the last book you read thread

[carendt242]

i'd be interested to see what people are reading and what they thought of the book they read.

i'll kick it off: i finished 3 books on my recent london/paris trip:

1. In the Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
An excellent (long) book about monks in the 14th century, trying to solve a mystery using the Scholastic method. Umberto is a genius and I'm sure a lot of references passed over my head; but an easier fun mystery read w/ enough serious literary topics to hold my interest.

2. Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
A crazy post-modern tale that barely held my interest. There were interesting themes - authenticity of the text, interpretation of the reader, and more; but the "mystery" of the poem kept putting me to sleep on the train. I'm sure the book could be re-read many times though, revealing something new each time.

3. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
I saw Old Country and i liked the sparseness of it, the frontier aspect, and the moral in-ambiguities. The Road is very similar - a sparse tale with some rather evocative language at times. It reminded me of Mad Max meets Lone Wolf and Cub (for the comics fans.)


- chuck

[E46_Project]

Started reading The Millionaire Mind but I felt like it was just repeating the same idea over and over which is "rich people do not need luxury cars or other expensive toys"

I will just stick to reading L4P

[whitlock]

Great idea, I'm always looking for a new book to read. A friend just gave me a couple classic business books, one I've read and the other I'm reading now. I've read:

- The Richest Man in Babylon. George S. Clason
Great inspirational book that takes a collection of pamphlets written by Clason in the late 20's regarding thrift and financial success. I compared myself to some of the characters and took away some good points. This should be a definite read.

I'm reading:
- Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and William Ury.
So far struggling through this one. Kind of dull but we will see as I'm only a quarter of the way through it.

[GodSpeed]

Miguel Ruiz' - The 4 Agreements
A surgeon who returned to his roots postulates about 4 principles that cover almost all of life's impasses.

Edward De Bono - Teaching Your Child to Think
Author of the Six Thinking Hats, De Bono gets into the pragmatic approach to getting a child to not just think critically, but to think in context.
- Creatively when appropriate
- Decisively when appropriate
- Devil's Advocate when appropriate
etc...

Good stuff.

My mom was a librarian for 13 years so I have read too much, & that is why my manTV is 110"... LOL
L in IL

[Carb0n Fiber]

Catcher in the rye.

[boxstergirlie01]

i read excellence magazine.

[MTK]

Two, VERY different books

The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
By Carlos Castaneda



Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High
by Geoffrey A Moore

[BIG LUV]

This book is quite the eye opener.


I haven't finished this one yet.....

[BSM]

Shantaram
by Gregory David Roberts

A semi-autobiographical tale of an escaped Autralian convict and herion addict (the author) who finds himself in the center of the chaos of Bombay's underground (and elswhere, including fighting w/ the mujaheddin in Afghanistan). There is some debate as to how much of the story is fiction vs non-fiction (a lot of which is documented, some of which is not), but it is an amazing read nonetheless, esp for anyone who's ever traveled to Bombay.

The book is a best-seller OUTSIDE of the US, and Johnny Depp is working on the movie adaptation of the book scheduled to be released sometime in 2009 or 2010.

http://www.shantaram.com/

[Ohio Speed]

Deception Point - Dan Brown - Another Crazy Dan Brown book about government cover ups.

Good to Great - Jim collins - A good book about making a company that lasts. It kept my attention but made me want to open a pie shoppe. one of those business books "everyone" has to read. Take that with a grain of salt though.