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WWW Wednesday
Aug. 22nd, 2012 03:24 pmShould Be Reading, a book blog, hosts a weekly reading meme. I thought it might be fun.
What are you currently reading?
Let's see, I think there's only 3 at the moment (I'm not capable of reading only one book at a time. I've been known to have up to 6 going at once). The first is City: A Guidebook for the Urban Age, by PD Smith. It's a gorgeous book, beautiful photography. It's basically an exploration of cities and urban life, from their origins to today. It's meant to be a book you poke around in, not necessarily read straight through.
The second book I'm reading is Bookkeeper's Boot Camp, by Angie Mohr. This is less of a pleasure reading book and more because I just applied for a job where financial accounting type things are likely to be very useful. I had a couple of accounting classes in grad school, and it's probably enough to handle the tasks I could conceivably be doing, but some brushing up would probably not be amiss.
The third is The Networked Nonprofit, by Beth Kanter, which is a combination read because I'm interested/read because I'm keeping up with my field (fortunately, I find my field pretty darn interesting). I'm not very far into it (so far, it's been explaining what social media is, which I know, but I'm also very aware that there's a significant percentage of nonprofit workers/leaders who are not very familiar with social media), so I don't have a lot to say about it yet.
What did you recently finish reading?
The most recent book I finished was Yes, Chef, by Marcus Samuelsson. It was fantastic. I've been a fan of Marcus as a judge on Chopped for quite some time (he's one of my favorite judges), so I was looking forward to learning more about him. He's led a very interesting life, and the book did a great job reflecting his experiences as a person of color in the fine dining world as well as his personal journey. I don't even like food that much and he made me want to do crazy things in the kitchen. I definitely recommend this one if you're at all interested in food or cooking.
What do you think you’ll read next?
Hmm. I've got quite a library stack at the moment. I think To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-18 by Adam Hochschild is likely to be my Take to Work book when I'm working a temp gig next week. I've gotten it out of the library three times now and not managed to read it, so I'd really like to get it off my list, finally. Feud: Hatfields, McCoys and Social Change in Appalachia, by Altina Waller is also a possibility, as is Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife, by Mary Roach, since it's due soon and someone else must have it on reserve because it's not renewable.
What are you currently reading?
Let's see, I think there's only 3 at the moment (I'm not capable of reading only one book at a time. I've been known to have up to 6 going at once). The first is City: A Guidebook for the Urban Age, by PD Smith. It's a gorgeous book, beautiful photography. It's basically an exploration of cities and urban life, from their origins to today. It's meant to be a book you poke around in, not necessarily read straight through.
The second book I'm reading is Bookkeeper's Boot Camp, by Angie Mohr. This is less of a pleasure reading book and more because I just applied for a job where financial accounting type things are likely to be very useful. I had a couple of accounting classes in grad school, and it's probably enough to handle the tasks I could conceivably be doing, but some brushing up would probably not be amiss.
The third is The Networked Nonprofit, by Beth Kanter, which is a combination read because I'm interested/read because I'm keeping up with my field (fortunately, I find my field pretty darn interesting). I'm not very far into it (so far, it's been explaining what social media is, which I know, but I'm also very aware that there's a significant percentage of nonprofit workers/leaders who are not very familiar with social media), so I don't have a lot to say about it yet.
What did you recently finish reading?
The most recent book I finished was Yes, Chef, by Marcus Samuelsson. It was fantastic. I've been a fan of Marcus as a judge on Chopped for quite some time (he's one of my favorite judges), so I was looking forward to learning more about him. He's led a very interesting life, and the book did a great job reflecting his experiences as a person of color in the fine dining world as well as his personal journey. I don't even like food that much and he made me want to do crazy things in the kitchen. I definitely recommend this one if you're at all interested in food or cooking.
What do you think you’ll read next?
Hmm. I've got quite a library stack at the moment. I think To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-18 by Adam Hochschild is likely to be my Take to Work book when I'm working a temp gig next week. I've gotten it out of the library three times now and not managed to read it, so I'd really like to get it off my list, finally. Feud: Hatfields, McCoys and Social Change in Appalachia, by Altina Waller is also a possibility, as is Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife, by Mary Roach, since it's due soon and someone else must have it on reserve because it's not renewable.