September Reading List
September 13, 2006Status Anxiety (by Alain de Botton) $$$$
Generation Debt (by Carmen Wong Ulrich) $$ returned to the library
Awakening the Buddha Within (by Lama Surya Das) (No rating yet, have only read introduction)
Mindfulness and Money (by Dominic J. Houlder and Kulananda Houlder) $$$
Beating The Street (Peter Lynch) $$$$$
Neff on Investing (John Neff) $$ for the first (bio) half and $$$$ for the second (investing) half
(In no particular order. The $’s indicate how much I like each of them so far. Out of possible five $$$$$).
What are you reading / watching / listening to?
Epileptic David B. $$$$$
Graphic novel account of his brother’s descent into disability, and autobiography. I pulled my bike off the path and sat reading this for over and hour, just enjoying it, and brushing the occassional ant off my leg. Highly recommended.
I Never Liked You by Chester Brown $$$$
Again, graphic novel autobiography, this time a sort of unveiling of the author’s adolescence, insensitivity to his unstable mother, and fickleness.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini $$$$1/2
A really good “first novel” that retraces childhood decisions and explores the adult consequences. Mostly enjoyed it for the vivid depiction of life growing up in Afghanistan.
A History of the Modern Middle East (2nd ed.) by William L. Cleveland $$1/3
This is do-gooder reading on my part. I know I’ll get through it some day. I’ve been thinking about picking it up for a while. At 525 dry pages (including maps, excluding glossary and notes) it’s unlikely this will move from my night stand before dust has piled up…
What Good Are the Arts by John Carey
No rating yet. First few pages have me intrigued, and slightly indignant. I think this argument will end up being about something lesser than the title implies.
The Stand by Stephen King $$$$
I like to get through this one every so often, and at 1000+ pages, it makes a good weapon in a pinch.
Horton Hears A Who by Dr. Seuss $$$$$
My recovery period from The Stand, and one of my all-time favorites. I did a report in the 8th grade comparing Horton’s ignorance of the Who society to the Nixon Adminstration. It didn’t go over that well.
Official Rules of Major League Baseball $$$
You just never know when you’re going to need to explain the infield-fly rule.
How to Make Money in Stocks by William O’Neil $$$$
Very informative. About halfway through so far. I figure I should actually list a couple financial books here.
The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing by Pat Dorsey $$$
A slow read at times, but fairly informative with some nice tips. Not to mention I got it for free through the Morningstar website.
Powers: Legends $$
Comic book series. Very entertaining, especially when discussing how the villian deserves a good punch in the taint.
Delicatessen $$$$
Film. It’s a French dark comedy from 1991 about an unemployed clown who moves into an apartment building and does odd jobs for the butcher on the ground floor. Thank you Netflix.
Ok, I posted my list. Can I have my keychain now?
thanks E and A!
Elliot > the keychain is reportedly in an envelope, at the Campbellford post office, as we speak. Cross your fingers that Customs doesn’t confiscate it.
New post in my notebook, birthed in a coffee shop yesterday. hopefull I’ll have it up by Friday.
ry
Haven’t figured out if I can somehow post new posts, so I’ll settle for another comment
October
What are you watching this month? Inspired by tonight’s free screening of the best of Norman McLaren’s short films held by the NFB at the National Gallery of Canada.
(What a great guy. Scratch animation!!)
I plan to watch the Fountainhead, a film based on the book by Ayn Rand
Also, Twin Peaks.
My reading list might look a bit ambitous this month, but it’s mainly “picture novella”s so it’s more like three books, tops. For an interesting take on reading, I suggest The Pollysyllabic Spree, by Nick Horby, which details about a year’s worth of reading, what was purchased, read, and left on the bedside table during monthly periods. It’s a really fascinating inside look at an author’s reading habits, and made me feel less bad about the growing stack of unfinished literature in my life.
As a side note, I have now finished the immersive experince that was Twin Peaks. This series had its highs and lows, including three episode that totally sucked, had crummy writing, and where almost nothing interesting happened. The ending was gut wrenchingly weird, unexpected and unresolved, which is part of why I liked it so much. I even rented the poorly received movie prequal, Twin Peaks, Fire Walk With Me. I also took out the “tapes” of special agent Dale Cooper out of the library on a laugh, along with the secret diary of laura palmer, written by David Lynch’s daughter. Must say that the imagery and world of David Lynch, along with the Dale Cooper character and the great music were what made the whole 30 episode commitment worth-while. Reccomded for a period in your life when you’re interested in exploring the dark realms of fan-sites and small town gothic mystery.
links:
http://www.lynchnet.com/tp/
http://www.twinpeaksgazette.com/prr/
http://lynch.batbad.com/
november reading list:
The People of Paper (a McSweeney’s publication) by Salvador Plascencia
Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, adapted to a graphic novel by Peter Kuper
Abandon the Old in Tokyo, (graphic novel) stories by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Mother, Come Home a graphic novel by Paul Hornschemeier
It’s A Good Life, If You Don’t Weaken a “picture novella” by Seth
The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood
Things I did not finish last time around:
What Good Are the Arts?
and
History of Modern Middle East.
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