A Year or So of Reading

One sentence per book.

Stieg Larsson - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, 2005
The Girl Who Played With Fire, 2006
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, 2007

I'm not sure why these are so addictive but they really are. I actually think the first one is my least favorite of the three. I was a bit disappointed in the Swedish film version of the first book but I'm looking forward to the David Fincher version that comes out later this year.

Dan Epstein - Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging 70's, 2010

This book must have been so much fun to write and I can't believe no one wrote it until 2010.

Outliers: The Story of Success - Malcolm Gladwell, 2008

Basically I took from this that I need to force Sam & Otis to practice throwing Jesse Orosco style for 10,000 hours each if I want my dream for them to come true.

Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City - Eric Sanderson, 2009

Basically all you need to know about how fascinating this book is is to take a look at this computer generated image.

The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War - David Halberstam, 2007

I'm not sure I needed a 700+ page book about the Korean War but Halberstam was such a great writer that I'm glad I read this.

Clockers - Richard Price, 1992

The Wire was so clearly influenced by this book so obviously I loved it.

Audiobooks
The Wordy Shipmates - Sarah Vowell, 2008
The pilgrims were a lot more interesting than I had imagined.

Born Standing Up - Steve Martin, 2007

Pretty darn entertaining.

Life - Keith Richards, 2010

As great as I was hoping.