What are you reading now?
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bpdulog Wrote:
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> All the books I picked up are finance related,
> ha.
>
> Currently reading Fault Lines.
I’m thinking I may pick this one up. This Time Is Different has been on top of my “After Exam Book List” for months now, but Fault Lines sounds interesting, too… so I’m headed to the bookstore after work and we’ll see what I pick up.
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> All the books I picked up are finance related,
> ha.
>
> Currently reading Fault Lines.
I’m thinking I may pick this one up. This Time Is Different has been on top of my “After Exam Book List” for months now, but Fault Lines sounds interesting, too… so I’m headed to the bookstore after work and we’ll see what I pick up.
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team_alex Wrote:
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> I’m thinking I may pick this one up. This Time Is
> Different has been on top of my “After Exam Book
> List” for months now, but Fault Lines sounds
> interesting, too… so I’m headed to the bookstore
> after work and we’ll see what I pick up.
Alex, I am a voracious reader and I got only halfway through “This time is different”. I suggest you give it a miss - it’s overwhelmingly drier than I expected, and I generally start (but don’t finish) a book only about once a year. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but I’d say that the whole thing felt a bit too much like an Econ textbook. There’s very little attempt to bring out the human side of the crises that have occurred, and that kinda makes it boring (but I don’t think it had to be).
My finance/business books recently read:
While America Aged (Lowenstein, very good)
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations (Landes)
When Genius Failed (also Lowenstein)
Asian Godfathers (Studwell)
Black Swan (Taleb)
Non-Finance books recently read:
The hunger games (Collins), which is basically a young adult version of
Battle Royale (Takami). I thought Battle Royale was the better of the two, but Hunger games isn’t bad.
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> I’m thinking I may pick this one up. This Time Is
> Different has been on top of my “After Exam Book
> List” for months now, but Fault Lines sounds
> interesting, too… so I’m headed to the bookstore
> after work and we’ll see what I pick up.
Alex, I am a voracious reader and I got only halfway through “This time is different”. I suggest you give it a miss - it’s overwhelmingly drier than I expected, and I generally start (but don’t finish) a book only about once a year. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but I’d say that the whole thing felt a bit too much like an Econ textbook. There’s very little attempt to bring out the human side of the crises that have occurred, and that kinda makes it boring (but I don’t think it had to be).
My finance/business books recently read:
While America Aged (Lowenstein, very good)
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations (Landes)
When Genius Failed (also Lowenstein)
Asian Godfathers (Studwell)
Black Swan (Taleb)
Non-Finance books recently read:
The hunger games (Collins), which is basically a young adult version of
Battle Royale (Takami). I thought Battle Royale was the better of the two, but Hunger games isn’t bad.
supersadface Wrote:
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> team_alex Wrote:
> ————————————————–
> —–
> > I’m thinking I may pick this one up. This Time
> Is
> > Different has been on top of my “After Exam
> Book
> > List” for months now, but Fault Lines sounds
> > interesting, too… so I’m headed to the
> bookstore
> > after work and we’ll see what I pick up.
>
> Alex, I am a voracious reader and I got only
> halfway through “This time is different”. I
> suggest you give it a miss - it’s overwhelmingly
> drier than I expected, and I generally start (but
> don’t finish) a book only about once a year. I
> can’t quite put my finger on it, but I’d say that
> the whole thing felt a bit too much like an Econ
> textbook. There’s very little attempt to bring
> out the human side of the crises that have
> occurred, and that kinda makes it boring (but I
> don’t think it had to be).
>
> My finance/business books recently read:
> While America Aged (Lowenstein, very good)
> The Wealth and Poverty of Nations (Landes)
> When Genius Failed (also Lowenstein)
> Asian Godfathers (Studwell)
> Black Swan (Taleb)
>
> Non-Finance books recently read:
> The hunger games (Collins), which is basically a
> young adult version of
> Battle Royale (Takami). I thought Battle Royale
> was the better of the two, but Hunger games isn’t
> bad.
How was Black Swan? That’s one of the four books I purchased today.
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> team_alex Wrote:
> ————————————————–
> —–
> > I’m thinking I may pick this one up. This Time
> Is
> > Different has been on top of my “After Exam
> Book
> > List” for months now, but Fault Lines sounds
> > interesting, too… so I’m headed to the
> bookstore
> > after work and we’ll see what I pick up.
>
> Alex, I am a voracious reader and I got only
> halfway through “This time is different”. I
> suggest you give it a miss - it’s overwhelmingly
> drier than I expected, and I generally start (but
> don’t finish) a book only about once a year. I
> can’t quite put my finger on it, but I’d say that
> the whole thing felt a bit too much like an Econ
> textbook. There’s very little attempt to bring
> out the human side of the crises that have
> occurred, and that kinda makes it boring (but I
> don’t think it had to be).
>
> My finance/business books recently read:
> While America Aged (Lowenstein, very good)
> The Wealth and Poverty of Nations (Landes)
> When Genius Failed (also Lowenstein)
> Asian Godfathers (Studwell)
> Black Swan (Taleb)
>
> Non-Finance books recently read:
> The hunger games (Collins), which is basically a
> young adult version of
> Battle Royale (Takami). I thought Battle Royale
> was the better of the two, but Hunger games isn’t
> bad.
How was Black Swan? That’s one of the four books I purchased today.
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bpdulog Wrote:
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> How was Black Swan? That’s one of the four books I
> purchased today.
Honestly, the content and message are excellent. The writing style is grating. Taleb’s ego is enormous, and he isn’t shy about letting you know how brilliant he thinks he is. All in all, worth a read - maybe even worth rereading every few years - but I’d hate to talk to the guy at a cocktail party.
EDIT: What are the other three books you picked up? I always try to keep a reserve of material as I finish stuff. Also, to other people reading this thread , I strongly suggest using half.com for books - I’ve begun assembling a library of hardback books from there that are all in new condition, and they on average cost about half of what it’d cost me to buy on my Kindle. Sad but true.
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> How was Black Swan? That’s one of the four books I
> purchased today.
Honestly, the content and message are excellent. The writing style is grating. Taleb’s ego is enormous, and he isn’t shy about letting you know how brilliant he thinks he is. All in all, worth a read - maybe even worth rereading every few years - but I’d hate to talk to the guy at a cocktail party.
EDIT: What are the other three books you picked up? I always try to keep a reserve of material as I finish stuff. Also, to other people reading this thread , I strongly suggest using half.com for books - I’ve begun assembling a library of hardback books from there that are all in new condition, and they on average cost about half of what it’d cost me to buy on my Kindle. Sad but true.