Met Karim lounging at the Starbucks at the Beverly Connection. He kind of reminded me of Rick Fox but that's a whole 'nutha story...
He's reading the classic Joseph Keller novel Catch-22. Oddly enough I can't recall if I've ever read it. Odd I know. This is his second time reading it. He had read it many years ago and remembered how it was funny so decided to pick it up again. He says he needs a good laugh nowadays. Karim currently works for a hedge fund in Newport Beach and its been quite interesting lately, to say the least! It's been very stressful so he decided to take the week off hence the lounging and reading in the middle of the work week. When asked what he would write about he said he'd like to write a book about his work environment. Should be fascinating reading.
Karim normally doesn't read novels. He generally sticks to "boring non-fiction" as he calls it. Mainly historical or political leaning. And, of course, books on the economy and the like. The last books he read were Commodities Rising by Jeffrey M. Christian and Hot Commodities by Jim Rogers. He usually gets his book recs from reading reviews online while browsing similar books he likes or has read.
Random factoid for the road? He loves all things Toni Morrison. As I walked away I totally meant to go back and say, "Toni made and served white okra to someone I know..." but the moment had passed...
Have you been reading alot about the financial crisis?
And random non-book related question: What are you doing or going to be for Halloween?
Book-related addendum: What are your favourite Halloween books/stories?
1 comments:
I was drawn in by your post title, but found myself reading the entire post nonetheless. Reminds me how I don't read things on paper, or hardly ever. It seems like such a luxury these days.
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