Cities in Flight Retelling: Final Thoughts on Blish's Masterwork
Twenty-three posts. Four novels. A timeline that starts with Cold War paranoia in Washington and ends with the literal birth of new universes. We’re done.
Book review
Final Thoughts: What 400 Years of Market Bubbles Taught Me
Forty-two chapters. Almost a year of posts. Stories spanning from 1637 to 2018, from Amsterdam flower auctions to cryptocurrency exchanges. And here I am, writing the last post in this series.
Final Thoughts: What 400 Years of Market Bubbles Taught Me
Forty-two chapters. Almost a year of posts. Stories spanning from 1637 to 2018, from Amsterdam flower auctions to cryptocurrency exchanges. And here I am, writing the last post in this series.
The 4-Hour Body: Final Thoughts on Tim Ferriss's Body Hacking Bible
Twenty-five posts. Six months. Over 500 pages of Tim Ferriss experimenting on his own body, distilled into something you could actually read on the train.
The 4-Hour Body: Final Thoughts on Tim Ferriss's Body Hacking Bible
Twenty-five posts. Six months. Over 500 pages of Tim Ferriss experimenting on his own body, distilled into something you could actually read on the train.
Singapore-China Relations: 50 Years - Final Thoughts on the Book
So we made it through all 11 chapters of “Singapore-China Relations: 50 Years.” That’s a lot of diplomatic history, economic data, and joint projects. Here’s what stuck with me after reading the whole thing.
Final Thoughts on Raising Cattle
Sixteen posts later, we’ve made it through the entire book. So let’s talk about what it all adds up to.
Final Thoughts on the Darkness Before the Dawn: Dark Sun Chronicles Review
We made it. Fourteen posts covering one book about a half-elf and a human woman trying not to die on a desert planet ruled by tyrants. So what did we actually just read? Let me break it down.
Cinnabar Shadows Final Thoughts: A Dark Sun Book That Earns Its Ending
Book: Cinnabar Shadows by Lynn Abbey | Series: Dark Sun - Chronicles of Athas, Book 4 | ISBN: 0-7869-0181-0
The Full Picture
So we’re done. Fifteen chapters and an epilogue of Cinnabar Shadows. Time to step back and talk about the whole thing.
The Brazen Gambit: Final Thoughts and Review
We are done. Seventeen chapters, a whole lot of posts, and one ugly templar’s journey from corrupt bureaucrat to druid guardian. Time to actually talk about the book.
Keeping Honey Bees by Kim Pezza - Book Review and Final Thoughts
We made it. Sixteen posts. One book. A lot of bees.
This is the final installment in our series covering Backyard Farming: Keeping Honey Bees by Kim Pezza (ISBN: 978-1-57826-453-7, Hatherleigh Press, 2013). If you have been following along from the series intro, thank you for sticking with it.
Thieves' World Turning Points: Final Thoughts on the Sanctuary Revival
Book: Thieves’ World: Turning Points Editor: Lynn Abbey Series: Thieves’ World New Series, Book 1 Publisher: Tor Books, 2002
Final Thoughts on Backyard Farming: Growing Vegetables and Herbs
This is part of our series retelling Backyard Farming: Growing Vegetables and Herbs by Kim Pezza (ISBN: 978-1-57826-460-5).
We’ve gone through the whole book. From the history of vegetable gardens to planning your layout, building your soil, planting seeds, fighting weeds and pests, preserving your harvest, and putting the garden to bed for winter. That’s the full cycle. So what’s the verdict?
Final Thoughts on Commodities: Markets, Performance, and Strategies
Book: Commodities: Markets, Performance, and Strategies
Editors: H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck, Jeffrey H. Harris
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2018
ISBN: 9780190656010
Final Thoughts on Bank 3.0: What Brett King Got Right and Wrong
Book: Bank 3.0: Why Banking Is No Longer Somewhere You Go But Something You Do Author: Brett King ISBN: 978-1-118-58963-2 Publisher: Wiley (2013)
Final Thoughts on the Banker's Guide to New Small Business Finance
Thirteen posts later, here we are.
We started this series with a simple question. Why is it so hard for small businesses to get a loan? Charles H. Green spent 30 years in banking, founded his own bank, and then wrote a book that basically answers that question by saying: the system was never built to work for you.
Final Thoughts on Backyard Farming Composting by Kim Pezza
Book: Backyard Farming: Composting | Author: Kim Pezza | ISBN: 978-1-57826-587-9 | Hatherleigh Press, 2015
We made it. Twelve posts later, we’ve covered everything from ancient Egyptian worm decrees to DIY bin plans to the science of thermophilic bacteria. And honestly, I think composting might be one of the most underrated things a person can do.
Why the Simbul's Gift Still Holds Up
So we’re done. Twelve posts covering one Forgotten Realms novel from 1997 that most people have never heard of. And I want to wrap up with why I think this book deserves more attention than it gets.
Final Thoughts on Planeswalker by Lynn Abbey
So that’s Planeswalker. Twenty-four chapters of a Phyrexian newt trying to save a broken god from himself, and in the end giving her life to finish what he couldn’t.
Final Thoughts on Backyard Farming Raising Pigs by Kim Pezza
This is the last post in the series, and I want to end with something personal. Not my story. Kim Pezza’s.
Final Thoughts on It's About Squirrels by Lynn Abbey
Book: It’s About Squirrels… | Author: Lynn Abbey
So we made it through the whole story. Squirrels, ghosts, brownies, a fairy queen who can’t pronounce “electricity,” and a Rube Goldberg trap made of beer cups and silverware balanced on a rocking chair. What a ride.
Final Thoughts on the Rise and Fall of a Dragon King - Series Conclusion
Book: The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King | Author: Lynn Abbey | Series: Chronicles of Athas, Book 5
Final Thoughts on the Nether Scroll by Lynn Abbey: A Forgotten Realms Hidden Gem
Book: The Nether Scroll by Lynn Abbey Series: Lost Empires, Book 4 (Forgotten Realms) ISBN: 0-7869-1566-8
We’ve walked through the entire Nether Scroll chapter by chapter. Time to step back and talk about the book as a whole.
The Commercial Real Estate Tsunami by Tony Wood: Final Thoughts and Key Takeaways
This is the final post in our retelling series on The Commercial Real Estate Tsunami: A Survival Guide for Lenders, Owners, Buyers, and Brokers by Tony Wood (ISBN: 978-0-470-63637-4, John Wiley & Sons, 2010), with a foreword by Matthew Anderson.
Backyard Farming Homesteading: Final Thoughts and Book Review
We made it. Twelve posts later, we have covered every chapter of Backyard Farming: Homesteading by Kim Pezza (Hatherleigh Press, 2015, ISBN: 978-1-57826-598-5). And I have to say, this book has a lot more in it than its slim size suggests.