October 13, 20169 yr Just read Where Are the Customers' Yachts? Or a good hard look at Wall Street. It was published in 1940 and reads as a series of humorous truisms about making money in stocks. I laughed out loud a few times and it was thought provoking. Curious if any investors like @Clyde have read it. Never have read it.
October 13, 20169 yr Never have read it. You might find it interesting. Pretty short read. Surprised at how it holds up 76 years later.
October 13, 20169 yr Daughter lent me this one, so I'll read it in the next day or so. Had to read that one for class a few years ago. Thoughts?
October 13, 20169 yr Had to read that one for class a few years ago. Thoughts? I didn't read the second (more technical) part of the book. The first half was quite moving.
October 13, 20169 yr I haven't thought this out too much, but I wonder if there would be any interest in something along the lines of a "book club" on here. We agree on a book, agree on a reading schedule, discuss it as we go. Just throwing it out there. After I'm finished with school next January I'd be interested.
October 13, 20169 yr Started Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic last night. I'm about 1/4 of the way through. Gripping, informative read. The Ohio River Valley features prominently in his narrative. As the preface details, the title comes from the name of a pool in Portsmouth, Ohio that alludes to more promising past there. I grew up not too far across the river from there and we had a pool that seems like it was inspired by Dreamland. I'm sure heroin has sunk it's teeth in there just the same. Fantastic and heartbreaking. One of the best books I've read in awhile.
October 13, 20169 yr This is very good. Enlightening and disturbing. I had no idea how limited prosecution for rape in America is. [ATTACH=CONFIG]55680[/ATTACH] Checked the eBook out from my library an hour ago.
October 13, 20169 yr Started this one last night. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The NYT described it thusly: "The North Water feels like the result of an encounter between Joseph Conrad and Cormac McCarthy in some run-down port as they offer each other a long, sour nod of recognition." So I was sold right there. [ATTACH]58029[/ATTACH] As am I.
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