Today I'm sharing the best book I read in January.
Of the nine books I read this month, I had two 5-star reads:
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
One of these was a reread (and my
Best of the Bunch back in September 2021) so I'm going with the other one this time around!
Bad Blood was an utterly fascinating work of narrative nonfiction by the journalist who broke the story that led to Theranos' demise. Admittedly I missed the media buzz around Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes when it was happening, but I found this a great read even without any background knowledge going in. Carreyrou chooses an interesting way to structure the book, mostly opting to have each chapter focus on a single employee from their start at Theranos to their disillusionment and eventual departure, using the different stories to share different parts of the company's machinations and move the story forward in time. Then, just as the book was starting to feel a bit repetitive, Carreyrou's own role in the events commences and lends a propulsive air of tension to the plot as he tries to expose the company while he and his sources are threatened at every turn. This one lived up to the hype for me and was a great book to kick off my 2025 reading!
What is the best book you read this month? Let me know in comments, or write your own post and link up below!
Looking back:
One year ago I was reading:
Demon Copperhead,
The Secret Keepers, and
The Bad Guys in They're Bee-Hind You!
Five years ago I was reading:
Call Down the Hawk,
Activist Theology, and
Dreams from My Father
Ten years ago I was reading:
If I Stay,
Hyperbole and a Half, and
Heidi
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