<p>So what books are people reading over the holidays next to the fireplace?</p>
<p>My list so far:</p>
<p>Keith Ferrazi- Never Eat Alone, Who’s Got Your Back- I’ve been recommended these books by friends. I’m about 20 pages into the latter and it sounds interesting so far.</p>
<p>Haruki Murakami- What I talk about when I talk about Running- I hear that an interesting concept of how mental focus can be developed like a muscle is mentioned in this book. </p>
<p>Tarun Khanna- Billions of Entrepreneurs- I was actually required to read this book for one of my classes (in the insanity of finals I couldn’t manage it) but I may want to work in China in the future and already own the book so I’d like to finish it by next semester.</p>
<p>If I finish/get bored with these… does anyone have any suggestions?</p>
<p>I’m working on Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty. I’ve also checked out Ender’s Game, one of the classic science fiction novels, which my dad has been bugging me to read for years. At the pace I’m able to read at these days, between distractions, I think these two books will keep me busy until 2010.</p>
<p>I have vowed to read Devil in the White City next year.</p>
<p>I have started but am reading very slowly Barbara Kingsolver’s novel The Lacuna. I haven’t read Stephen King in a long time, but I’m thinking of reading his latest as a break from everything else. I’d also like to find Barbara Ehrenreich’s new book on fake happy thinking–Brightsided, and Jill McCorkle’s latest short stories. Oh, and Alice Munro’s latest collection, also.</p>
<p>Once you get into Ender’s Game, you will probably neglect your other duties to finish it </p>
<p>I hope to borrow a book I got D for Christmas, “The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court” by Jeffrey Toobin.</p>
<p>And I have a basket of books I picked up at a silent auction recently that I haven’t started yet. There were about 15 books in the basket, and the 4-5 I had read were books I really liked. So I figured the person who put it together must have good taste in books, and I bought it.</p>
<p>Last Days of Old Beijing, -life in the vanishing backstreets of a city transformed, by Michael Meyer. A very pleasant and informative, perhaps distressing read, if you care about historic preservation, or China. </p>
<p>Mantori, is the N Korean book an easy, or plodding read?</p>
<p>I am in the middle of “The New Community Rules”. This is a great primer on Social Networking 2.0. For us folks over 40, this is a great book on how the rules are changing in marketing and advertising. Anyone notice how much thinner the Yellow Pages is these days. Blogging, optimization, and focused e-mail marketing are changing the landscape. </p>
<p>intparent,
I read The Nine last year when it came out. Loved it. I am hoping to get a chance to read Joan Biskupic’s new book on Justice Scalia soon.
I received Three Cups of Tea for my birthday in April and said a polite thank you and thought well, this might be okay. I loved it and am really looking forward to reading more of Greg Mortenson’s story in his new book Stones into Schools.</p>
<p>I do have Pride and Prejudice and Zombies on order at the library :D</p>
<p>2Vu0609, no offense intended, but I would rather have my fingernails pulled out one by one than read a biography of Scalia… But if you liked 3 Cups, and haven’t read Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder yet, you should read it.</p>
<p>intparent,
No offense taken. I don’t agree with Scalia’s originalist philosophy at all, but find all of the justices fascinating individually. I have been reading books about the Court since The Brethren and love learning about what makes them tick. Thanks for the recommendation about Mountains Beyond Mountains!</p>
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but recently added to my ipod.