Wednesday, February 27, 2008

hit and run update

A quick list of my recent and current reading:

Blackwater : the rise of the world's most powerful mercenary army by Jeremy Scahill
-on the last chapter

Infernal - read
Crisscross - read
The Keep - read
The Barrens and other Stories - read
Black Wind - got half way though and got bored
Diagnosis, terminal : an anthology of medical terror - read
all by F. Paul Wilson

Good calories, bad calories : challenging the conventional wisdom on diet, weight control, and disease by Gary Taubes

How to read a french fry : and other stories of intriguing kitchen science by Russ Parsons

The pirate's dilemma : how youth culture is reinventing capitalism by Matt Mason

A question of torture : CIA interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror by Alfred W. McCoy

The shock doctrine : the rise of disaster capitalism by Naomi Klein
- started

The snarling citizen : essays by Barbara Ehrenreich
- almost finished - dated but interesting

The story of tea : a cultural history and drinking guide by Mary Lou Heiss

Tantalize by Cynthia Smith
- read - great YA book

What is Tao? by Alan Watts

Turtle Valley by Gail Anderson-Dargatz
- read - readable CanLit... wow!