I’m always on the lookout for cool new (or new-to-me) books to read. After receiving Baked In for Christmas, I’ve already gobbled up this smart marketing book. It’s a short read but it’s chock full of interesting case studies on companies that “get” the new marketing model (I was excited to see one of my past clients mentioned!). Right now I've just finished Susan Jane Gilman’s hilarious memoir Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven. Next up is The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Creating a Web-Based Business, which was recommended by someone I interviewed a few weeks ago. What have you read recently? Anything you’d care to recommend?Flickr photo courtesy of Dawn Endico
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I'm reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson. Just started it. Very intriguing.
Hi, I am reading the Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. I am spending a wonderful time ! I am impressed by her writing and also all this novel meaning. I read also the three novels by Steig Larsson, very good thrillers. See you Susan this night at your BCAE's class.
I LOVED Susan Jane Gilman's book! I would also recommend anything by Jen Lancaster--she is hysterical. I am currently reading "The Last Will of Moira Leahy" which a friend highly recommended. I have too many books on my TBR pile to even count, but I'm trying to make my way through the stack(s). So many books, so little time!
I have book a.d.d. I'm currently reading "Are We Rome?" "The Power of Now" and "The Alchemist." All are great, but "The Power of Now" is phenomenal.
@WotV Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is on my list, but it seems like it's a little slow-starting. Maybe I haven't gotten to the intriguing part yet?
@Marie-Luce Love Barbara Kingsolver! I'll look forward to seeing you at my BCAE class tonight.
@Sara I've heard of The Last Will of Moira Leahy. I'll have to check it out!
_Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage_ by Alice Munro. One of her short story collections. The woman is a genius.
I do a TON of book reviewing, which is honestly the highlight of my career, although the lowest paid. So, I just read:
The Bridge of San Luis Rey- new edition/compilation.
Who Would Have Thought It? (Amparo)
and TONS of non-fiction. Of that, I'd recommend The Superior Wife Syndrome and (I'm going there) OPRAH'S Your Best Life (lol, it was ok, all based on her magazine).
I'm reading
Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America
It is a fascinating read and is really eye-opening about the whole illegal immigration debate. It puts a human face on the issue and is very compelling so far.
I've been wanted to reading Susan Jane Gilman's book, so your recommendation definitely pushes it up the list. My next must-read is Patti Smith's Kids. Currently, I'm reading A Fortunate Age by Joanna Smith Rakoff. It's a fun reminder of early-post college days in the 1990s, but it's definitely not the best writing I've read all year. Does everyone really have to be thin, rich and beautiful in fiction? :)
Thanks for the great topic today, Susan!
A must read for change of pace is The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur by Mike Michalowicz. This book is great when you need a kick in the pants to move forward and achieve your goals. This non-sugarcoated read is what every entrepreneur needs.
I'm re-reading Green Rider by Kristen Britain, so I can read the third in the series.
Also reading Truman by David McCullough. Love his stuff.
Yesterday, I picked up some books that I put on hold at the library.
I'm reading "On Writing" by Stephen King. I started it last night and I'm halfway through. It was hard to put down last night. I'll probably finish tonight. What an incredible book!
Next up: "The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron.
I'm reading The Best American Essays of the Century edited by Joyce Carol Oates. Just finished an essay by James Thurber called Sex Ex Machina. This essay was published in the New Yorker in 1937 but could, with a few updates to the machines in question, have been written today. Hilarious. Find it startling how some folks ruminate over the state of today's bloggers and the topics they write on...if "they" knew the history of the essay and how it was used prolifically in print as a public forum "they" would understand that nothing except the medium has changed...ok and maybe the quality of some of the writing - but even that is minimal.
Just finished The Worst Hard Time by Tim Egan. It's about the American Dust Bowl, and it's fascinating.
Also reading a lot of John Steinbeck lately.
Oh, and Mary Karr's book Lit was AMAZING.
I'm reading Dreamer Of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert, and it's a very engaging read. Another book which I've yet to complete is the hilarious "No Plot, No Problem!" by Chris Baty about the Nanowrimo adventure. I highly recommend the latter to all wannabe writers.
I recently finished Franicine Prose's Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them. Currently, I'm listening to Mary Karr's memoir, The Liar's Club, and am halfway through her follow-up memoir, Lit. Both are excellent!
I'm reading Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult for my book club on Saturday. It's my first by her and I really like her writing style.
@Lori, up next is The Grapes of Wrath, which is my county's 2010 One County, One Book choice
I am currently reading the God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. He is ridiculous.
If you like YA, then Graceling by Kristin Cashore, When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead.
I really like Ian McEwan's fiction - always has a strange and interesting twist.
Also, for productivity, just read David Allen's Making it All Work, very good book. Currently working through Glatzer's Making a REAL LIVING as a Freelance Writer. (And reading Under the Dome - Stephen King
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