the last 4 books i read

so i’ve been seeing a few people asking about books people have read, looking for suggestions and such. so, here are the last 4 books i read.

the last one was the hunger games. it was better than i had anticipated. it’s a semi-post-appocoliptic u.s. that has been split into 13 districts, one district is destroyed as an example. well, to show the rest of the districts that the government is really in charge, they make them put up two kids, one boy, one girl, as tributes to the “games”. the games are the tributes from 12 districts fighting to the death. winner takes all. glory, riches, a life without want, unlike all their neighbors who are starving and barely getting by. it is much better than i thought it was going to be. still it seems like a chick book. if that makes sense. it was nice reading about a bunch of people forced to fight to the death.

the next book is called “makers” by cory doctorow. this is a tale of two friends who live in florida and make things. then they get hired by a large corporation to make things for them. in the process of making things, they perfect the 3d printers, and people start making everything. this in turn allows a huge influx of imagination and creativity and it seems like everything pretty much just collapses on itself. the two friends make this “ride” that turns into a world phenom, when some trademarked items make their way on to this ride, they get sued by the bigger corporation. it’s an alright read. maybe if you are into technology and drama that doesn’t feel like it goes anywhere, then this is the book for you. it is actually a very descent read.

this next book was given to me by my ma. she felt that i needed an inspirational book to read. it’s called “the lord is my shepard” by harold s. kushner. it was written shortly after 9-11 and it seems that it was written for people who needed some sort of comfort after a terrible experience. this is a good book if you haven’t heard enough sappy things over the years. if you need to hear some good words of comfort because nobody around you has ever said anything sappy, then this is the book for you. the only thing that i really got out of this book was that i learned that owls are not kosher. they are a nocturnal animal, thus making them non kosher.

now, the best one that i have read. the reason it is such a good book, is it is filled with all sorts of information that i never knew. or even thought to think about. it has such information that i think that many of you have never thought about such things. it talks about things that the media covered to death, but not from this point of view. even if you don’t agree with or think it is a little out there, you should still take it into consideration. this book is actually a tribute to the last 20 years of alternative reporting.

the book is “high times greatest hits. 20 years of smoke in your face” from the editors of high times.
it starts out talking about a fellow by the name of thomas king forcade. he is by far the most influential counter-culture guru of our times. he is responsible for such groups as the yippies, the zippies. he is also responsible for helping start one of the biggest counter culture movements. he was a modern day cowboy, rabble rouser. in total tradition of american free spirit. it tells things that the main stream media wont. every one should read this. this has more in it than just drug lore. most of it is about drug lore. it is very informative about things that you would never have thought about. it talks of interesting people and social issues in a way that you would never have thought of. if you are on the right or on the left this tells the story from a totally different point of view. it tells stories of people that you have heard of and thought you knew a lot about them, well, this tells more.

so if you want to read something that will say something different than what the main stream is saying, then this is the book for you.