Read thru the Hunger Games trilogy this year...don't judge.
Also enjoy the Steve Jobs autobiography, was good to read how cut-throat (and all the other business slangs) he was..as oppose to the flowery picture Apple fan-boys like to pain him as.
Boomerang by Michael Lewis was another good one this past year as well
Got hooked on Christopher Moore late 2010...so went through a bunch of that, including Lamb, for a second time. Abe Lincoln-Vampire Hunter was great. I also try to knock a few off the "100 Greatest Books" ever written (Easton Press collectors) list. The past year included David Copperfield and Moby Dick and a few others.
i don't read fiction. i feel that the vast majority of fiction novels are horribly boring. that being said, the following are some of the novels that are mandatory reads for my classes (keep in mind, i have no say in what books we use):
Of Mice and Men (so depressing but still a good book)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time (excellent book, very easy read - probably could finish it in a day)
Tuesday's With Morrie (if you enjoy reading about some guy dying slowly i guess you'll like this one - incredibly boring)
King Lear (Shakespeare - need i say more?)
The Cat's Eye (oh my god Atwood makes me want to cut out my own eyes just so i don't have to read her crap any more - this one is so beyond boring it needs a new category)
the most recent novels i've read and somewhat enjoyed were the dexter series. i didn't actually finish the last one (i believe there are four or five of them - maybe more now), but they were all pretty interesting. i will warn you that some of them are quite gruesome and graphic though.
i mostly read philosophy text books with a few cultural studies ones thrown in here and there. i'm assuming no one is interested in that crap though.
EDIT: @DrTyore: 1984 and Catcher are both great novels. You should add Brave New World if you like 1984.
"Introduction to Game Theory" and "Struck by Lightning". First is self explanatory, the second is an interesting read about probability and the Law of Big Numbers.
I received the Stieg Larson series for Xmas (the girl with/who...). I'm halfway through the second one and I'm enjoying them so far. For non fiction, I recently read Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein which was interesting and quite troubling. She describes how several capitalists use catastrophies and tragedies to force nations to privatize everything, allowing them to scoop it up at huge cost to the citizens of these nations. I also read Dawkins' the Greatest Show on Earth about evolution. An incredibly informative read albeit a little slow and dry at times.
I received the Stieg Larson series for Xmas (the girl with/who...). I'm halfway through the second one and I'm enjoying them so far. For non fiction, I recently read Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein which was interesting and quite troubling. She describes how several capitalists use catastrophies and tragedies to force nations to privatize everything, allowing them to scoop it up at huge cost to the citizens of these nations. I also read Dawkins' the Greatest Show on Earth about evolution. An incredibly informative read albeit a little slow and dry at times.
Read No Logo by Klein . . . compleat socialist claptrap. I am going to assume that Shock Doctrine is more of the same. Millenium series by Larrson wa AWESOME. I bought the original DVDs as a result and loved 'em.
Millenium was good. Trying to read game of thrones, so confused
I read the first of the series years back... song of ice and fire I think it was called? Didn't care for it myself. I hear the show is amazing though.
For the Fiction fans, Terry Goodkind's "Sword of Truth" series is probably the best I've read. If you saw the abomination that was "Legend of the Seeker" tv series, PLEASE do yourself a favour and read the books
I read the first of the series years back... song of ice and fire I think it was called? Didn't care for it myself. I hear the show is amazing though.
For the Fiction fans, Terry Goodkind's "Sword of Truth" series is probably the best I've read. If you saw the abomination that was "Legend of the Seeker" tv series, PLEASE do yourself a favour and read the books
Mark
If you like Terry Goodkind the next book you should read is the Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams...best modern fantasy I can think of. (and I like Sword of Truth a lot). I'll eat my hat* if you don't like it.
*and by hat I mean a chocolate bar, preferably a Crunchie.
Stephen King- Under The Dome.
A small town is cutoff from the rest of the world when an invisible and impervious dome comes to rest over top of it. Carnage ensues both before people know that the dome is there (ie. planes crashing into it, trucks driving into it) and after once the panic sets in and people choose sides. A mammoth book, highly entertaining and intriguing.
Stephen King- 11/22/63.
A man goes back in time in order to prevent JFK's assassination. Another engrossing door stopper of a book.
Bill Warren- Keep Watching The Skies.
A book dedicated to reviews of Science Fiction movies from the 1950's. I love me 1950's sci-fi movies
malcoms first 2 books are stellar to...blink is a must read for poker players i think.....also emotional intelligence should be mandatory for everyone and is recommended by pros in pretty much any field....
Read No Logo by Klein . . . compleat socialist claptrap. I am going to assume that Shock Doctrine is more of the same.
Interesting view point. Point out one argument from the book that was wrong though. I've asked a few people who've said this to do the same and they usually look confused and walk away. Don't disappoint me here super milo. I am truly looking for intelligent counter point and not trying to shit disturb.
Okay, first of all, it was more than a few years ago that I read it. Second, I no longer have it. It takes a lot for me to dispose of a book, so judge that how you will.
As for an argument in the book that is wrong, I would have to re-read it first. I just find the whole anti-globalization meme to be silly. That ship has sailed . . . and the majority support it with every laptop, iPad, and Smartphone they purchase.
Also, "super" Milo? Really?
Did a quick Google hunt . . . here's a rebuttal for Ms. Klein.
