But we still have paper books.
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Feb. 20th, 2015 | 12:15 am
I'm too attached to bound dead tree sheets to switch to e-readers.
I did mention in passing last entry that I used some of the long weekend to read. And since I used to obsessively catalog what I was reading in here, may as well start again. The top one is what I'm reading now, and below are the last few I recently finished in reverse chronological order.
* Mentioned in the second paragraph. Of course I wrote a blog entry about that. Because I'm me.
I did mention in passing last entry that I used some of the long weekend to read. And since I used to obsessively catalog what I was reading in here, may as well start again. The top one is what I'm reading now, and below are the last few I recently finished in reverse chronological order.
- Where'd You Go, Bernadette - First novel I've read in ... at least two years? I'm making it a point to read more fiction this year.
- High-Rise - A very detailed and perhaps slightly embellished journalistic account of the strange world of real estate development in Manhattan.
- After the Music Stopped - A wonky account of the US government's response to the financial crisis. Sobering, and a depressing reminder of how few people really run the show in banking.
- Fear of Small Numbers: An Essay on the Geography of Anger - I used this in part as a source for the best academic paper I ever wrote*, but had never read the full piece. Also depressing, but a sharp take on how the inclusion of minorities of all types meets so much resistance.
- Better Places, Better Lives - The biography of my company's founder. Tried to read this once probably seven years ago and lost interest. Knowing what I do now about him, it was a more interesting read. Again, good for the real estate nerds.
* Mentioned in the second paragraph. Of course I wrote a blog entry about that. Because I'm me.
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