Good Reads for Fall
I had the good fortune to read a few good books this summer while on my trip to NYC and during the past few weeks before grad school starts. I am going to do my best to rate them here. They are in the order that I can remember, so don't place any value in how they appear here.

Great Starvation Experiment
This book is a great story about what happened to the hundreds of men who didn't feel the need to fight during WWII. Ancel Keys, a nationally known scientist from the University of Minnesota, enlisted 36 of these men to study starvation in the effort to help those overseas suffering from war. This story goes into the minds of these men and the investigators who watched them literally starve for the good of mankind. A remarkable story.

Running With Scissors
This memoir by Augusten Burroughs is very interesting. It will soon be made into a movie, and I am anxious to compare the story on film to what I read.


Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story
This author hails from my home state and has a fresh voice into some of the everyday things people go through. I can't condone all the drug use in this book, but to story is still pretty great.

Devil in the White City
This is a non-fiction book that reads just like fiction. In fact, parts of it you wish were actually fiction. It is amazing the things that sprouted from the Chicago World's Fair.