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currently reading
just recently have been reading quite a bit, after hardly not at all except work stuff for a few years.
right now, im actually reading 3 books, sort of.
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rather meh. im almost done. not my type of book, only reading it because it was 1$ at a book sale and i'd seen it on must read lists. its not that. i've got 40 pages to go and i feel like im still waiting for the book to get going. some cool parts here or there, but not what i was hoping.
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this one's way out there for me. its a bit of a precursor to sex and the city... not exactly going to sell people on the book but reading it you can tell that they completely ripped jung off. i hate her 1/2 the time, but it is pretty funny / interesting as well at times. the author is of the 'batshit crazy ho bag' variety of female, which perhaps is under represented in the literary ranks.
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this book is kicking my ass. i've read about 100 pages, and maybe a third of them i was completely lost. sparknotes.com is pretty much required rider. painful to read sometimes, but its almost universally considered the best book fo the 20th century, which is why i wanted to read it. im somewhat optimistic that its getting easier to read.
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When Corporations Rule the World
- David Korten
Better than I expected.
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I'm reading The Invisible Gorilla at the moment.
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just finished city of z. not very good.
howeva, it was my toilet reading material, meaning i need something new. any suggestions? for that task, i prefer something light and non fiction.
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Sam Harris' The Moral Landscape is light (sadly) and non-fiction. It's not very good but it's new (came out in Oct 2010)
The History of Money is good until it gets to modern finance.
The Riddle of the Compass: The Invention that Changed the World is both good and light. I read it, literally, while walking around Boston with a couple of girls who where mind-numbingly boring.
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Sam Harris' The Moral Landscape is light (sadly) and non-fiction. It's not very good but it's new (came out in Oct 2010)
The History of Money is good until it gets to modern finance.
The Riddle of the Compass: The Invention that Changed the World is both good and light. I read it, literally, while walking around Boston with a couple of girls who where mind-numbingly boring.
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Sam Harris seems to be at his best when he's really pissed off about something.
I read "Under The Banner of Heaven" recently and was ... just really freaked out. Great book, but it changed how I look at Mormons.
Now I'm reading Lord of the Rings again.