The humongous, long-overdue book post
Because this list is so long (it includes books read prior to Dekker's arrival), I'm only including the title, author, and thumbs up / thumbs down review. Going forward, I'll try to be better.... There's some great books in the list - I wish I could give a huge entry to several of these, but then I'll never get this list posted...
In order from the oldest to the most recently read:
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier - 2 thumbs up
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - 2 thumbs up
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb - two thumbs up
Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think by Brian Wansink - two thumbs up
What the CEO Wants You to Know: How Your Company Really Works by Ram Charan - one thumb up
What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful by Marshall Goldsmith - one thumb up
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris - 2 thumbs up
Angelica by Arthur Phillips - 2 thumbs up
Literacy and Longing in L.A. by Jennifer Kaufman and Karen Mack - one thumb up
Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease by Sharon Moalem and Jonathan Prince - 2 thumbs up
The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving Up Too Much? by Leslie Bennetts - 2 thumbs up
Through the Children's Gate: A Home in New York by Adam Gopnik - 2 thumbs up
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz - 2 thumbs up
Ask Again Later by Jill Davis - thumbs down
The 51% Minority: How Women Still Are Not Equal and What You Can Do About It (Hardcover)
by Lis Wiehl - one thumb up
The Unknown Terrorist by Richard Flanagan - 2 thumbs up
Can't Get No by Rick Veitch (graphic novel) - one thumb up
Strange Piece of Paradise by Terri Jentz - thumbs down
The Rabbi's Cat (graphic novel) by Joann Sfar - 2 thumbs up
Thank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley - 2 thumbs up
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil by Philip Zimbardo - 2 thumbs up
Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert - thumbs down
The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers by Harry Bernstein - one thumb up
True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership by Bill George - thumbs down
Falling Man by Don DeLillo - thumbs down
The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver - 2 thumbs up
The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer - 2 thumbs up
Sylvester by Georgette Heyer - one thumb up
The Sun Over Breda by Arturo Perez-Reverte - one thumb up
To My Dearest Friends by Patricia Volk - one thumb up
The Way We Eat by Peter Singer - two thumbs up
The Lives of Rocks by Rick Bass - one thumb up
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood - two thumbs up
Better by Atul Gawande - two thumbs up
The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner and Quincy Troupe - one thumb up
Acceptance by Susan Coll - thumbs down
New England White by Stephen Carter - one thumb up
10 Things Your Minister Wants To Tell You (But Can't, Because He Needs the Job) by Oliver Thomas - two thumbs up
Food Politics by Marion Nestle - one thumb up
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard by Kiran Desai - one thumb up
To Hell With All That by Caitlin Flanagan - one thumb up
Ines of My Soul by by Isabel Allende - one thumb up
All Over But The Shoutin' by Rick Bragg - one thumb up
A Scanner Darkly by Phillip K. Dick (graphic novel version of the movie) - two thumbs up
A Friend of Women and Other Stories by Louis Auchincloss - one thumb up
World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability by Amy Chua - two thumbs up
The Book of Air and Shadows by Michael Gruber - one thumb up
Blaze by Richard Bachman - thumbs down
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss - thumbs down
In the Country of Men by Hisham Natar - one thumb up
Bangkok 8 by John Burdett - two thumbs up
Bangkok Tattoo by John Burdett - one thumb up
Bangkok Haunts by John Burdett - two thumbs up
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss - one thumb up
The Maytrees by Annie Dillard - thumbs down
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu - 2 thumbs up
The God of Animals by Aryn Kyle - 2 thumbs up
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan - 2 thumbs up
Supercapitalism by Robert Reich - 2 thumbs up
One Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini - thumbs down
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder - one thumb up
In order from the oldest to the most recently read:
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier - 2 thumbs up
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - 2 thumbs up
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb - two thumbs up
Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think by Brian Wansink - two thumbs up
What the CEO Wants You to Know: How Your Company Really Works by Ram Charan - one thumb up
What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful by Marshall Goldsmith - one thumb up
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris - 2 thumbs up
Angelica by Arthur Phillips - 2 thumbs up
Literacy and Longing in L.A. by Jennifer Kaufman and Karen Mack - one thumb up
Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease by Sharon Moalem and Jonathan Prince - 2 thumbs up
The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving Up Too Much? by Leslie Bennetts - 2 thumbs up
Through the Children's Gate: A Home in New York by Adam Gopnik - 2 thumbs up
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz - 2 thumbs up
Ask Again Later by Jill Davis - thumbs down
The 51% Minority: How Women Still Are Not Equal and What You Can Do About It (Hardcover)
by Lis Wiehl - one thumb up
The Unknown Terrorist by Richard Flanagan - 2 thumbs up
Can't Get No by Rick Veitch (graphic novel) - one thumb up
Strange Piece of Paradise by Terri Jentz - thumbs down
The Rabbi's Cat (graphic novel) by Joann Sfar - 2 thumbs up
Thank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley - 2 thumbs up
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil by Philip Zimbardo - 2 thumbs up
Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert - thumbs down
The Invisible Wall: A Love Story That Broke Barriers by Harry Bernstein - one thumb up
True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership by Bill George - thumbs down
Falling Man by Don DeLillo - thumbs down
The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver - 2 thumbs up
The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer - 2 thumbs up
Sylvester by Georgette Heyer - one thumb up
The Sun Over Breda by Arturo Perez-Reverte - one thumb up
To My Dearest Friends by Patricia Volk - one thumb up
The Way We Eat by Peter Singer - two thumbs up
The Lives of Rocks by Rick Bass - one thumb up
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood - two thumbs up
Better by Atul Gawande - two thumbs up
The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner and Quincy Troupe - one thumb up
Acceptance by Susan Coll - thumbs down
New England White by Stephen Carter - one thumb up
10 Things Your Minister Wants To Tell You (But Can't, Because He Needs the Job) by Oliver Thomas - two thumbs up
Food Politics by Marion Nestle - one thumb up
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard by Kiran Desai - one thumb up
To Hell With All That by Caitlin Flanagan - one thumb up
Ines of My Soul by by Isabel Allende - one thumb up
All Over But The Shoutin' by Rick Bragg - one thumb up
A Scanner Darkly by Phillip K. Dick (graphic novel version of the movie) - two thumbs up
A Friend of Women and Other Stories by Louis Auchincloss - one thumb up
World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability by Amy Chua - two thumbs up
The Book of Air and Shadows by Michael Gruber - one thumb up
Blaze by Richard Bachman - thumbs down
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss - thumbs down
In the Country of Men by Hisham Natar - one thumb up
Bangkok 8 by John Burdett - two thumbs up
Bangkok Tattoo by John Burdett - one thumb up
Bangkok Haunts by John Burdett - two thumbs up
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss - one thumb up
The Maytrees by Annie Dillard - thumbs down
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu - 2 thumbs up
The God of Animals by Aryn Kyle - 2 thumbs up
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan - 2 thumbs up
Supercapitalism by Robert Reich - 2 thumbs up
One Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini - thumbs down
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder - one thumb up