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Seven: Books on my Reading List.

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I've always been a reader.  When I was a kid I used to devour Choose Your Own Adventure books for breakfast, and then graduated to the Hardy Boys series (how did they manage to get into trouble so damn often though?).  The last handful of years saw me slow down in terms of volume as I got caught up in the work force and some other matters, but I've lately started picking the pace back up.  To my own surprise, my subject range has broadened in scope as well.  I've been interested in sociology, economics and other types of non-fiction, although I've enjoyed reading memoirs for quite a few years now.  So, in no particular order, here are seven books I plan on reading this year (links go to respective Amazon.com pages with reviews):

  1. House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski
  2. Fallen, David Maine
  3. The World is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman
  4. A Quiet Life, Kenzaburo Oe
  5. 1984, George Orwell
  6. Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White, Frank H. Wu
  7. The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama

Now, whether or not I can actually get to any of them in between all my textbook readings is another question entirely.

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dafunkysensual
You mention branching out on books to read Pikon and i wondered if you have ever tried much autobiography. I read a few lately that were so interesting and dramatic that they rival fiction. Malcolm X and Nelson Mandela's are fine examples and Companero for Che Guervera's life story too. Really good material that you will not want to put down too often.
pikon
I really should pick up Malcolm X's, thanks for the recommendation. Memoirs are a kind of autobiography I suppose. I'd suggest reading some Da Chen. Pretty good stuff.
dafunkysensual
That write up provoked interest and now i need to read it and find out how he ended up working for rothschilds because with his background that's really odd. Thanks for the recommend.
Kymberlie R. McGuire
House of Leaves is quite possibly the most ambitious first novel I've ever read.

It's been about five years (maybe a little longer) since I've read it and I've been thinking of rereading it to see what I thought it if this time around.

If you're interested, you can see all the books I've read over the last several years here.
M-----l
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House of Leaves is one of my all-time favorite books. It is, to this day, the only book I've ever read that literally scared me. I'd read it before bed and have the craziest, darkest dreams.
mcco12

I love Kenzaburo Oe. His books are always so personal and so UNJapanese (though I like Japanese literature generally).

I was such a Choose Your Own Adventure junkie as a kid.

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