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“Now did you think it all through? All these things will catch up to you…” (Double bingo)

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

October 20, 2024 by Malin Leave a Comment

Nowhere Book Bingo: From a genre you’ve never read (true crime) CBR16 Bingo: Fiasco (Theranos was a massive fraud and a fiasco) I’ve owned this book since 2020 and am pretty sure I picked it up in an e-book sale because of the many Cannonball reviews I’ve read about it over the years. Not being particularly interested in the tech world or medical science, and certainly, not someone who reads a lot of business news, I didn’t really hear about this case as it was […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Mystery, Non-Fiction Tagged With: audio book, bad blood: secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, CBR16, cbr16bingo, fiasco, fraud, intimidation, investigate journalism, John carreyrou, Malin, non fiction, Nowhere Book Bingo, tech, Theranos, true crime, Will Damron

Malin's CBR16 Review No:59 · Genres: Audiobooks, Mystery, Non-Fiction · Tags: audio book, bad blood: secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, CBR16, cbr16bingo, fiasco, fraud, intimidation, investigate journalism, John carreyrou, Malin, non fiction, Nowhere Book Bingo, tech, Theranos, true crime, Will Damron ·
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Investigative essays on various topics. Most of them were great.

September 7, 2017 by narfna Leave a Comment

The Devil & Sherlock Holmes is a collection of David Grann’s investigative journalism, covering a wide range of topics (though, as the subtitle of this book suggests, he is a bit fixated on stories of murder, madness and obsession, particularly the latter). David Grann is very good at what he does, and this collection is proof of that. All the essays in this book have been previously published in newspapers and magazines, including the two essays that gave the inspiration for the mashed-up title (“Mysterious […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: David Grann, essays, investigate journalism, journalism, narfna, Non-Fiction, tales of murder madness and obsession, the devil & sherlock holmes

narfna's CBR9 Review No:73 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: David Grann, essays, investigate journalism, journalism, narfna, Non-Fiction, tales of murder madness and obsession, the devil & sherlock holmes ·
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