but the Harry Potter books are good Shopaholic series Memoirs of a Geisha The Elegant Solution: Toyota's Formula for Mastering Innovation ---about Toyota but they cite all kinds of other companies like ANthropology, IPOD, Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods, Ford, Chrysler, Cadillac. Dell, etc. I read it this week and it was really interesting
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For a lighter book, I just read Stacked: a 32DDD reports from the front
It's a book of essays about, well, boobs. Some of it is tedious, but I finished it in two days because some of it is really interesting, too - she befriends the woman with the largest implants in the world, eats topless at a cafe for a photographer's book, and talks to cross dressers about their desire for breasts.
I haven't read anything else lately, unless you want to hear all about my textbooks!:smile:
ETA: I recommend Dracula for everyone to read. It's definitely spooky in parts, but is is such a good book and very well written.
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ttara123 wrote: For a lighter book, I just read Stacked: a 32DDD reports from the front
It's a book of essays about, well, boobs. Some of it is tedious, but I finished it in two days because some of it is really interesting, too - she befriends the woman with the largest implants in the world, eats topless at a cafe for a photographer's book, and talks to cross dressers about their desire for breasts.
I haven't read anything else lately, unless you want to hear all about my textbooks!:smile:
ETA: I recommend Dracula for everyone to read. It's definitely spooky in parts, but is is such a good book and very well written.
Thanks ladies, AllieGurl these books sound very good by the reviews on amazon reviews, going to see if my library has them Bastard out of Carolina ,Blue eyes (toni morrison)
Xtinastyles I will check these out too
Something Borrowed - emily griffin Something Blue - emily griffin
i like dean koontz books, i'm currently reading the odd thomas series: odd thomas, forever odd and brother odd. my all time favorite book of his is watchers.
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Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. Great book, and I think it won a Pulitzer. It's a long letter from an older man to his young son. He's looking at life from the perspective of someone who is going to die soon, but it's not gloomy in the least -- more of a celebration of life, even though that sounds really cheesy.
I kind of hate chick lit but I enjoy Jennifer Weiner's books if you are looking for something light: Good in Bed In Her Shoes Little Earthquakes I think there are a couple of others I'm blanking on.
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Not sure if this is what you're looking for but I'm currently reading Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (I've been reading it for awhile - it's looong). It's super good and it's described as Harry Potter for adults, although I think that's misleading. It treats the study of magic as if it's a real subject, like history, and it's set in England in the early 19th century.
It's actually pretty awesome. The bookstore guy told me tons of people are telling him it's the best book they've ever read, period. I wouldn't go that far (beat my Austen and Dosteovsky? I think not) but it's definitely one of the best I've read in a few years.