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Mitchell Friedman is on page 179 of 272 of The Future of Another Timeline
This is dark. And upsetting. And violent in multiple ways.
Oct 13, 2019 08:28PM Add a comment
The Future of Another Timeline

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Mitchell Friedman is on page 179 of 237 of Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
So I was reading this book and enjoying it. But I put it down to go on a trip and took a longer book - Essential Scrum. That book is a better reference book on scrum - but it's a little dry and a bit repetitive. And I got back from my trip and picked this book back up. It's just more fun. But then I realized what the difference is. This one is basically a screed, a manifesto, propaganda.
Apr 21, 2019 08:16PM Add a comment
Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time

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Mitchell Friedman is 20% done with SAFe 4.5 Distilled: Applying the Scaled Agile Framework for Lean Enterprises
I've read quite a few software development related books, a number of them quite good. So far this is not one of them. Besides just referencing other books and processes, this book is just buzz word centric. And yet this is still better then my scan of the SAFE reference book. Does this make Scaled Agile bad? A not especially good book does not necessarily make a bad process. Of course I've still got 80% to go.
Mar 18, 2019 06:56AM Add a comment
SAFe 4.5 Distilled: Applying the Scaled Agile Framework for Lean Enterprises

Mitchell Friedman
Mitchell Friedman is 20% done with SAFe 4.5 Distilled: Applying the Scaled Agile Framework for Lean Enterprises
I've read quite a few software development related books, a number of them quite good. So far this is not one of them. Besides just referencing other books and processes, this book is just buzz word centric. And yet this is still better then my scan of the SAFE reference book. Does this make Scaled Agile bad? A not especially good book does not necessarily make a bad process. Of course I've still got 80% to go.
Mar 17, 2019 10:28PM Add a comment
SAFe 4.5 Distilled: Applying the Scaled Agile Framework for Lean Enterprises

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Mitchell Friedman is on page 205 of 568 of The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
This is a hard read. I'm learning a lot and yet not following everything. And I know I'll be returning it to the library unfinished - it won't renew. But I'll just put it on hold and take another three week chunk out of the book.

And I'm going to pause this one since I've got to return it to the library. Still tough going. But still interesting.
Jan 14, 2019 08:43PM Add a comment
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World

Mitchell Friedman
Mitchell Friedman is on page 129 of 568 of The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
This is a hard read. I'm learning a lot and yet not following everything. And I know I'll be returning it to the library unfinished - it won't renew. But I'll just put it on hold and take another three week chunk out of the book.
Jan 09, 2019 09:43PM Add a comment
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World

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Mitchell Friedman is on page 72 of 221 of The Fifth Risk
The scariest thing I've read in a long long time. And scary enough to stop and make a comment. This is an everyone should read kind of book. I expect it will be hard to keep reading even though it's a really fast read so far.
Jan 09, 2019 09:42PM Add a comment
The Fifth Risk

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Mitchell Friedman is on page 53 of 372 of Traitor's Blade (Greatcoats #1)
A slow fantasy book. It took 53 pages to get to the first rape.
Sep 05, 2018 12:04PM Add a comment
Traitor's Blade (Greatcoats #1)

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Mitchell Friedman is on page 145 of 281 of Stories of Your Life and Others
I have skimmed various reviews and they seem to indicate that the first four short stories are the good ones. I think I should stop now. If I stopped now I'd have to say this was one of the best short story collections I've ever read. All the stories were different and good and deep and interesting.
Jun 09, 2018 09:04AM Add a comment
Stories of Your Life and Others

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Mitchell Friedman is on page 213 of 384 of Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
Book group is in less than twos and I'm still finding excuses not to read this. It'll be a close one.
Jan 07, 2018 11:40PM Add a comment
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)

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Mitchell Friedman is on page 80 of 384 of Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
Somewhat interesting but definitely too weird. There hasn't been a character yet that I cared about. Or a predicament that made sense.
Jan 03, 2018 11:24PM Add a comment
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)

