I Love the Hamilton Musical, so Here’s a Hamilton Book Review
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What time is it? Showtime! I’m a big fan of the Hamilton musical. I bet you’d like a review of the book that inspired it, so I won’t make you wait for it.
Non-Fiction
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How to Bake Pi by Eugenia Cheng
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Eugenia Cheng’s How to Bake Pi uses cooking as a central metaphor to understand math. Who knew abstract mathematics could be so tasty? Bonus: contains cake.
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When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
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When Breath Becomes Air is about a man’s quest to understand the human mind while struggling with cancer. Kalanithi could have been the next Oliver Sacks.
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Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s searing memoir of growing up black in Baltimore, and of his hope for a better world for his son.
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Double Review: A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett and Mini-Habits by Stephen Guise
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So much for getting my 2016 reviews off on the right foot. After not posting something last week, here’s a double capsule review of two very different books.