[FoRK] Annual book poll: What are you reading this holidays?

[Jeff Bone]

Not sure this is "holiday" reading per se, but a few recent titles:
   Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters... by Miller and Kanazawa

   Making Things Talk... by Tom Igoe

   Physical Computing by Igoe and O'Sullivan

   God's Demon by Wayne Barlowe (unf. not recommended;  he's a more  
interesting illustrator than writer)

   Uglies / Pretties / Specials / Extras by Scott Westerfield  
(children's books, but pretty good...)

   Grey by Jon Armstrong

   The Electric Church by Jeff Summers

   A War of Gifts by Orson Scott Card (ugh)

   This Alien Shore by C. S. Friedman (on a recommendation;  a bit  
genre hacky)

   Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War by  
Joe Bageant



...a bit of a dry patch, truth be told;  anybody have anything  
interesting to recommend?



Silky, re: your question, this isn't precisely what you're looking  
for but HIGHLY recommended anyway:

   How to Solve It by G. Polya



I'd have to give a thumbs-down on the Knuth books (I know,  
blasphemy!)  If you're looking for a practical overview, that's a bit  
dense to start with.  OTOH, I don't really have a recommended title  
off the top of my head.  Will give it some thought though...



$0.02,



jb