What I read on my winter vacation
I just got back from a week’s vacation. I rarely care too much about where I go, as long as it’s decent, warm, and I can relax and do some reading rather than being connected all the time. Usually I just take a huge Neal Stephenson book or something that takes all week, but this time I let Jess pick her books, thought they looked good, and picked two of my own choosing. Anyways, here’s what I read…
Hell Is Other Parents by Deborah Copaken Kogen - Jess picked this one. I questioned this one because you know, not parents and all, but it was quite interesting, and wasn’t just about crazy parents.
Liar’s Poker by Michael Lewis - I read The Big Short earlier this year and picked this up at the used book store. This one seemed weird to read now especially after The Big Short. It ends shortly after the crash of 1987, but I feel like I’m missing some of the history after the book ends.
Player One by Douglas Coupland - Very Douglas Coupland in the best sense of the term. As these are transcripts of a lecture series, I’ll probably listen to them, but I need to decided how. I won’t spend $45 on the CDs, but they’re $10 on iTunes, or they’re being rebroadcast at the end of March.
Rage Against The Meshugenah by Danny Evans - This was an interesting tale of someone’s battle with depression and what it took to admit it and work through it.
I Don’t Care About Your Band by Julie Klausner - This was fun. I had seen it recommended by Tara Ariano who’s listed in the acknowledgements, and makes me curious to see what else she’s written / produced.
Yes Means Yes: Visions Of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape edited by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti - this was one of Jessica’s Christmas presents but I ended up reading it first because I had burned through nearly all the other books (although I didn’t get around to reading either of the Margaret Atwood books that we packed). It’s suggested that you read the essays in a non-linear order, so after I read the first few that seemed interesting to me, I was like “yup, all makes sense, nothing new here”, but as I proceeded through the rest of the book, it provided some interesting additional viewpoints, especially with regards to minority views.
Anyways, that’s what I read. I felt like sharing it for reasons I can’t quite express, but there you go.
