Anybody read a good book lately?

[Diomedes]

I recently learned that organized criminal gang leaders will pay to have some very valuable art stolen and stashed, not so they can sell it for money, but so that, in the event the gang leader is popped for something else like racketeering, he can say to the cops...find a way to lower my sentence and I might remember where that Rembrandt is stashed.  And it works.

[rjs246]

I finished Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis and The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss on my most recent trip.

Less Than Zero is excellent in that way that only Ellis can pull off. Hopeless. Nihilistic. Awful. But somehow a page turner.

The 4 Hour Work Week will change some people's lives. I'm still working out what I can apply to my own life, but there's no doubt that this guy is on to something. It's geared more towards entrepreneurs, but a lot of the principles can be applied to anyone's life. Good stuff. I'll be rereading.

[ice grillin you]

im guessing this is why you read it but the sequel to less than zero just came out

[rjs246]

That, combined with the fact that The Rules of Attraction has been on Showtime a bunch this month, reminded me that I've been meaning to check out more of his stuff. Also picked up The Rules of Attraction and am about halfway through that.

[hbionic]

I'm convinced you are a demon rjs. It explains why:

a) You are miserable
b) You read so much in so little time
c) Your association with Zombies

[MURP]

The 4 Hour Work Week will change some people's lives. I'm still working out what I can apply to my own life, but there's no doubt that this guy is on to something. It's geared more towards entrepreneurs, but a lot of the principles can be applied to anyone's life. Good stuff. I'll be rereading.

Ferriss has a good blog with more info as well.

http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/

[rjs246]

The blog, with its tools, ideas, tips and stories actually looks like it has the potential to be just as interesting and far more practically useful than the book.

[phattymatty]

shut up

[Zanshin]

Touche. Classic point/counterpoint.

[rjs246]

I feel like Matt is struggling with what he really wants to say.

[Diomedes]

he's expressing my opinion nicely

[General_Failure]

Somebody got stonewalled at the milking room today.

[Rome]

shut up STOP DRINKING

Could it be any clearer?

[rjs246]

I finished The Rules of Attraction a few days ago. Meh.

The main character in Less Than Zero seemed to be lost and nihilistic but at least aware enough to see and acknowledge what he was. These characters are just as empty but completely lacking any awareness of how uninteresting they are. The book was fine, I guess, and totally got its point across, but I wouldn't really recommend it.

[Rome]

Less Than Zero is one of the few books I've read that is actually worse than the movie.

Also - I started reading Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross this weekend.  It's actually fairly stunning how good it is so far.  I'm about 100 pages in and plan on finishing it this week...