I’m doing YouthWorks job readiness classes all week. 9-12 and 1-4 (you horrible scheduling sons of bitches). So I jacked this from Cracktales 2.0 to prove that I actually do read.

1. List three books you’ve always meant to read, but haven’t got around to them.

The WAR AGAINST BOYS: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men by Christina Hoff Sommers

The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader by Ryder Windham
(I’m a Star Wars geek so what)

The Art of War by Sun Tzu
(I have it, I’ve browsed it…just never actually read it…sue me)

2. Share the two books that changed your life.

IT by Stephen King
…it sounds funny, but when I was young I had very severe asthma…to the point that I eventually didn’t do a lot of physical activities for fear of having an attack. When I read this novel and read about what Eddie Kaspbrak went through with his mothers Munchausen Syndrome as it related to his asthma my thinking changed. Mind you I ACTUALLY have asthma, but I stopped letting it control me. I went from being a kid who would get all wheezy from running up the block to being able to run a mile…when I am exercising regularly. In the end it showed me the power of my mind. Also: I like how alot of his books deal with children in a real way…things are more real for kids then adults usually want to admit.

Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton by Bobby Seale
No matter what he did later…this book changed the way I looked at things…and made me feel o.k. that I’m still willing to punch someone in the mouth.

3. Recommend the one book you’ve been talking about since the very first day you’ve read it.

The Decline of Males: The First Look at an Unexpected New World for Men and Women
by Lionel Tiger

I recommend that everyone reads this. It put research and history behind something I was feeling and trying to argue for ahile. This should certainly be on the list for all men.

4. Link to this post so we can read all about them when you’re done.

5. If you tag others, let them know by leaving them a comment in one of their recent posts (but not in the one about their grandmother dying—honestly, people, I don’t get that) or send them a kind, non-spammy email.