"All Marketers Are Liars," Seth Godin
Looks interesting.
"All Marketers Are Liars," Seth Godin
Looks interesting.
Sounds accurate.
got "replay" in the mail today from jason.
You should like it. This side of our personality did.
as long as basketball is not involved, i'll take your word for it.
Ok those who have read Life of Pi.
Which was it...
It's one of my favorites. I still find myself thinking about it every once in a while.Life of Pi = very good book...any book that has me thinking about it after the fact is great, IMO.
Ok those who have read Life of Pi.
Which was it...
Was the story with animals, or the story without animals the real thing. I LOVE the way this is introduced. It is done in such a way that it is the real thing...and it explains when the two blind men meet earlier in the story...the conflict in the mind, etc. It threw a big monkey wrench into the whole thing. But what do you think was the book's reality? The unbelievable survival among animals and man, or the unbelievable survival and canibalism. Where did the small bones come from in the boat?
I find myself thinking about this book quite a bit...to where I can't even read Owen Meany because I'm thinking about Pi and his story.
Life of Pi = very good book...any book that has me thinking about it after the fact is great, IMO. I think I'd even read it again which I only really do with one other book...Catch 22. Well, two as I've read Bonfire of the Vanities twice....
I just finished "Blink" by the same author. If you liked "Tipping Point," you'll LOVE Blink. It was phenomenal, IMO.
Nice. I finished The Tipping Point last night. I really liked it. There were a couple of points that really hit home for me. I think Blink will be next, after I read Thomas Friedman's "The World is Flat".
obviously, it's wide open to interpretation, but I think that was a story he made up in his mind to protect him from the horrors. For Pi Patel, it was reality.
It's one of my favorites. I still find myself thinking about it every once in a while.
As soon as he starting telling the second story I was stunned. My mind immediately started comparing the two stories to how people can interpret religion/spirituality.
I guess I interpret the second story to be the “truth”, but the first story is how Pi interpreted it.
OK, just read Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Picked it up at the Newark Airport, and finished it halfway through the plane ride home...what a great book! Just amazing...thanks for the recommend there, guys.
Next book I'm reading is The Audacity of Hope by Obama.
The book is a little plodding and doesn't develop the characters very well, IMO.yes. it's called "the children of men" by p.d. james. i haven't read it, nor have i seen the movie, but a friend of mine has done both and he raves about them both. of course, he says the book is better.
Finished it, and true to my word, I wasn't happy about it. I thought the motivations of just about every character was suspect.I'll finish it, but I'm not too happy about it.
Just got
" A Savage War of Peace , Algeria 1954-1962 " by Alistair Horne.
This is the hard to get book that is being read and devoured by most of the U S military minds, currently attempting to understand the strategies being used in the Middle East by the indigents.
Took me 2 months to track this one down.
I heard about this. How'd you find it?
I watch very little TV compared to what I used to. I probably watch about 4 hours a week, and all of that is on TiVo time.How many books do you read at a time, Jason? Do you have multiple books going at the same time, or do you finish one before you start another?
How do you find the time to read so often? Oh, you don't watch TV, huh?
I watch very little TV compared to what I used to. I probably watch about 4 hours a week, and all of that is on TiVo time.
I generally have one hard-copy book going at a time and read that at lunch and at for 30 minutes or so before bed. Takes about a week for me to knock it out. I also usually have a non-fiction audio book going in the car (I have about a half-hour commute, longer when I have to pickup or drop off the kids). Most of the non-fiction you'll see me post here is audio.