Read 50 books in 2006

17. The Making of a Poker Player: How an Ivy League Math Geek Learned to Play Championship Poker – Matt Matros

18. Winning Low Limit Hold’em – Lee Jones

Yes, more poker books. Must. Read. Something. Else!

15. Writing About Your Life – William Zinsser

A good course in memoir writing, and an interesting read with his own work used as great examples.

16. The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists – Neil Strauss

I was intrigued by the whole idea of this subculture of socially inept guys who transform themselves into successful pickup artists, and it started out interesting, but I got bored about halfway through.

It took me forever to finish that last book, and I need to find a good book to read next.

14. Paper Bullets – Kip Fulbeck

Written as a ‘fictional autobiography’ by a half-Chinese, half-white artist/surfer/professor, I thought it would be at least somewhat interesting. But it was a chore to read, and I disliked everything about it.

13. The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown

It’s not one of the three books I mentioned I was currently reading in my last post, but I suddenly felt compelled to read it. It was a quick read, and I’m just glad I’m not left wondering about all the controversy.

12. Harrington on Hold ‘em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments: The Endgame (Vol. 2) – Dan Harrington

Yes, yet another poker book.

Right now I’m reading three books, one of which is another poker book, but the other two thankfully are not.

11. Harrington on Hold ‘em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments: Strategic Play (Vol. 1)

Another poker book. What can I say? I’m obsessed. Next up is yet another poker book, but I should throw in some fiction or something.

10. Annie Duke : How I Raised, Folded, Bluffed, Flirted, Cursed, and Won Millions at the World Series of Poker – Annie Duke

Interesting read. I didn’t know she also left a PhD program, so we have something in common! Ian gets a little worried when I try to draw too many parallels. So I have my delusions.

8. The Ruins of California – Martha Sherrill
9. Phil Gordon’s Little Green Book – Phil Gordon

Next up: maybe another poker book.

6. The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke – Suze Orman
7. Lucky – Alice Sebold

Okay, now onto The Ruins of California.

1. The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffeneger (okay, so I actually started it during the last week of 2005)
2. Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoevsky (I first started it way before #1, months and months ago, and only finished it this month)
3. The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold
4. Midnight Champagne – A. Manette Ansay
5. Blink – Malcolm Gladwell

Now reading The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke by Suze Orman, and better yet, putting it into action! I’m planning to pick up Martha Sherrill’s The Ruins of California tomorrow because I need me some (albeit memoir-like) fiction.