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The Writer’s Coin » Blog Archive » Best Books of the Year — Thu, 15 May 2008 11:16:12 +0000

[...] I ended up not reading a lot of those books, but I did come up with some pretty good ones to [...]

By: Nut

Nut — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:43:12 +0000

That’s pretty cool GG, have you seen Booklamp yet? Pretty sweet!

By: GG

GG — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:16:50 +0000

Randomly came across a site I thought you’d appreciate: http://www.gnooks.com. You tell it three authors you like, and it suggests who you should read next. Try it!

By: Nut

Nut — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:57:31 +0000

Eileen, I’m all about crude language, don’t get me wrong. But it was weird that the whole book has one voice, a very erudite voice, and suddenly this crude language pops up. I guess the writer earned it though

By: Eileen

Eileen — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:31:17 +0000

Thanks for the list. Especially the first three sound great to me. And as to the story with bits of crude language - I can forgive that for sure if it’s an appealing love story. Far better crude than silly and sentimental.

By: Nut

Nut — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:48:23 +0000

OK, seriously? That’s the second time I make a mistake writing about Michael Lewis. This is getting embarrassing.

By: jen

jen — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:03:55 +0000

I agree with you that the Michael Lewis book is fantastic. The name of the book is Moneyball though, not Hardball. Too much MSNBC for you?

By: Frugal Dad

Frugal Dad — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:21:00 +0000

Thanks for providing this list. I’m a little burned out with the personal finance/early retirement genre and am ready to branch out for my next few selections. I’ll keep this handy for my library trip this weekend.