Still shirking my plan to write something about The Mythical Man-Month, I want to get out a few quick thoughts on Packing for Mars. Â First and foremost, it makes me sad that I will, very likely, never make it to space. Â I got hit with that gut-wrenching realization about two-thirds of the way through the […]
I’ve been slacking on this review thing, but it’s time to play catch up. I’m going to be going slightly out of order, hitting up The Hunger Games series before I go back to The Mythical Man-Month. The second is much easier to go back and reference at a later date, so I’d like to […]
See my intro. The Hunger Games starts off in a dystopian future where much of the world is decimated by… something. One of the strengths here is that the author doesn’t go out of her way to explain things that really don’t matter. Leaving some things to the imagination is a plus, especially in a […]
See my intro and Part 1. Let me begin by emphasizing that I read Catching Fire in one day. I started it Friday morning on my commute, read it there and on my commute home, and the spent hours (after deciding to go to bed earlier) reading it through to completion. It’s my favorite of […]
See my intro, Part 1, and Part 2. I consider Mockingjay the weakest of the three books, but when you open up a world, there’s only so much wrap-up that can be done.  It didn’t grip me nearly as much as the first two, and the final conclusion just felt rushed.  The rushed feeling also showed up at the […]
