The Lotus and the Cross by Ravi Zacharias

Interesting, but didn't really clarify the issues. It raised problems for Buddhism well but because of the style, was ethereal. This made it enjoyable to read. A certain artfulness of writing.

The Summons by John Grisham

A good story with more cleverness than it seems. Clues are freely offered and easily ignored. About jumping to conclusions and being comfortable and overconfident and being afraid of the wrong things.

Fifth Business by Robertson Davies

Well-written story with some subtlety and a Canadian view. Exotic characters and psychological insight. Deals with family dysfunction, home and community love, ambition, guilt, identity. A good if not great book.

The Lady Tasting Tea by David Salsburg

A really great book about statistics, very interesting, raised many fundamental questions. A tour de force, I think. Unique.

Acid Tongues and Tranquil Dreamers by Michael White

The usual Leibnitz-Newton stories and many others. The Darwin ones were to me slanted and tedious. Not particularly interesting, though a lot of research is apparent.

E = mc2 by David Bodanis

A really neat book about a great subject, well-written, well-executed. Discusses Einstein and many other people involved. Explains the elements of the equation in an engaging way. Is full of interesting asides, such as why WWI ships have their metal used on moon probes (low background radiation in pre-Hiroshima steel). That 1.8 billion years ago, some natural uranium deposits had gone critical because a natural aquifer had slowed neutrons and caused a reaction in Gabon near the Oklo river. It talks about the destruction of the Norway heavy water plant stopping the German A-bomb effort. Numerous excellent references. A very good book - a delight.

Big Red by Douglas C. Waller

A good submarine book about the Nebraska, a Trident missile sub and its captain and crew. Mostly about people and the mission and some about the boat. About living on board, stress on family, and the jobs and aspirations. Amazingly complex, quite dangerous, constant drills keep things on edge. Even the skipper is constantly being tested. A sub travels thousands of miles blind, just listening to avoid colliding with something. A scary thought.