Rate The Last Book You've Read

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<p>I just want to see what everyone has been reading lately. </p>

<p>Rate the last book you've read from 1-10</p>

<p>The last book Ive read was DECEPTION POINT by DAN BROWN... 9/10</p>

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<p>The last two books I read were a book and it's sequal, Sorcery and Cecelia, and The Grand Tour. Both were excellent (10/10) and I totally recommend them. The next book I'm reading is Half-Blood Prince!!! :) :) :)</p>

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<p>Brave New World-Huxley
50/10..its dat good</p>

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<p>Reefer Madness 10/10
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0618446702/qid=1121416267/sr=8-3/ref=pd_bbs_3/103-8845290-6511054?v=glance&s=books&n=507846%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0618446702/qid=1121416267/sr=8-3/ref=pd_bbs_3/103-8845290-6511054?v=glance&s=books&n=507846&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Of Human Bondage: 7/10. There are some very poetic moments, but I was only able to finish it after flipping through the last 50 pages and seeing no reference to Mildred. Those 100-200 pages about her felt like someone had broken my legs.</p>

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<p>Steppenwolf - Hermann Hesse
5/5</p>

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<p>Mrs. Dalloway 10/10</p>

<p>Lovely language plus in the context of the book, it had the best, most perfect/suitable ending it could have had</p>

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<p>"Ladies and Gentlemen: The Bronx is Burning," by Johnathan Mahler. This book was basically a social/political/athletic history of New York City in 1977. It was clearly a fascinating time: the xenith of disco, the birth of punk rock, the start of Rupert Murdoch and enfotainment, the Summer of Sam, the year of the blackout and subsequent riots, the rise of SoHo and Ed Koch and the demise of "good old boy" politics. Not to mention a vicious power struggle within the Yankees clubhouse (Reggie Jackson vs. just about everybody else in the organization). </p>

<p>All make for an interesting read. However, I found myself much more interested in the social history (SoHo, punk, disco, Rupert etc) and the Son of Sam than in the tedious Yankees bits and tiring political commentary...</p>

<p>Overall: 7/10</p>

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<p>Life and Times of Michael K - J.M. Coetzee</p>

<p>Good book I had to read for AP English over the summer 8.5/10</p>

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<p>"Billy Joel: The Life and Times of an Angry Young Man," a pretty good biography of Billy Joel, one of my favorite musicians. 9/10</p>

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<p>Mao for Beginners - 6/10</p>

<p>It was easy to read...but I could care less about the subject.</p>

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<p>go tell it on the mountain - james baldwin.
8/10</p>

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<p>The Joy Luck Club- 9/10</p>

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<p>Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse </p>

<p>9/10</p>

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<p>The Last Great Revolution-8/10, i guess
Now: Fabric of the Cosmos-10/10</p>

<p>Wow, I'm a geek. oh well, not too big of a shock.</p>

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<p>The Firm by John Grisham 9/10</p>

<p>Great book!</p>

<p>Anybody here ever work on Tom Clancy's, Jack Ryan books? I picked up Patroit Games today, but have yet to start it.</p>

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<p>i love the joy luck club, but i hate that damn waverly!</p>

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<p>The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (she wrote Interpreter of Maladies).
9/10. I would give it 10/10 but it doesn't suck you in super quickly (certainly not as quickly as IOM). However, that's fair as it's a novel not short stories. It absolutely fufills the promise of her pulizter debut so stick with it, you'll be so glad you did :)</p>

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<p>mekrod i bought fabric of the cosmos and our elegant universe but havnt read either</p>

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<p>I've been meaning to read those two as well...</p>