I keep forgetting to post my book log from May:
The Best American Short Stories 2008 – Ed. Salmon Rushdie, Series Editor Heidi Pitlor
A great collection. As much as I want to join those who whine that this series always includes stories by writers like Alice Munro and Tobias Wolff, both of their stories are fantastic. Other stories I enjoyed from this year’s include: “Man and Wife” by Katie Chase and “May We Be Forgiven” by A.M. Homes.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao – Junot Díaz
I enjoyed this book, but I can decide if it lived up to the hype. I’m sure I missed a lot of the texture and depth simply because I don’t know too much about the Dominican Republic and I can’t read Spanish.
Rich Dad, Poor Dad – Robert Kiyosaki
New perspectives on finances always interest me. This book contains a few ideas/principles and little else. I wanted to see more practical applications. I always feel a little squeamish about anything that teaches people how to be rich, but that’s probably a product of my upbringing. My perspective on money is certainly expanding. And on what some might consider a superficial level, the typesetting, proofreading, and editing of the text are atrocious/absent. So bad that they distract from the content.
“Rich Dad” is one of my favorites, even though I think Robert K has now taken it too far with his Rich Dad Empire.
I looked at it as more of an inspirational book, but pretty sure that I did not learn anything financially.
Comment by Run Colorado — 24 June 2009 @ 4:31 pm
That’s a good way of putting it–inspirational. It does seem like he has a dozen or so books with the Rich Dad theme.
Comment by kristynwinters — 26 June 2009 @ 8:30 am
He really milks it with the Rich Dad Empire, they even have a board game out that cost $100.
Then he has seminars, they had one in Denver and when I looked closely at the fine print it stated at the bottom that Robert K. would not be in attendance.
Funny
Comment by Run Colorado — 2 July 2009 @ 2:22 pm