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  • 3 Best Books on Amazon: Top 3 Books from December 2021

    3 Best Books on Amazon: Top 3 Books from December 2021

    December marked the productive end to the 2021 reading year. I finished the year with 39 books, most of which I thoroughly enjoyed. For this month’s best books on Amazon, I read Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table, The Last Season: A Team in Search of Its Soul, The Messenger, and…


  • Best Books on Amazon: Top 3 Books from November 2021

    Best Books on Amazon: Top 3 Books from November 2021

    November was a fun reading month that covered history, literature, and a spy novel. Of these best books on Amazon, Gridiron Genius: A Master Class in Building Teams and Winning at the Highest Level was my favorite by a slim margin. Michael Lombardi may be as good of a teacher on how to build teams…


  • Best Books on Amazon: Top 3 Books from October 2021

    Best Books on Amazon: Top 3 Books from October 2021

    World War II, pandemics, and finance were the three books themes from this month’s best books on Amazon list. The Splendid and the Vile was my favorite book out of these three. Author Erik Larson knows how to tell a story. In this case, the story is about how Winston Churchill handled the Nazi Germany…


  • Best Books on Amazon: Top 3 Books from September 2021

    Best Books on Amazon: Top 3 Books from September 2021

    September was a heavy focus on finance books. In particular, this best book on Amazon lists features two books from one of my favorite authors Michael Lewis. He’s an incredible writer, to say the least. Of these books, my favorite was The Big Short. And yes, I realize finance books don’t get people jazzed. However,…


  • Best Books on Amazon: Top 4 Books from August 2021

    Best Books on Amazon: Top 4 Books from August 2021

    After a productive July reading month, August upped the ante with five books. Titles include The Last Madam: A Life In The New Orleans Underworld, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and The Longest Night of the Second World War, You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington, Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons…


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