The Count of Monte Outliers

I'm not sure when my blog turned into a forum to critique the books I've been reading, but since I enjoy finding out what friends say about books, movies, and other forms of entertainment they've recently consumed I'll add a few more titles to the list.

As promised, I finished "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell a few weeks ago. This book is an easy read filled with stories and analysis looking closer at how incredibly successful people manage to achieve their incredible success. The book contains a lot of stories and a fair amount of analysis. The stories I really enjoyed and found to be entertaining and thought-provoking, whereas the analysis seemed a bit stretched and repetitive. Overall, it's worth a look if you haven't had the chance to read it yet.

I also have to say I respect this guy's hair so much even if I didn't like his books, I would probably recommend them anyway.


My newest novel is Alexandre Dumas' "The Count of Monte Cristo". I LOVE it so far. I stumbled across it after downloading a fantastic iPhone app called "Classics". Laid out like the library in the upcoming iPad, "Classics" is a free app that gives you access to about 20 titles like "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", "Alice in Wonderland", and "The Jungle Book". If you have an iPod touch or iPhone, you gotta check it out. Once I finish my reading, I'll jot down a few of my thoughts.