Author Archives: schoultz

Why this Book: Selected by my literature reading group, based on 1. strong recommendations from a couple who’d read it, and 2. our group had loved Towles book A Gentleman in Moscow. Several had also read his Rules of Civility … Continue reading →

Why this book:  I have been very interested in brain function, health, and dreams for much of my life. This book was strongly recommended by my friend Mike Gosh.  It is related to other books I’ve recently read, to include: … Continue reading →

Why this book;  I was on a zoom discussion session and this book was mentioned and I was intrigued – so I bought it and read it.  Summary in 3 sentences:  In this short book (135 pages) the author describes … Continue reading →

Why this book: Recommended by my friend Jay and by other members of a discussion group we’re in together.  I wasn’t going to read this book, until to a person, the others in our group raved about it and said … Continue reading →

Why this book: Selected by my Navy SEAL reading group, and Steven Pressfield agreed to join us for the discussion.   Summary in 4 sentences:  This is Pressfield’s life of Alexander novelized,  told in the first-person from Alexander’s perspective, as if … Continue reading →

Why this book: I had read  the novel The Overstory by Richard Powers,  the 2019 Pulitzer prize for fiction winner, and was very intrigued by a character in the book who had explored the connections between trees and within forests, … Continue reading →

Why this book:  I had just read and been fascinated by The Circle.  I wanted to read the sequel and this is that sequel. Summary in 4 sentences.  The book The Every picks up the story of the corporation The … Continue reading →

Why this book:  Selected by my literature reading group at the insistence of one of our members that it would be a mind-bender. She was right!  Summary in 5 Sentences: This books is like a homeric myth set in the … Continue reading →

Why this book:  I talked some of my friends in my literature reading group into reading this with me when I failed to get the whole group to agree to read it.  I was impressed with an  interview I’d heard … Continue reading →

Why this book: Selected by our SEAL reading group. Also, I’ve met General Mattis, seen him speak several times and looked forward to reading his book. Summary in 3 sentences:  Call Sign Chaos is both a memoir and a book … Continue reading →