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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Jim's bookshelf: read

Younger Next Year: A Guide to Living Like 50 Until You're 80 and Beyond

by Chris Crowley

Great book/guide to living healthy for the middle-aged man!

The Darwin Economy: Liberty, Competition, and the Common Good

by Robert H. Frank

A great read-I must say it is very thought provoking!

The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop.

by Robert Coover

The Maltese Falcon

by Dashiell Hammett

A classic mystery/crime novel that ultimately succeeds as a morality story. My full review: http://jiresell.blogspot.com/2011/10/book-review-maltese-falcon-1930-by.html

House of Holes

by Nicholson Baker

Sexy, freaky, funny, nutty, erotic, shameful, weird...just a few words I would use to describe the book House of Holes, by Nicholson Baker. A very original and good book. My full review: http://jiresell.blogspot.com/2011/09/book-review-h...

Paying for It

by Chester Brown

What makes Paying For It different than traditional graphic novels (what I call comic books in long form) is that the story of the author's internal angst over paying for sex, the debates with his friends over this lifestyle and his opin...

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

by Seth Grahame-Smith

Make no mistake. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter isn't going to wow you with some heavy-duty, thought provoking prose. But what it will do is provide the reader a hell of a lot of enjoyment as the author, Seth Grahame-Smith weaves a vamp...

The Road Not Taken and Other Poems

by Robert Frost

I decided to stretch myself a bit and read some poetry-a great collection to start with? My full review: http://jiresell.blogspot.com/2011/08/book-review-road-not-taken-and-other.html

Consider the Lobster and Other Essays

by David Foster Wallace

A great sampling of David Foster Wallace's work-I am now going to attack Infinite Jest! My full review: http://jiresell.blogspot.com/2011/07/book-review-consider-lobster-and-other.html

A Confederacy of Dunces

by John Kennedy Toole

Great book, here's my review: http://jiresell.blogspot.com/2011/05/book-review-confederacy-of-dunces-1980.html

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