Matt Borondy: A couple of books I tore through recently that were really enjoyable, well written and informative (but not incredibly "literary") were
Chasing Cool, a new book about marketing by Noah Kerner and Gene Pressman, and
Don't Make Me Think, a classic on user interfaces (and writing for the web) by Steve Krug. I'm also happy to report that I finally finished
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. Right now I'm working through Frances Moore Lappe's
Diet for a Small Planet and surfing about 50 websites a day.
Robert Birnbaum:
The Pesthouse by Jim Crace;
The Unknown Terrorist by Richard Flanagan;
Fellow Travelers by Thom Mallon;
The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon by Crystal Zevon; the
reviews of
god is not Great by Christopher Hitchens (I'm not sure as much as I like reading Hitchens, that the subject really interests me); the various articles by
Michael Connelly (
LA Times), Pat Holt (Holt Uncensored #398) and Mikimoto Rich (NYT) on the (imperiled) state of newspaper book reviewing;
"The Return of the Idiot" by Alvaro Vargas Llosa in
Foreign Policy; the (almost incomprehensible) instruction manual of my digital camcorder; the umpire guidelines and rules for the Newton MA Central Little League
Drew McNaughton:
Collapse by Jared Diamond;
The God of Animals by Aryn Kyle
Alexandra Tursi: I've been lost in Paul Auster lately - read
The New York Trilogy and
Oracle Night. Now I'm reading
City of Illusions. Others on my nightstand are
The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak and
Mergers & Acquisitions by Dana Vachon, which I'm told is a
Bright Lights, Big City for our generation. I'm also hoping to start
Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart because I loved
The Russian Debutante's Handbook.
Jane Friedman: I just finished
Baby Love by Rebecca Walker; currently reading
The Post-Birthday World by
Lionel Shriver and
Thank You for Arguing by Jay Heinrichs. More interesting is what I'm
editing -- a humor book forthcoming from TOW Books this September:
Really, You've Done Enough: A Parents' Guide to Stop Parenting Their Adult Child Who Still Needs Their Money But Not Their Advice (by Sarah Walker).
Ross Simonini:
The Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson;
Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers;
The Palm Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola
Summer Block: I am (shamefully) reading
Scott Turow's mystery novel
The Burden of Proof -- I ran out of books while backpacking around Japan and found a free copy at the Kyoto Visitor's Center.
Labels: fiction, humor, marketing, mystery, parenting, staff reading, web design
posted by Matt Borondy at 5/04/2007 12:28:00 PM 
