lets list some more of the more recent books that I have read. I haven’t done this in a while, and really, I haven’t been reading too often, which is so not good for my new years resolution. I have this funny feeling that I may end up making this same resolution once again for 2010, but I’ll actually keep track of it this time.
My lack of reading has changed recently due to my purchase of an ipod Touch and a lovely little app called Stanza. Now on my two hour commute into the office and home each night (that’s two hours each way), I can read books on my ipod. Normally I don’t like to read in digital/ebook format, but considering how many hardcover books there are that I want to read, this is a better alternative that damaging my back from lugging them around all the time. Plus, it’s a great way to read all those trashy books without anyone knowing what you’re reading.
On to the books!
Generation Kill – Evan Wright 
Ok, so this book has become my recent obsession. I have this thing for war books, specifically modern war books. This one was one of the better ones that I have read in a long time. It’s not a cautionary tale, or a tale about the difficulty of military life. This is just simply the story of the First Recon Battalion of the United States Marines and their experiences in the opening days of the war in Iraq. The book is actually very humourous without actually trying and I frequently found myself laughing out loud while reading it. This was not such a great idea as everyone sitting near me on the train now thinks I am some kind of degenerate for laughing at anything that is found in a book called Generation Kill. The book of course is a longer version of the critically acclaimed series of articles that appeared in Rolling Stone Magazine back in 2003 called ‘The Killer Elite”. There is also the critically acclaimed HBO series Generation Kill, which follows pretty much to the letter some of the events found in this book.
Other books I have recently Read:
Stuff White People Like – Christian Lander
Infidel – Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Cleopatra’s Daughter – Michelle Moran
A Drink Before the War – Dennis Lehane
Smile When You’re Lying: Confessions of a Rogue Travel Writer
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Where the Sidewalk Ends – Shel Silverstein
….more later!
