You Might Be A Zombie

You Might Be a Zombie
and other bad news
by the editors of  Cracked.com

If you have a Facebook and a good amount of friends I'm sure you've seen a link to Cracked.com pop up once or twice a week. It will be link to some funny list of weird facts written with a slightly immature (read guy centered) sense of humor. For example "Five ways Abraham Lincoln was a badass mutant" Well this book is the book form of that website. With chapter titles like; 'Five stories of Jesus' childhood that were cut from the bible (To avoid an NC-117 Rating)', 'Four Great women buried by their boobs', and 'Five beloved U.S. Presidents the modern media would never let into the White House'. That last one actually annoyed me because it bothers me how little a persons message has to do with them getting elected. What if Barack Obama wasn't elected because of his message of but instead because he was younger, taller, better looking, and had a more pleasant speaking voice than McCain? (I personally didn't vote for either but am bothered that a good guy with a good plan would lose simply be cause he wasn't camera friendly.)

I very much enjoyed this book but I did skip quit a few parts that didn't grab my attention and I felt some of their facts may have been a bit off but what ever.

Score: 8/10 due to the fact that I skipped parts.

The 50th Law

The 50th Law
By
50 Cent &
Robert Greene

Going into the book I was already familiar somewhat with the works of Robert Greene. I had already had a look at his other works The 48 laws of power and The art of Seduction. I would describe his works as the application of social psychology with historical examples. As for 50 Cent I knew he was some sort of rapper but I was not familiar with his works or his career.

The book itself looks like a small bible. The cover is a black plastic like material the words are stamped in gold on the cover. The edged of the pages are rough and have a gold tint. The only artwork on the cover is three pictures of a sword (the same sword 3 times once on each cover and again on the spine). The only words other than the title and authors appears on the back cover at the top it says in Latin "nihil timendum est" and below the picture of a sword in English "fear nothing" It is in my opinion supposed to be a bible of power.

The contents of the book is split into ten chapters, each being an important aspect of the struggle for power. Every chapter starts with story of a struggle 50 Cent faced on his path to power. Then there is a quote by 50 Cent followed by an explanation of how being fearless in this area leads to success. Next there is a few examples using historical figure illustrating various way the concept of the chapter was successfully used. Lastly there is a breakdown of how the core concept of the chapter is negatively viewed by modern society. Each chapter ends with historical quote the person most quoted being Machiavelli,

I like the book myself and highly recommended it to anyone with ambition. Its well written and easy to read, if I had to put it on a school based reading level I'd say an 8th grader would have no trouble reading and understanding this book. It didn't take me that long to read it maybe 6 distraction free hours. As for re-readability I think its they type of book you read every few years not because you want to but to refresh its messages in your mind.

Favorite Quote: There is no knowledge that is not Power.- 50 Cent

Score 8/10 (It just feels like an 8)

Introductory Post

Well I like to read A LOT, I also recently realized that reviewing things was something I enjoyed. And from these things this Blog was born. The posts will be erratic at best, I will post when ever I finish a book, and the topics and styles of the books will vary quiet a bit. I will end a review with a score on a 1-10 scale. 1 meaning I hated the book. 10 meaning I loved it. If I can't finish a book, meaning I quit reading it voluntarily, it will not receive higher than a 3, if I skipped sections of the book it will not revive higher than an 8. Well I hope you all will enjoy. The book I'm reading now and will be my first review is "The 50th Law" by Robert Greene and 50 Cent.