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The Magician's Nephew

I read all of the Chronicles of Narnia books as a kid but never this one (I don't think). C.S. Lewis' wrote this one second to last but actually intended it to be read first in the series. I want to read this and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe before I watch the movie that came out last year.

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State of Fear

Very interesting book. Lot of good environmental research and suspense. Definitely a good thriller worth reading but not as good as Prey.

Be warned: there's about 50 pages of references at the end, so the book ends a lot sooner than you think it is going to. I thought there was a ton left when the book was over. I'm not sure the ending was dissatisfying or just sooner than I expected.

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Sphere

I've been wanting to read another Michael Crichton since I finished Prey and I'm finally getting around to it. I saw the movie and enjoyed it ages ago, and I'm about 25% of the way through and so far so good.

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Raising Cole

I was in school at Texas when Cole Pittman was tragically killed in a car accident and I actually had the chance to hang out with him on several occasions, so when I read several excerpts on RaisingCole.com I was touched personally. Something every father, son, or Texas Longhorn should read.

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Lindy's Big 12 preview

Damn their website blows, but any magazine that picks us to go the Rose Bowl and calls A&M's Reggie McNeal a poor man's Vince Young is all right with me.

I can't wait for football season to get here.

Must. Get. HD.

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Blink

After hearing Malcolm Gladwell speak at SXSW, I immediately ordered both Blink and Tipping Point off of Amazon. The audio book on CD wasn't much more than the paperback and I've already got plenty of real books I'm working through so got that.

So far I've listened to the first of seven discs and I'm really enjoying it. I guess I could make a snap judgement and rate it now, but I'll wait and actually write up a review when I've finished the book.

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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

I bought this book for my dad a year ago for his birthday or Father's Day or something. It's been a great book so far.

Some of the comments in it are kind of interesting in light of the steroid information that's coming to light now. Things like the strategy to take good hitters even if they have no power, because you can develop power. And heeping praise on skinny little Jason Giambi and how he developed into such a power hitter. Sure makes it sound like the Oakland front office knew about all the steroids in their clubhouse.

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Wired

I don't know why I never read it before but it's really good. I'm only about a third of the way through my first issue but I've already really enjoyed a short article on elective surgery being the next-generation performance enhancer in sports. Really quality writing.

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Bleachers

Christina bought me this book months ago, but I'm just getting around to reading it. I decided I should read a book that wasn't about web design or computers for once, even though I really enjoyed the last one I read.

I honestly don't even know what genre this is going to be, I've only read the first chapter but I still would think I'd be able to tell by now. Is someone going to start murdering people? Was the old coach a pedophile? Guess I'll find out soon enough.

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Designing with Web Standards

Absolutely amazing work. Anyone at all interested in web design must read this book, especially those wondering what all this standards hubbub is about. It's an interesting and easy read.

His personal site and A List Apart are also both amazing resources for designers. It's easy to see why Mr. Zeldman is held in such a high regard. I'm really excited to hear him speak at SXSWi.

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Fellowship of the Rings

Another book on CD, this time I was sorely disappointed.

Digital Fortress was great, I really enjoyed the book and it's delivery. This time rather than reading me the book, they acted it out. It was at times excellent, but at many others it was lame or difficult to hear. Plus it was very abridged.

Luckily, Christina is buying me the movies for Christmas.

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Digital Fortress

Okay, so technically I didn't read the whole book. I read about one-third of it back in March and then I listened to the entire thing this week on CD while driving home for Thanksgiving. I downloaded the entire audiobook off BitTorrent.

A really good book, but no where as good as Angels & Demons or of course The DaVinci Code. A good thriller who's ending is a little drawn out and frustrating.

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ESPN the Magazine

"The Magazine" is actually really good, especially considering I get it for free with my ESPN Insider subscription. I think ESPN went the right route when they decided to focus on the future instead of writing on what had already happened. For a sports magazine it's really the only thing you can do and stay useful. I get my sports news the instant it happens via TV or the Internet, I don't need a magazine telling me the story again a week after it happened. Good articles and photography (although the SI photos were always spectacular, and not just in the swimsuit issue.)

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MacWorld

Not the best magazine in the world, but certainly readable. The articles are informative and entertaining, but they are also often repetitive, outdated, and biased.

I've only been reading the magazine a couple of months and already they've repeated some of the same topics several times. They also managed to announce the new Apple Cinema Displays about two and a half months after everyone else did.

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PC Magazine

Excellent magazine that I've been reading for about a year now. Very good articles as well as news and reviews. I almost always read it cover to cover.

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