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Mitchell Friedman is on page 30 of 384 of Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
So far it's basically just been meaningless drivel.
Jan 03, 2018 07:42PM Add a comment
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)

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Mitchell Friedman is on page 329 of 432 of Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1)
Brilliant but distasteful and somewhat incoherent. And often just plain torture to read.
Jul 10, 2017 07:24AM Add a comment
Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1)

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Mitchell Friedman is on page 71 of 432 of Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1)
There are some good ideas here. But they are just buried by unnecessary words.
Jul 04, 2017 11:33PM Add a comment
Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1)

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Mitchell Friedman is on page 42 of 432 of Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1)
Wow. This is awful, I hope it can't get worse. Just plain torture to read.
Jul 04, 2017 11:05AM Add a comment
Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1)

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Mitchell Friedman is on page 284 of 352 of The Nightmare Stacks (Laundry Files, #7)
Starts out fine. And then gets slow. And our bad guys are just plain annoying. And I wish it'd just get back to Cassie. And then all of a sudden its stupid and then in utter madcap free-fall but it's hilarious. And it can't end well. But I've already stayed up too long.
Oct 11, 2016 12:14AM Add a comment
The Nightmare Stacks (Laundry Files, #7)

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Mitchell Friedman is on page 20 of 384 of The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
Wow this books starts out completely awful.
Mar 23, 2016 11:31PM Add a comment
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)

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Mitchell Friedman is on page 20 of 384 of The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
Wow this books starts own completely awful.
Mar 23, 2016 11:30PM Add a comment
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)

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Mitchell Friedman added a status update
Goodreads finally added a feature I asked for - though I doubt it was because I asked for it. They added the ability to see the lists anybody created. So you can look at https://www.goodreads.com/list/create... and see all my lists - I only lost one. They have the link as part of https://www.goodreads.com/list with "Lists I Created" - but you can substitute someone else's id pretty easily.
Jul 19, 2015 11:33AM Add a comment

Mitchell Friedman
Mitchell Friedman is on page 658 of 1050 of The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, #7)
this book just plain goes on forever
Mar 31, 2015 12:59PM Add a comment
The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, #7)

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Mitchell Friedman is on page 658 of 1050 of The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, #7)
this book just plains goes on forever
Mar 31, 2015 10:28AM Add a comment
The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, #7)

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Mitchell Friedman added a status update
1400 ratings, 900 reviews - interesting that those zeroes lined up. Also #28 librarian for the week, #57 reviewer for the week, #80 for the month and #61 for the year. So entirely too much time on Goodreads.
Jun 30, 2014 08:46AM Add a comment

Mitchell Friedman
Mitchell Friedman added a status update
So I know I've been reviewing a lot of books, but I guess I know I've pushed it too far when I saw that I was #23 for the week and #17 for the month.

https://www.goodreads.com/user/top_re...

https://www.goodreads.com/user/top_re...

Oh well. Only another week and I'll be back in the office and should drop right back off the lists.
Dec 23, 2013 01:21PM Add a comment

Mitchell Friedman
Mitchell Friedman is on page 117 of 624 of The Amazon Legion
"Women walked funny. Women sling their hips differently from men when they walk. They're made that way. And the rucksacks were made for men, even though the women had small-sized ones. There was no adequate solution to the problem. Carrying a rucksack simply hurt them more."
Apr 01, 2013 09:11PM Add a comment
The Amazon Legion

Mitchell Friedman
Mitchell Friedman is on page 117 of 624 of The Amazon Legion
"Women walked funny. Women sling their hips differently from men when they walk. They're made that way. And the rucksacks were made for men, even though the women had small-sized ones. There was no adequate solution to the problem. Carrying a rucksack simply hurt them more."
Apr 01, 2013 08:03PM Add a comment
The Amazon Legion

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