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In an effort to keep track of what I've read, and in the hopes that it may help others find some gems, I'm going to keep a list of books that I read each month.  This page will be continually updated.

Aug 2005

• Basic Economics - Excellent overview of economics and the forces behind it.  A light-bulb went off when I read about price controls...never realized how powerful of a role that plays.
• The Rule of Four - Awesome novel.  Similar to the Da Vinci Code, but more academic in nature.
• Effective C# - Excellent book with tons of tips.  Learned a lot from it.
• Agile Software Development - Great book that really shows you how to write better software.  Also has some great discussions on patterns.
• The Definitive Guide to Plone - Good overview of the tool.  A lot better than what's on the plone website.

July 2005

• Naked Economics - Great book.  Does a great job of demonstrating the benefits of globalization - even for the poor and developing countries.  Makes economics interesting.
• The Worldly Philosophers - Really good read.  Brings the famous economists to life and presents their ideas and an entertaining way.
• ASP.NET 2.0: Developer's Notebook - Decent...one of the better out of what's currently available.  Very “HOW-TO“ ish though vs. a good tutorial.
• ASP.NET v2.0 - The Beta Version - Not really crazy about this one.  More of an API reference than anything.
• Enterprise Services with the .NET Framework - Excellent book.  Really shows the power of Enterprise Services and what they provide.
• Visual C# 2005: A Developer's Notebook - Pretty good.  Liked it better than the ASP.NET book.  Again, one of the better ones out of what's currently available.