Posted by alexg

I have been waiting for this book to arrive for quite a while now. I was a bit dissapointed to find out that the mailman had come by to deliver the book but no one was home. So he/she left a pickup slip so I can go to the main office. So I go and what happens next? “They have misplaced it”.   I really wanted the book as I was heading to Las vegas the next day, which is about a 4 hour drive from Los Angeles. In my last attempt of attaining the book, I was successful.

Now, I have read most of the Warren Buffett books out there. Most of them had the same information on them, but Snowball blows all the other Warren Buffett books away. Think you have read everything about Warren Buffett, think again. Snowball is filled with tons of new information. Granted, I have read through the first 8 chapters. Unlike some amazon reviewers, I am taking my time and soaking the information.

The Presentation

The book is HUGE (900+ pages). The paper quality is not that great but who cares!

Some early chapter information

I wont give too much away but from the top of my head here are some talking points.

• Warren Buffett’s 1999 Sun Valley speech  at the height of the tech bubble. Warren reiterates Ben Graham’s idea of stocks being a voting machine in the short term and a weighing maching in the long term.
• Early Buffett family history
• Warren Buffett’s childhood struggles with his moms “blowups”
• Warren’s fascination with numbers and the creation of the “bathtub game”
• Warren trying to get his neighbor to invest 10K in his partnership.

There is a ton of information in the early chapters. I cannot wait to continue reading this book.  I checked out the Amazon.com reviews today and 19 out of 19 have rated this book 5 starts ( out of a 5 star rating system). I would give this book a 10 out of 5. Its that good!