The article is over 10 years old . . . for the proof of some of the author's comments about consumer's setting the agenda, I would offer up Whole Foods, Newman's Own as examples.
"super" cuz I knew you wouldn't disappoint. Wasn't trying to be a douche.
Totally agree with the anti-global twat community that sprang up around this book as being way over the top and a caricature of itself but the book itself is spot on in that the choices we make with each laptop iPad etc have a direct effect on other people in the world. It will be interesting to see what happens to the inflation rate once we run out of countries in which we can fuck over the population for our cheap consumer goods.
But anywho enough rhetoric and opinion spouting, back to business.
Probably the most expensive book ever due to ancillary purchases associated with it,
Whiskeypedia - a gazzetteer of scotch whisky, Charles Maclean.
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So I'll go with Zombie, Ohio for 2011
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Also enjoy the Steve Jobs autobiography, was good to read how cut-throat (and all the other business slangs) he was..as oppose to the flowery picture Apple fan-boys like to pain him as.
Boomerang by Michael Lewis was another good one this past year as well
Always loved the guy in the ring, his first book was a blast and this one was great too.
Other than that, I don't think I read too many books, aside from Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series or JD Robb's In Death series.
"Wetlands" - Charlotte Roche was not.
There are books I try to read once a year - 1984 and Catcher in the Rye.
Mark
- Of Mice and Men (so depressing but still a good book)
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time (excellent book, very easy read - probably could finish it in a day)
- Tuesday's With Morrie (if you enjoy reading about some guy dying slowly i guess you'll like this one - incredibly boring)
- King Lear (Shakespeare - need i say more?)
- The Cat's Eye (oh my god Atwood makes me want to cut out my own eyes just so i don't have to read her crap any more - this one is so beyond boring it needs a new category)
the most recent novels i've read and somewhat enjoyed were the dexter series. i didn't actually finish the last one (i believe there are four or five of them - maybe more now), but they were all pretty interesting. i will warn you that some of them are quite gruesome and graphic though.i mostly read philosophy text books with a few cultural studies ones thrown in here and there. i'm assuming no one is interested in that crap though.
EDIT: @DrTyore: 1984 and Catcher are both great novels. You should add Brave New World if you like 1984.
+1
Catcher in the Rye was the first book i read outside of curriculum in high school. Probably read it 50 x's since.
Now i revisit Henry Miller's tropic of capricorn and Kerouac's the dharma bums
Greatest show on earth was my 2nd fav....
Started it, lost it in a move somewhere, also Fahrenheit 451 was the same deal. Thanks for the reminder though, library trip soon methinks.
Mark
I read the first of the series years back... song of ice and fire I think it was called? Didn't care for it myself. I hear the show is amazing though.
For the Fiction fans, Terry Goodkind's "Sword of Truth" series is probably the best I've read. If you saw the abomination that was "Legend of the Seeker" tv series, PLEASE do yourself a favour and read the books
Mark
If you like Terry Goodkind the next book you should read is the Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams...best modern fantasy I can think of. (and I like Sword of Truth a lot). I'll eat my hat* if you don't like it.
*and by hat I mean a chocolate bar, preferably a Crunchie.
A small town is cutoff from the rest of the world when an invisible and impervious dome comes to rest over top of it. Carnage ensues both before people know that the dome is there (ie. planes crashing into it, trucks driving into it) and after once the panic sets in and people choose sides. A mammoth book, highly entertaining and intriguing.
Stephen King- 11/22/63.
A man goes back in time in order to prevent JFK's assassination. Another engrossing door stopper of a book.
Bill Warren- Keep Watching The Skies.
A book dedicated to reviews of Science Fiction movies from the 1950's. I love me 1950's sci-fi movies
The Psychopath Test: An interesting read about what and who psychopaths are in society.
The Accident: I had never read anything by Linwood Barclay. He writes a really good suspense/thriller novel and is Canadian.
I could not get enough of this one.
Thissss. I dont really read but I finished these in like 3 days.
What is about?
You can read?
There was lots of pictures tho.
1. Think Like a Grandmaster.
2. Zen and the Art of Archery.
They will improve your game more than 90% of poker books.
They will teach you how to think.
Interesting view point. Point out one argument from the book that was wrong though. I've asked a few people who've said this to do the same and they usually look confused and walk away. Don't disappoint me here super milo. I am truly looking for intelligent counter point and not trying to shit disturb.
As for an argument in the book that is wrong, I would have to re-read it first. I just find the whole anti-globalization meme to be silly. That ship has sailed . . . and the majority support it with every laptop, iPad, and Smartphone they purchase.
Also, "super" Milo? Really?
Did a quick Google hunt . . . here's a rebuttal for Ms. Klein.
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=770992
The article is over 10 years old . . . for the proof of some of the author's comments about consumer's setting the agenda, I would offer up Whole Foods, Newman's Own as examples.
Totally agree with the anti-global twat community that sprang up around this book as being way over the top and a caricature of itself but the book itself is spot on in that the choices we make with each laptop iPad etc have a direct effect on other people in the world. It will be interesting to see what happens to the inflation rate once we run out of countries in which we can fuck over the population for our cheap consumer goods.
But anywho enough rhetoric and opinion spouting, back to business.
Probably the most expensive book ever due to ancillary purchases associated with it,
Whiskeypedia - a gazzetteer of scotch whisky, Charles Maclean.