On books I finished reading in January 2018:<\/p>\n
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride<\/strong> Filled with amusing anecdotes and pull-quotes from other cast and crew. Elwes is generous, highlighting the talents and accomplishments of his peers. I’m left with admiration for everyone involved, and happily with many new books and films for my backlog.<\/p>\n Solaris<\/strong> Having never seen either movie, I picked up this book hoping for more like The Futurological Congress<\/em> and was once again impressed by Lem’s writing. This is more psychological horror and creeping dread, reminding me of Lovecraft in several places. A solid mystery with a satisfying ending, even though it doesn’t tie up all the loose ends.<\/p>\n The Truth about Leadership: The No-Fads, Heart-Of-The-Matter Facts You Need to Know<\/strong> Leadership principles presented in bite-sized chapters, backed up by decades of research. An easy read that I’d recommend to anyone with an interest in leading well. It’s definitely “leadership” more than “management” – principles over mechanisms or practices.<\/p>\n We’ll Always Have Paris: Stories<\/strong> A quick read. Ray Bradbury is still writing short stories that are compelling and surprising in his distinctive style. This didn’t surpass The Illustrated Man<\/em> as my favorite collection, but a few of the stories will definitely stick with me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On books I finished reading in January 2018:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[469,466,468,470,288,471,467],"class_list":["post-1511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-barry-posner","tag-cary-elwes","tag-james-kouzes","tag-joe-layden","tag-ray-bradbury","tag-read-in-2018","tag-stanislaw-lem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bradleycbuchanan.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bradleycbuchanan.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bradleycbuchanan.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bradleycbuchanan.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bradleycbuchanan.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1511"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bradleycbuchanan.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1523,"href":"https:\/\/www.bradleycbuchanan.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511\/revisions\/1523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bradleycbuchanan.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bradleycbuchanan.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bradleycbuchanan.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nby Cary Elwes, Joe Layden<\/p>\n
\nby Stanislaw Lem<\/p>\n
\nby James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner<\/p>\n
\nby Ray Bradbury<\/p>\n