The HSS Book Club

There are roughly 10 weeks until training camp starts, and since virtually nothing will happen in the interim (save a few arrests, no doubt), this seems like as good a time as any to break out the second annual HSS Book Club. Last year's post is here, and this year, sadly, I don't have much to add. I bought a bunch of books, but -- and it's extremely embarrassing even writing this -- I haven't read one cover to cover in the last 12 months.

For what it's worth, I do have subscriptions to The New Yorker and Atlantic Monthly. (that counts for something, right? No? moving on...) Although I'm considering canceling the Monthly solely because Gregg Easterbrook writes about the environment in the latest issues. Way to blow your credibility, AM.

Anyway, I'll open it up to you, dear readers, and maybe I'll post all the books I've purchased in the last year.

The Oprah HSS Book Club

Randy has an idea:

...I began to wonder what the guys who comment on your site read. This seems to be a surprisingly literate bunch of jock-sniffers, and I wondered if it would be interesting or useful if we shared what we were reading with each other and what our favorite books are.

Sounds good to me.

I'm embarrassed to admit that I haven't read a book in, jeebus, six months. Before I got busy pretend-following sports, I use to have a lot more time on my hands. Now? Not so much. Anyway, some of my favorite (relatively) recent reads:

• Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (Depressingly good.)
• Liar's Poker (Michael Lewis' first book, and it's not about sports.)
• The Traveler: A Novel (Best sci-fi book I've read.)
• Education of a Coach (I hate Bill Belichick as much as the next Steelers fan, but I love Dave Halberstam.)
• Summer of '49 (If you want to know what baseball was like 60 years ago, this is a great, great read.)
• The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity (My all-time favorite nonfiction science book. If a mathematician can be a badass, it's Georg Cantor.)

Okay, nerds, have at it. Next week, we'll talk about our feelings.