A classmate wrote recently and mentioned in passing that I should read The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed. This made me realise it might be interesting to do an open post asking my readers (most of whom are librarians, writers or book industry types) what books they're reading and/or would recommend.
I've just finished “The God Delusion” by Richard Dawkins and it was excellent. Possibly the best book I've read so far this year even. I'm hoping to do a more fully formed post on it in the future sometime with some more in-depth thoughts on the topic.
Right now, I'm working on “The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir” by Bill Bryson which I should polish off fairly quickly. Not Bryson's funniest (“Neither Here Nor There” or “Notes on A Small Island”) or best (A Short History of Nearly Everything) but still a quick, funny read.
I also picked up “Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything” as a hold from RPL the other day and have just started it. Decent although I'm finding it a bit heavy on the management buzzwords so far.
Shelf Monkey is finally out and an autographed copy arrived in my mailbox last week so I'm looking forward to cracking it soon as well.
Finally, I grabbed “A Book In Every Hand: The Story of Public Libraries in Saskatchewan” when we were home this weekend. I read it when it first came out (PDF) but want to re-read it now that the people and places mentioned will make a bit more sense.
How about you? What books are you reading right now? Which books have you read recently that you would recommend?
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