{"id":1314,"date":"2018-12-30T23:18:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T23:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shufflecloud.com\/lesstraveledtales\/?p=1314"},"modified":"2019-05-07T23:41:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T23:41:06","slug":"what-im-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shufflecloud.com\/lesstraveledtales\/2018\/12\/30\/what-im-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Reading&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>READING<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1417\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shufflecloud.com\/lesstraveledtales\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/12\/Bad-Blood.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"197\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>This account of what happened behind the scenes of Theranos, a Silicon Valley start-up that went from a $9 Billion valuation to worthless is mind-boggling. The amount of &#8220;looking the other way&#8221; that was going on is nuts, and makes you wonder: I<em>s anyone paying attention to anything<\/em>?<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>READING<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1319\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shufflecloud.com\/lesstraveledtales\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/12\/Waking-Up-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>Sam Harris has written a handful of books covering various topics, but this is the first I&#8217;ve attempted to tackle. &#8220;Attempted&#8221; is a solid word choice here because Sam is uber-intelligent and not an author whose ideas you can retain without full focus. I&#8217;m an avid listener of his podcast, <em>Waking Up with Sam Harris<\/em>, and have been for a few years now. Sam&#8217;s a controversial figure, but you don&#8217;t have to agree with every point he argues to find his discussions enlightening. I recommend this book as well as his podcast, but have a dictionary handy for reference!<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>JUST READ<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1318\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shufflecloud.com\/lesstraveledtales\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/12\/Woman-In-The-Window-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.shufflecloud.com\/lesstraveledtales\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/12\/Woman-In-The-Window-215x300.jpg 215w, http:\/\/www.shufflecloud.com\/lesstraveledtales\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/12\/Woman-In-The-Window.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The spirit of Alfred Hitchcock is alive and well in this psychological thriller by A.J. Finn. The story is being adapted for theaters in a movie starring Amy Adams as the female lead. It&#8217;s set for release in 2019. Personally, I&#8217;m imagining Emily Blunt in the role as I read, but only because she&#8217;s played a similar character well, in my opinion, in the film version of <em>The Girl On The Train<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The spirit of Alfred Hitchcock is alive and well in this psychological thriller by A.J. 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