Comments on: The Investment Zoo by Stephen Jarislowsky

By: Mr. Cheap

Mr. Cheap — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:40:46 +0000

John: That’s certainly a thought. I no longer live in Toronto, but giving to my local library might be something I could get behind.

By: John

John — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:52:44 +0000

For charitable giving, how about giving to the Toronto Public Library?

By: U.S. Philip Morris Wants To Buy Canada’s Rothmans

U.S. Philip Morris Wants To Buy Canada’s Rothmans — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:41:22 +0000

[...] didn’t bite at $30.� The famous Canadian investor Stephen Jarislowsky (author of “The Investment Zoo“)’s company owns 13% of Rothmans, and he’s known for holding out for high prices [...]

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Vasile — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:09:55 +0000

About Toronto Public Library: go to http://www.tpl.toronto.on.ca/, login with your card # and your password (usually the last 4 digits of you phone number) and go to My Account. You can put a hold on a book, to be delivered (when available) to a specified branch. Because for popular items there is usually a waiting list, you will get a phone call when the book is waiting for you on the shelf I’m not sure if you can “order” new books in the library, it would be really nice for the readers but expensive for the library.

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Mr. Cheap — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:54:37 +0000

Whenever someone posts a book review to Slashdot, some of the nimrods there start arguing about whether its actually a review or not.

My feeling is that whether you provide a synopsis of the book, paraphrase a few of the key concepts, or even just write about some of the ideas you had while you read the book its all good.

Maybe people will avoid my reviews too, oh-well .

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FourPillars — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:40:59 +0000

Good point.

So far I’ve found book reviews to be quite difficult to put together, not sure why. I think if I really analyze a book, I might end up with a 5000 word post. If I just look at a few ideas in the book I feel like I’m not necessarily covering that well.

The last book I read/reviewed, I put stickies in the book during the reading which contained important points. I found that helped a lot when doing the review.

Mike

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Mr. Cheap — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:28:58 +0000

Mike: In terms of book reviews, I think its probably a good exercise to “cement” what you’ve learned from the book. If someone can’t write up a few thoughts about the central ideas of the book and his own thoughts based on those, he probably hasn’t read thoughtful enough to retain much of what its saying.

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Mr. Cheap — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:23:35 +0000

Yeah, I’ve ordered a bunch of books from the system to be delivered to my local library too! Really great!!!

I’m *sure* there’s a way to request new books (my mother does it at our small town library all the time). If anyone figures out how to do it for the Toronto library system, please post a comment here!

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FourPillars — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:05:12 +0000

Thanks for the review, I’ll check out that book.

I like doing book reviews (and love reading them) but I get the feeling that most of my readers probably ignore them. Oh well, their loss!

I just got a library card as well about a month ago – a rather amazing invention.
You can order any book you want in their system – not sure if you can request a book they don’t have. They will deliver it to your requested branch or put you on a waiting list. You can check the status of the request online and you’ll receive an automated phone call letting you know when the book is at your branch. I haven’t done it myself but my wife does it all the time.

Mike