I'm reading 'The Moneychangers' by Arthur Hailey.. very interesting so far. Basically shows the reader the politics that go on inside of a major bank.
Don't read as much as I used to when I was younger but one in a while I'll dive into something that interests me. Ready Player One I thought was fantastic. Heard Spielberg is gonna be doing the movie based off the book. Basically a treasure hunt set in a virtual world with LOTS of 80s pop culture reference. Really enjoyed that one.
Now I'm reading school stuff. "Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies" is an ethnography that looks at the stories behind some of the (mostly illegal) workers who come to the US to pick fruits that we consume on the cheap in the USA. "Genome" is a look at the function and history surrounding one gene on each of the chromosomes 1-22. "Lullaby" is a story about a writer who keeps noticing that in crib death cases there's a particular book of nursery rhymes present at the scene.
Egghead. Yeah, I know I am being inconsistent with the insults. The only stuff I get to read now are either children books for my kid or professional stuff (so, software development stuff). I love the second group better. Did you know that most modern-ish children books are crap and most old-timey are creepy/potentially traumatizing? So, mostly Dr. Seuss. P.S. Apparently I need a thesaurus. Badly. Or some other stuff.
Tell me about it. I have two sons (3 and 4.5 years old) and both love having books read to them. From the two options you mentioned, I usually go for the modernish crap . On topic - recently I've read a book written by one of the evil empire's representatives - Bob Cousy on the C bag Mystique. I was walking the street of my beloved city and saw a guy selling old books from the floor, and decided to give it a shot. As expected, it was trash lol. He made a few interesting points in it though, I will try to come back and address them later when I have more time...
Nah, I'm going to borrow it to some friends, only to make them realize just how pathetic and big-headed the c-bags are. For some reason, all my buddies who are into BB want to read it.
I just noticed there is clearly a deficit of BS Garbage signs on this page, I'm going to make another post just to improve this factor
I want to read more. But I know I won't do it on my own free will when I have the alternative of mindless videogames and TV. I know I should just man up and use some willpower, but it's easier said than done. So with that said, I've realized I really wanna go back to school. Be in a structured environment where I have to read things that I already know I have an intellectual curiosity for.
"The Body Keeps the Score" by Bessel Van Der Kolk. A pretty comprehensive book on psychological trauma and how it effects the body and mind.
I JUST started it, so i'm not sure. But it does seem very readable so far, with almost no jargon. If you're interested in a similar book, I HIGHLY recommend "The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, By Bruce Perry. It's very enlightening in terms of conceptualizing trauma for both the layperson and the psychology scholar. It's a VERY easy read, yet blows your mind with science.
Sacred Ground by Eboo Patel.. Patel founded the Interfaith Youth Core, and at my University, I'm leading Interfaith Advocates and we're a chapter of IFYC, so I'm trying to learn how to be a better interfaith leader. Pretty great book with lots of great storytelling.
The Bible Unearthed - Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman. It's interesting, if like me you don't think the early books of the Bible especially can be taken literally or even a somewhat accurate historical account, but wonder about some deeper theories behind its writing. Nobody can ever know for sure, but I appreciate efforts like this to come up with new theories and ideas.
So trying to read 50 books this entire year is turning out to be a very difficult task. It's easily doable with shorter books but most of the books I want to read are rather long. This month was rather difficult with life stuff to deal with but I got around to reading a couple. "Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom" and "The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch", mostly life lessons sort of books, interesting reads. Quick but I did spend some time highlighting stuff. Got through the 3 Walking Dead Compendiums, essentially consists of issue 1-144. And now I'm starting book 1 of The Broken Empire series by Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns.
