Vasilating: What I've Read...

Greetings Faithful Readers...

Here's a quick tour through the books I have just finished in the last 10 days... see if any of them interest you as they did me... Remember: Scale of 1-10 - (with 10 being highest) follows each review.

1) Click - Bill Tancer - This book can best be described as technical. It is a study of how people surf the web, their browsing habits, and the analysis of the data obtained. I have been reading everything I can get my hands on about web 2.0 and the way people interact with the web. This book was informative...yet I still found myself looking for a little personality in it. Yes, I know it's a techy book...but it made me feel a little like I was reading the instruction manual for my fridge...lots of great data...not a lot of heart. (0111)

If you know what number that rating represents in binary...read this book.

2) Sex God - Rob Bell - An amazing book that talks about God's love for us and how we can better process the different levels of relationships in our lives. What amazes me about Rob's books is that you can go from one chapter where you're like "mmmm...that makes me think a little" and the next chapter be down on your knees in total repentance. (8)

3) Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good - Sarah Lacy - A good look into the lives of some of the pioneers of Web 2.0. Some very colorful language sprinkled throughout but an otherwise solid read if you are interested in how DIGG, Facebook, or Twitter came to be. (7)

4) Guerilla Marketing - Jay Conrad Levinson and Mitch Meyerson - While 90% about business marketing, the last chapter or so were great about leveraging Web 2.0 technologies to reach people and connect them to your website. (6)

What's on my nightstand right now....

Creating Magic - 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney

Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile