What Have I Been Reading These Days?

Here is a list of the literary puddles I have jumped into lately. I don't have alot of free time these days so I listen to alot of books in the car while I am driving to work or to school.

- The Omnivores Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
You will never look at corn the same way again. Or Cows. Or anything you eat for that matter. Scary yet informative stuff. The reader of the audio version does an excellent job.

- Don't Get Too Comfortable: The Indignities of Coach Class, The Torments of Low Thread Count, The Never-Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil and Other First World Problems by David Rakoff
The audio version is delightfully read by the author and it's hysterically funny.

- Readymade: How to Make (Almost) Everything: A Do-It-Yourself Primer by Shoshana Berger and Grace Hawthorne
From the creators of Readymade Magazine this book should be called How To Make Almost Nothing. I have never seen the magazine, but I have heard good things about it and I expected alot more from this book. So far all it has done is make me tired. I read it to fall asleep at night, which is also why it has taken me 3+ weeks to read the damn thing... and I'm still not finished. Skip this one.

- The Time Travellers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Another one I listened too and I LOVED this book. The reader and the story are both excellent. Warnign this is not a happy book and I admit I was bawling my eyes out by the end of it, thus making it hard to drive, but it was wonderful.

- No One Cares What You Had For Lunch: 100 Ideas For Your Blog by Margaret Mason
Margaret Mason, creator of the blog Mighty Girl gives the world 100 ideas to blog about. I haven't exactly used any yet, unless you count this entry which I think was listed in the book... I can't remember. Anyway, I bet some of the ideas got stored in my brain and will come out in one form or another before long. A good book for those of you suffering from Bloggers Block.

Well, that's it for now... Not much else worth mentioning unless you really want to hear about the countless photoshop, photography and computer books I've been skimming lately. I think that's another post for another day. What have you been reading?