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Marcus K.

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Grady Hendrix: The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (Paperback, 2021, Quirk Books) 4 stars

Steel Magnolias meets Dracula in this '90s-set horror novel about a women's book club that …

Review of "The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires" on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

A good fun thriller, I enjoyed it. There is not as much on the horror and vampires, a few good scenes, but mostly about the families and what happens when a vampire comes to the prim-and-proper suburbs in the South.

Grady Hendrix: The Final Girl Support Group (Hardcover, 2021, Berkley Books) 5 stars

A fast-paced, thrilling horror novel that follows a group of heroines to die for, from …

Review of 'The Final Girl Support Group' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Initially seeing the book I loved the premise, and it lived up to it. A really fun book, an homage to horror movies with a similar fun style as Scream or even Cabin in the Woods. I blew through it in two days, if you enjoy horror movies, I definitely recommend it.

Review of 'Two Beats Ahead' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

In one sense it is your typical business book talking about innovation, collaboration, and creativity. However, what sets this book apart is that the stories and anecdotes are told through music and the artists and producers that create it. This book connects the innovation and creativity in music as sources of inspiration for how businesses can change and adapt.

Two Beats Ahea is a refreshing business book in a saturated market stuck retelling the same stories of innovation and start-ups.

Tom Kelley: Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All 4 stars

Review of 'Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

A good overview of the design process used at IDEO and Stanford's design school. The main tenet is that everyone is creative and tapping into this can unleash great gains.

I'm not sure how much new I got out of it, human-centered design and fast prototyping aren't new concepts for me. It's good to reinforce and one of the last chapters includes some exercises that might be useful.

> Creative confidence is about believing in your ability to create change in the world around you.

> Belief in your creative capacity lies at the heart of innovation.

> Doubts in one’s creative ability can be cured by guiding people through a series of small successes.