My Winter Break Reading List

My Winter Break Reading List So with all this free time on my hands (not as much as I originally anticipated, but some), Ill be reading a few books to pass the time. Some of these books have had their residence on my bookshelf for a long time. Some of these books, its the fifth or sixth time Im reading the book. Some of these books you might ask me why am I reading them, but nonetheless, Im reading. Also, what do you guys recommend? Im typically a sci-fi, thriller, satire aficionado but Im open to any suggestions. Now to the book list: Biomechanics: Motion, Flow, Stress, and Growth by Y.C. Fung From amazon.com This third volume not only stands alone as a comprehensive survey of the broad field of biomechanics, but also complements the explorations of the first two volumes, maintaining its emphasis on methods of classical engineering as applied to biological and physiological phenomena. While consistently recognizing the importance of historical precedence and perspective, Fung presents the most contemporary literature and the latest thinking in biomechanics in thei increasingly complex interdisciplinary subject. Considered here are 1.) the mechanics of body movement; 2.) the flow external to an animal in motion, and the internal flow of blood, gas, water, and other body fluids; 3.) the stress and strain, and the strength, trauma, and tolerance limits of tissues and organs; and 4.) the growth and change in living organisms in response to biomechanical principles. A generous number of problems to be solved and a carefully selected list of references are especially useful and should help to s timulate thought and discussion among advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and others with an interest in bioengineering and medicine. Im reading this for fun yes. Im actually reading it for preparation for my new project that Ill be working on for my UROP during IAP. Book #2: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole Meet Ignatius J. Reilly, the hero of John Kennedy Tooles tragicomic tale, A Confederacy of Dunces. This 30-year-old medievalist lives at home with his mother in New Orleans, pens his magnum opus on Big Chief writing pads he keeps hidden under his bed, and relays to anyone who will listen the traumatic experience he once had on a Greyhound Scenicruiser bound for Baton Rouge. (Speeding along in that bus was like hurtling into the abyss.) But Ignatiuss quiet life of tyrannizing his mother and writing his endless comparative history screeches to a halt when he is almost arrested by the overeager Patrolman Mancusowho mistakes him for a vagrantand then involved in a car accident with his tipsy mother behind the wheel. One thing leads to another, and before he knows it, Ignatius is out pounding the pavement in search of a job. Book #3: Enders Game by Orson Scott Card Pretty much my favorite book of all time. Its probably my 17th time reading it. If you havent read it and youre a fan of sci-fi, check it out from your local library. I just had a Levar Burton moment. Theyre apparently making a movie out of it. Well see. And last on my list thus far: Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life by Amy Krouse Rosenthal Now I just kinda bumped into this book but the title was enough to catch my eye, well see if I can make it past page 10. If Im not hooked by then, it just becomes an overdue book because I forget about it. What do you guys recommend? These books will probably keep me occupied until I get back to MIT which isnt that far away.