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Books

Jun 30, 2008
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1. Secret Societies
2. 1984
3. Animal Farm
4. Cicero
5. Catch-22
6. Dumb Witness
7. Lord of the Flies
8. The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
9. Ulysses
10. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
11. The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time
12. Girl With A Pearl Earring
13. Candide
14. For One More Day
15. Thomas Paine's Rights of Man

16. King Arthur

17. The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

18. Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X by Aaron Hillegas

Cocoa(R) Programming for Mac(R) OS X (3rd Edition)

Aaron Hillegass

I normally don't list technical books under 'books read', since I rarely read them from cover to cover, but this was simple, straight forward and probably the first in a long time I've read from cover to cover.

19. When You Are Engulfed In Flames by David Sedaris

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

In short, a witty, clever little collection of essays about his family and life. Just as funny as his previous work and good for a few laughs, I think.

20. Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie

Five Little Pigs: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot)

Agatha Christie

I'm still enjoying picking up these novels and threading through them. I particularly enjoy novels (the previous two being a technical manual and essays, respectively) but I find that I definitely devour entire volumes of story material. If you like post Victorian era murder mysteries, this is your cup of tea.

Things I've read recently

May 6, 2007
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John Adams

David McCullough

A bit of a tome, but an excellent view of not only the man, but his era, his peers, and his family.

Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays

David Sedaris

His brother Amy does the best voices, especially of their brother Paul.

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

David Sedaris

By far a better book, because I personally enjoy the stories about his family more than his imagined work. Again, the stories about his brother are the funniest. I'm not sure what's in my queue for reading right now. I might pick American Gods back up, but I think I'm saving that for a cold October day. I'm reading a(nother) book on Alexander the Great right now, so I might continue with that.