Book Lists

From a meme over at 50 Books:

I could only answer some of the questions since I'm not a big book loaner and I don't have kids, but the others were fun. One thing this helped me notice is that some of the stuff at the bottom of my to read pile is more fun than the stuff at the top -- I may have to re-organize/re-prioritize!

I've got a few books here that aren't recent but that I really think I should read (and want to! it isn't guilt but that they seem to have made a difference in how people understand the world. Guns, Germs and Steel is a prime example).

I do love some good listing action!

Five most recent books you've bought for yourself:
Guns, Germs and Steel – Jared Diamond
A Presumption of Death – Jill Paton Walsh
Life’s a Bitch and Then You Change Careers – Andrea Kay
It’s Okay to Be The Boss – Bruce Tulgan
Connected: 24 Hours in the Gobal Economy – Daniel Altman

Last five books you looked at on Amazon/Chapters/Powell's/etc.:
A Presumption of Death – Jill Paton Walsh
The Untied States of America – Juan Enriquez
Scandalous Love – Brenda Joyce
Africa: A Biography of the Continent – John Reader
The Four-Hour Workweek – Timothy Ferris

Top five books on your "to read" pile:
A Presumption of Death – Jill Paton Walsh
The Problem with Murmur Lee – Connie May Fowler
Love is Murder – Linda Palmer
Everything is Miscellaneous – David Weinberger
Welcome to Your Crisis – Laura Day

Bottom five books on your "to read" pile:
The Design of Everyday Things – Donald Norman
Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentlemen Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail – Stephen Brown
Rocket Boys – Homer Hickam
How the Irish Saved Civilization – Thomas Cahill
The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver