Book Review: Snowball (The Warren Buffett Book)

Before I start reviewing Snowball by Alice Shroeder, the book all about Warren Buffett's life, let's take a look at one of the reviews (via Amazon)


"In The Snowball, novice biographer Alice Schroeder gives us one of the most detailed, candid life stories ever published…It is almost impossible to stop reading.”

Pretty normal sounding quote, right? Except it's source is the Christian Science Monitor.


Am I the only one who thinks this is hilarious? Why the fuck does the Christian Science Monitor even have an opinion of this book?


Stay tuned when the Monitor gives us their "2 thumbs way, way up" review about this little literary masterpiece. Okay, maybe not.


Back to Buffett. Instead of doing boring shit like outlining the plot, or talking about metaphors and other stuff I really don't understand the meaning of, you just get random bullet points.

• When Warren was a teenager, him and a friend stole a shitload of golf balls from Sears, among other stuff. Yep, he was bad-ass!
• It's pretty well known by now that Warren's wife Susie lived in San Franscisco, while he lived in Omaha with Astrid Menks. This is obviously a little fucked up, and the book doesn't delve into what I think is the real issue here-- were there any kinky threesomes?
• If there was, atta boy Warren! (High five)
• The stuff on Soloman bored the shit outta me. Everything else in the book was gold.
• Charlie Munger is probably as cool as Buffett. I bet he's even a little more hilarious.
• Not that this has anything to do with the book, but have you seen how short Liz Claman's skirt was that time she interviewed Warren? Here's a peek.
• That Liz Claman pic was in this thread here. While I think every straight male CNBC watcher likes Becky Quick, these guys are taking it a little too far.
• Speaking of CNBC and having absolutely nothing to do with Warren Buffett, stay tuned for when I shit on Jim Cramer in a later post.

Let's wrap this thing up, okay?

I really recommend Snowball. While it isn't really that rich on business advice, it's very entertaining, an easy read and it delves into the complex personality of a man who's been perhaps a little unfairly labeled as simple.

Rating: 4 Becky Quick heads out of 5