All Consuming : avacadojer

Consumed "2001: A Space Odyssey"

nobody@allconsuming.net (avacadojer) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:58:02 GMT

2001: A Space Odyssey

by Arthur C. Clarke

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Superbad (Unrated Widescreen Edition)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (avacadojer) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:21:41 GMT

Superbad (Unrated Widescreen Edition)

WORTH IT!

Consumed "A Wind in the Door (Time Quartet)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (avacadojer) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:33:04 GMT

A Wind in the Door (Time Quartet)

by Madeleine L'Engle

WORTH IT!

Why I recommend "The Judas Strain (Sigma Force Novels)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (avacadojer) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:29:01 GMT

The Judas Strain (Sigma Force Novels)

by James Rollins

Somebody else compared James Rollins to Dan Brown, and I must agree. Dan Brown and Michael Crichton books are guilty pleasures of mine, and I found this book falls nicely into that niche. There is interesting what-if science and history and a decent explanation of things I’d probably never find interesting otherwise. For that reason, I’d recommend it.

On the other hand, two things bothered me. For about the first 300 pages, everything went wrong to the extreme. Then, for the last 220 pages, everything went right. It took some of the surprise out of all but about 80 pages (40 at the beginning and another 40 after the shift). I could guess what would happen by where it was in the book.

And second, Mr. Rollins used a lot of one sentence paragraphs.

A lot.

I mean, a whole lot.

And in strings.

So it wasn’t life-changing, but it was enjoyable.

Consumed "The Judas Strain (Sigma Force Novels)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (avacadojer) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:29:01 GMT

The Judas Strain (Sigma Force Novels)

by James Rollins

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Pebble in the Sky (The Isaac Asimov Collection Edition)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (avacadojer) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:48:42 GMT

Pebble in the Sky (The Isaac Asimov Collection Edition)

by Isaac Asimov

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Northern Lights"

nobody@allconsuming.net (avacadojer) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:34:40 GMT

Northern Lights

by Tim O'Brien

Consumed "21 (Two-Disc Special Edition)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (avacadojer) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:12:53 GMT

21 (Two-Disc Special Edition)

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Consumed "The Eye (Two-Disc Special Edition)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (avacadojer) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:12:08 GMT

The Eye (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Consumed "Dodgeball - A True Underdog Story (Widescreen Edition)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (avacadojer) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:10:58 GMT

Dodgeball - A True Underdog Story (Widescreen Edition)

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Starsky & Hutch (Widescreen Edition)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (avacadojer) — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:56:05 GMT

Starsky & Hutch (Widescreen Edition)

by Todd Phillips

Consumed "Denial"

nobody@allconsuming.net (avacadojer) — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:23:29 GMT

Denial

by Keith Ablow

Consumed "P.S. I Love You"

nobody@allconsuming.net (avacadojer) — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:38:39 GMT

P.S. I Love You

by Richard LaGravenese

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (avacadojer) — Sun, 11 May 2008 20:10:28 GMT

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)

by J. K. Rowling

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Walk Hard: the Dewey Cox Story"

nobody@allconsuming.net (avacadojer) — Sat, 10 May 2008 18:04:14 GMT

Walk Hard: the Dewey Cox Story

NOT WORTH IT!

Consumed "Michael Clayton (Widescreen Edition)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (avacadojer) — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:06:54 GMT

Michael Clayton (Widescreen Edition)

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Charlie Wilson's War (Widescreen)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (avacadojer) — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:34:18 GMT

Charlie Wilson's War (Widescreen)

by Mike Nichols

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (avacadojer) — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:32:31 GMT

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)

by J.K. Rowling

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Lars and the Real Girl"

nobody@allconsuming.net (avacadojer) — Sun, 04 May 2008 02:23:35 GMT

Lars and the Real Girl

by Craig Gillespie

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (avacadojer) — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:40:33 GMT

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)

by J. K. Rowling

WORTH IT!

Why I recommend "You Can Negotiate Anything"

nobody@allconsuming.net (avacadojer) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:22:54 GMT

You Can Negotiate Anything

by Herb Cohen

Tonight, I finished You Can Negotiate Anything. I recommend reading the book for its countless minor lessons, but the two major lessons for me were:

(1) Everything that is produced by negotiation is subject to negotiation. Just because the store puts a sign up doesn’t mean you (or they) have to abide by it. The person with whom you’re dealing decides whether to do what you want—not the sign. So don’t be afraid to ask.

(2) Find the real problem. A lot of times when we’re negotiating, we think it’s just a matter of whose number wins, but it’s really a lot more complicated than that. Different people have different needs, and meeting both parties’ needs doesn’t have to be mutually exclusive.

At 255 pages, it’s not a terribly long book, and it reads pretty quickly. Cohen writes with wit and the lessons you learn make the time invested worth it.