Philip K. Dick's "Do androids dream of electric sheep?"
Excellent book, I love it to death. I liked Blade Runner a lot (the movie was based on this book). But the book is ten times better! Some people accuse this book of being negative; I don't think it is very much. The deaths of the androids in the book are put as though there irrelevant, and the story follows like a 1950's noir. The main character is Rick Deckard a police man of the future who kills escaped droids. Droids are used for demanding labor off the planet Earth. This book really made me think about life and how we treat Mother Nature. Ever sense finishing this book I have been unable to kill a bug.

Seamus Heaney's "Beowulf"
My favorite book, I love the medieval times and I can completely envision this story. I read in Jr. High and it's still my favorite book. The vocabulary is pretty high, but I like it that way. It encompasses you further into the medieval times. The main villain Grendel is the perfect medieval villain, and especially his mother who looks like Jabba the hut. The version I have and that you see here is the bilingual edition, English and Old English. This too has been made into a movie but all versions have been box office flops.

Anthony Burgess' "A Clockwork Orange"
Fantastic book! Though I highly suggest you have a nadsat guide when you read this book. The book is a lot more brutal than the movie, and it reminds me a lot of The Catcher in the Rye--that rebellious youth mind set. This book takes place in the future, when youth has gone wild. There isn't any law and order and the young British citizens rob, rape and beat up anyone for money. Alex is actually younger than Malcolm McDowell portrays him as in the movie.

Shirley Rogers-Radl's "Invisible Woman: Target of the religious new right"
I couldn't put this book down. It was a really terrific and informative book on where women stand in America in more recent times. I learned about how scary the religious right is, and how there are over 1,600 injustices under American law against women. I think every female or humanitarian owes it to themselves to read this book. This book makes point after point and shares actual accounts of women being screwed over by the government. This book explains the origination of the "feminine mystique" how that image helps big business' sell products.

Mark Bittner's "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill"
This book is such a treat. It's easy to read, heart warming and very informative. I now feel like a pro concerning parrots. These book talks about his experience with these rare parrots from Peru, their personalities, and his struggle to keep himself from being homeless. It was great to read this book, largely because I live near San Francisco and it was great to read a story about a local person. I was able to climb up Telegraph Hill and hear the Parrots, it was in the evening so they were going back to their nests. I got to see the director of the movie and see the writer of this book. Mark Bittner spent years with the parrots learning about them and now knows more about them than anyone.

Michael Moore's "Dude where's my country"
This book was easy to read and very enjoyable. I spent most of the time laughing and agreeing with his points. His points were very right on and written in a very straight forward way. He addressed issues in an organized and comical way. I wasn't anticipating on enjoying this book as much as I did. Things like "How to talk to your conservative brother-in-law", "How to Stop Terrorism? Stop being Terrorists!", requests from God, and finally addressing the fact that French fries are not French was pure gold! (and how pathetic it is that we wasted time on THAT!) Great book over all and a joy to read. I read the entire book in a day!

Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique"
As you can tell, I love books on feminism and women's rights. Welcome to the queen of them all! If women's rights is your bag, this should be the first book you check out. In fact I suggest buying it and lending it to your female friends after reading it. It is extremely enlightening and informative. While other "feminist books" have kind of made me feel irate...this book shows me just how far we've come. Although it's not exactly 50/50, we and our mothers before us have made a lot of progress since the 50's. The book ignighted the women's rights movement. I think every girl owes it to herself to read this book.

The Presley's "Elvis by the Presleys"
This book is a must read for any Elvis fan! This has to be the best Elvis book out there. After all, who would know more about Elvis than thr Presley's themself?! This book has the funniest, sweetest, most honest tid bits of Elvis info and is packed with great pictures! This book is the best way to get to know Elvis!

Pamela Des Barres "I'm with the band: Confessions of a groupie"
This book has it's ups and downs. This book is packed full of DETAILED accounts of Pamela's sexcapades with the rock stars we love. It's fascinating, and I felt downright jealous 90% of the book. She also dicusses the GTO's, and the early days of bands that rose to stardom. But the book is hard to read. It feels like it is written by a 10 year old girl, there are a lot of mis-spellings done on purpose. Lots and lots of "squeeeeing" and 50% is so strange it seems embelished. The point is, I would defintely reccomend this book to anybody whose as big of a rock and roll guru as me. But be warned the book might also simultaneously drive you nuts.

Norah Vincent's "Self made man"
This book is a must for any cross dresser or any woman curious of what it's like to be a man. The book opened up my eyes ALOT of what it is to the be a man. I didn't realise how repressed men actually are, to share feelings and even to share an embrace. Also, Noah's drag tips are terrific, and her experiencs are even greater. There's a reason this lady was on Oprah, this book is one hell of a memoir of manly experiences...by a woman.

Maureen Dowd's "Are men necessary?"
The title sounds harsh, but I promise you this is a hilarious book. It's about women in the work force and how certain aspects of the feminist movement have infact worked against women. This book made me laugh, and more importantly...think alot. If books like the "Feminine Mystique" are a little too radial for you, try this book. It takes a humorous and more down to Earth approach to disecting women's lives in the real world.