As you may or may not know, I love reading. I love the feel of hardcover books, the smell of older books, but most of all I love learning new things and expanding my knowledge of the world as much as I can. I have a giant book list in a simple .txt file that I am constantly adding to. As of this writing, there are approximately 400 books on that list, and because of my propensity for learning, only about 40 of them are fiction books. These books cover a HUGE range of subject matter from finance (like the book I’ll be reviewing today), to mechanical engineering, to cooking, technology, chess theory, martial arts, and philosophy, just to name a few.

Sometimes I’ll become so thoroughly engrossed in a book that it becomes nigh impossible to tear me away. Like my mother used to say: “I bet I’m one of the only parents on the planet that has to tell their kid to put the damn book down.” And sometimes, I’ll read a book at a snail’s pace because something about it just doesn’t sit well with me, but I want the knowledge contained in it so badly that I suffer through it.

In order to combat this issue, I’ve taken to reading as many as five books at any given time, but never more than one fiction book. Anyone who’s ever tried to read more than one fiction book and began mixing the stories (which is something I seem to do every time) knows why. I’ve found it also helps to vary the subject matter, writing style, and length of book in any given book group.

Anyway, I figured that my interests are so varied, I’d eventually read a book who’s subject matter interested one of you people. So I’ve decided to begin writing small reviews for the books I read. I don’t claim to be a journalist or a scholar of any kind, I’m just a man who enjoys reading, giving you my opinions. Take them or leave them, but they’re here if you want them.

In the coming months I plan on migrating all of this information to a personal website, and will probably be shutting down Blue Shell Security as I really don’t have a use for it. Until then, my book reviews will be posted here and on my twitter account @BlueShellSec; a name I’ll probably also be changing before too long. Anyway, I’ve spelled out way too much lead up as it is. So enjoy the reviews and let me know what you think. Thanks.

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