My Summer on the Metro

Here's the list of the books I read this summer while traveling around the city on the metro (a * before the title means it was a suggested read from my blog post at the beginning of the summer):

• *My Name is Asher Lev (Chaim Potok) - I love this book.
• Everything That Rises Must Converge (Flannery O'Connor) - I'm sorry, Flannery, but I just find your short stories depressing.
• N or M? (Agatha Christie) - Why did it take me until I was 21 to start reading Agatha Christie mysteries?
• Hope's Boy (Andrew Bridge) - This is a powerful autobiography from a man who grew up in the Los Angeles foster care system.
• *The Unlikely Disciple (Kevin Roose) - Ever wanted to know how a secular American views conservative Christians?
• *The Gift of Asher Lev (Chaim Potok) - Once again, Potok for the win.
• *Farenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) - 
• *Moloka'i (Alan Brennert) - A part of history most of us know nothing about.
• *In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Nathaniel Philbrick) - Want to be depressed? Read this book. You'll have to finish it to find out who survives.
• Following Jesus through the Eye of the Needle: Living Fully, Loving Dangerously (Kent Annan) - The thoughts and experiences of a man who goes to live in Haiti to help. 

I also spent a day reading each of these books:

• *The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins) - The Bottom Line: It's a romance with lots of teenagers killing each other and defying the government.
• *Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins) - If you have ever watched the Bachelor Pad (if you haven't, don't...but if you have...), then think about the Bachelor Pad as our version of the Hunger Games. Right?

For my internship this summer I read:

• When Helping Hurts: Alleviating Poverty Without Hurting the Poor...And Yourself (Brian Fikkert and Steve Corbett) - A really good book for those who want to work in international development or just have an interest in helping people in general.
• Managing Up (Harvard Business School Press) - This is about how to have a good relationship with your manager by being a proactive employee.