Reading

This summer I’ve read these books:

• Tipping Point (hoping this principle works for my Blog)
• Blink (idea is other places but Gladwell has a snappy way of writing)
• Never Eat Alone (interesting idea: how many “refridgerator friends” do you have? Meaning how many people can just come by and grab a cold one from your fridge? Or are you a hermit?)
• Freakonomics (an economist who likes to be provocative…the way he manipulated some statistics to support a few ideas was off-putting but that’s economics for ya!)
• The 48 Laws of Power (good bathroom book)

Reading now:

• Biology of Autism (science stuff…heavy duty biochem, brain drain, I can promise you)
• Backlash–even when I agree with Faludi I feel like I’m being screeched at
• In the Company of Women–there is a section titled “When A Colleague’s Self-Esteem is Low”, oh, for the love of pete. I bought this book at a used book store and it comes replete with this inscription: “To Melissa, Hope this has some helpful hints–working with women is not easy! We love you! Merry Christmas, Mom (written by mom) & Daddy.” I had to buy the book. Why, it was written to my namesake! Can you imagine an inscription: “Hope this book helps–working with men can be a royal pain in the ass–their testosterone, their mood swings, their bitchi…scratch that….let’s see what word can we use…hmmm…all the words for jerks of guys actually sound, kinda good and powerful. BUT I DIGRESS!
• The Confident Child–more fodder for my continual inferiority complex when it comes to child rearing.

Magazines: Fast Company, Fortune (the latest cover is an Unfortunate jumble), Texas Monthly (love the angelic Lance Cover, article is good too), Architectural Digest, Home & Garden, Veranda, House Beautiful, Elle Decor, Business Week, U.S. News & World Report, Readers Digest (I always feel depressed after reading this–so many scary articles), Smithsonian and my new favorite: Utne.

Must read the article called “Transhumanism: World’s Most Dangerous Idea?” or some other interesting features at www.Utne.com.

The home and garden monthlies are my “junk food for the mind”. The business monthlies and weeklies, I read for professional reasons. The rest of them either get sent to me because of the Doctor’s office waiting room thing or I’m on a wacky mailing list. Who knows.

Believe it or not, I read most of these cover to cover. No wonder I’m the female version of Cliff Claven minutiae.

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