bigmike - Recent Activity - Books I Am Reading http://www.booksiamreading.com/bigmike These are the last actions that bigmike have taken Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:46:43 -0700 Books I Am Reading en Currently Reading: The Road (Movie Tie-in Edition 2009) (Vintage International) http://www.booksiamreading.com/bigmike/book/the-road-movie-tie-in-edition-2009-vintage-international Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:49:55 -0800 Now reading after waiting 10 years.

"Another Cormac McCarthy book being turned into a movie? Why i'll have to read that!"

]]> Currently Reading: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (P.S.) http://www.booksiamreading.com/bigmike/book/freakonomics-a-rogue-economist-explores-the-hidden-side-of-everything-ps Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:26:00 -0800 Now reading after waiting 10 years.

"Wanted to reread before starting the "sequel" SuperFreakonomics."

]]> Finished Reading: The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy - A http://www.booksiamreading.com/bigmike/book/the-book-of-basketball-the-nba-according-to-the-sports-guy Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:24:45 -0800 "Now that is a basketball book. Easiest 700 pages i've ever read. He didn't get too crazy with the Celtic Pride and putting MJ as #1 in the Pantheon was a no-brainer, but i love reading about guys you don't hear about anymore like Rick Barry and Billy Cunningham. Good stuff."

]]> Finished Reading: Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything [FREAKONOMICS] http://www.booksiamreading.com/bigmike/book/freakonomics-a-rogue-economist-explores-the-hidden-side-of-everything-freakonomics Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:21:53 -0800 "Read it a few years ago, but wanted to reread it before getting into the "sequel" SuperFreakonomics."

]]> Wants to Read: Juliet, Naked: a novel http://www.booksiamreading.com/bigmike/book/juliet-naked-a-novel Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:18:12 -0800 ]]> Wants to Read: High Fidelity: A Novel http://www.booksiamreading.com/bigmike/book/high-fidelity-a-novel Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:17:52 -0800 ]]> Finished Reading: Eating the Dinosaur - B+ http://www.booksiamreading.com/bigmike/book/eating-the-dinosaur Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:31:13 -0700 "Now here's a book that i would describe as funny. Though can we call a collection of essays a book? Either way, I cracked up over a fictitious Q&A with someone's who Draft Value declined after he was caught pointing a gun at someone's head. And the fact New Yorkers will crack up at everything, that is except for no-name comedians."

]]> Finished Reading: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't - B- http://www.booksiamreading.com/bigmike/book/good-to-great-why-some-companies-make-the-leap-and-others-dont Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:36:08 -0700 "Not too bad for a business book. Though the same concepts were repeated over and over again (hire great people, find the one thing your company can do great, stay focused on that one great thing), there were some good company profiles and stories to go along with it. I read most of it, skimming over the parts about Fannie Mae (since it was written in 2001 long before the Banking scandals of 2008-09) and Merck (don't agree with the line: "we are in this to make people healthy not make money", i say bullshit)."

]]> Wants to Read: SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance http://www.booksiamreading.com/bigmike/book/superfreakonomics-global-cooling-patriotic-prostitutes-and-why-suicide-bombers-should-buy-life-insurance Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:39:14 -0700 "Did you say "sequel" to Freakonomics? Count me in! I do want to re-read the first one before getting into this one."

]]> Wants to Read: What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures http://www.booksiamreading.com/bigmike/book/what-the-dog-saw-and-other-adventures Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:36:51 -0700 "Found out about this a week before the release date. Though its not an original book, it is a collection of his New Yorker articles and such. Which i have read sporadically over the last year, but there have been a few i missed."

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