyed the book. It was a fun paring of both the financial and physical knowing we will want both in the years to come. Good advise on both topics were given and the book was in a very readable form.

Recommendation

It was worth the read.

Outlander

Background

Published in June of 1992, Outlander is the first book in a series of fictional books about Outlanders. People who time travel from one place to another. The first was a nurse from WWII to 16th century Scotland.

Outlander
Outlander

My Thoughts

It certainly had an interesting back story and the author knows how to keep the reader engaged but I didn’t really like it. The main character was a little too much “Mary Sue” for me and I didn’t really like how she handled herself. I was looking for a good series but this just wasn’t it.

Recommendation

Skip it. For this 12 book series, I am one and done.

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Background

Published in October of 2007, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running is a autobiographical look at Haruki Murakami and largely centered around his experience with the New York marathon and other races. He is primarily a writer but he has done a lot of running.

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

My Thoughts

This was an interesting book to read. Any work from another culture has elements that can surprise you as you go along. Ironically, I listened to this book while running. He mentions doing triathlons as well and I was disgusted that swimmers would kick an old man as he was trying to compete in a race. Particularly in open water…

On the whole, it was an ok book. I don’t know that I grew too much from it.

Recommendation

I wouldn’t read it again.

Alex Trebek. The Answer is…

Background

Published in July of 2020, Alex Trebek. The Answer is… is the autobiography of the host of Jeopardy and many others, Alex Trebek.

Alex Trebek. The Answer is...
Alex Trebek. The Answer is…

My Thoughts

This was a great read. I was a little nervous starting in because I really liked how Alex Trebek handled himself in several situations. For example, I love that he came on SNL to be roasted for their “Celebrity Jeopardy” skit.

However, this book made him out to be a well-rounded, hard-working, salt-of-the-earth kind of guy. I was glad to read it!

Recommendation

One of the better biographies.