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I have a request for you, dear readers. I want you to suggest your favorite books to me, ones I can take on vacation to read, both for pleasure and for business. I am accepting nominations for 3 categories:
Thanks! Just leave a comment and tell me why you like the book you suggest.
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Anything by Seth Godin - my favorite is Purple Cow
Posted by: Joopla | November 21, 2008 at 10:45 AM
The best can't-put-down trash I've read recently is Candace Bushnell's One Fifth Avenue. It's really well done! http://www.amazon.com/One-Fifth-Avenue-Candace-Bushnell/dp/1401301614
Posted by: Debbie Weil | November 21, 2008 at 12:44 PM
Thanks, Joopla, and thanks Debbie! You gotta luv trash-lit, n'est-ce pas?
Posted by: Patsi aka The Blog Squad | November 21, 2008 at 12:49 PM
Use vacation NOT to read trash; trash is for those times when you're too tired to read deeply.
Fiction:
John Updike's Widows of Eastwick (hilarious)
Denis Johnson's Tree of Smoke (epic)
Rivka Galchen's Atmospheric Disturbances (playful, deeply smart)
Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Police Officers' Union (most inventive read of the decade)
Posted by: Vickie Pynchon | November 21, 2008 at 12:56 PM
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. Very easy read great book if you are a writer and have trouble breaking through procrastination.
Winning Through Intimidation by Robert Ringer
Posted by: Bill Parlaman | November 21, 2008 at 01:03 PM
Thanks, Vickie: I see you're point, I'll probably be rested up enough to actually digest something substantial...but I can't resist so I'll take some trash along as well. Since I'm Kindle-ing my books these days, I can take as many with me as I want, no extra weight for digital electrons!
Bill, do you mean the Art of War? Or, by Pressfield, I found the Virtues of War and the Tides of War...
Posted by: Patsi aka The Blog Squad | November 21, 2008 at 01:15 PM
I just finished "Sarah's Key" by Rebecca De Rosnay and it was fantastic. Read it fast and it was a page turner. Have a great vacation!
Posted by: Lisa Kennally | November 21, 2008 at 01:43 PM
Anything by T.C. Boyle will be terrific. My fav is World's End.
For inspiration: Listening is an Act of Love by Dave Isay.
Posted by: Denise Wakeman | November 21, 2008 at 03:10 PM