Off the Chain/Confessions of an EHM

Since I’ve been reading HP1 in German and English, I hadn’t read much else. I have a long way to go, too. I’m on page 115 (English) and 170 (German). Too much detail? About halfway.
The only other two books I have read of late are Ross Rebagliati’s Off The Chain – An Insiders History of Snowboarding and Confessions Of An Economic Hit Man by John Perkins. I don’t have a lot to say about either. Each was good. Solid. I learned something. I can’t say I’m singing the praises of either.
I put Rebagliati’s book on hold at the library after reading about it on the subway in the paper. He was a bookstore downtown for a signing session right as I was reading the article. I like that sort of thing, but the event would have been over by the time I got there. If you’re thinking of reading this book, I highly recommend the library (sorry Ross). I mean, I always recommend the library, but this book especially. There are lots of pictures and not a lot of text. I read it in a day or two. It’s kind of a text heavy coffee table book. It did make me want to snowboard, so props to Ross for that. Maybe March wasn’t the best month to read it.
Confessions of an EHM was interesting, but I wasn’t drawn in by Perkin’s style writing. I liked his message, but it’s not exactly the first book with a ‘first World countries should stop exploiting developing countries”, “corporate greed is bad” kind of theme. I really do enjoy that sort of non-fiction, and I’ve been on a ‘less is more’ kick for a long time now. Still, I’d only give it three out of five.