# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 267
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5324 "2021-03-29T16:38:40Z")
Yes, and he might run for the US Senate in Ohio next year, too: [Venture capitalist J.D. Vance’s proto–Senate campaign takes on venture capitalists.](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/jd-vance-senate-campaign-sleazy-populism.html) **The book you’ve read recently and enjoyed the most, and a six-word description of it** 1. _The Rosie Project_ by Graeme Simsion - Genius’s plan to find perfect wife 2. _The Speed of Trust_ by Stephen MR Covey — trust governs every relationship for **you** 3. _The World of Jimmy Breslin_ - collection of typical articles; snarky glory 4. _The Goldfinch_ by Donna Tartt - Pulitzer winner, vanished Old Master painting 5. _Hillbilly Elegy_ by JD Vance - Memoir featuring social problems in Appalachia 6. _Pyramid_ by David Macaulay - How ancient Egyptians pulled it off Description for #2 reduced to six words. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5325 "2021-03-29T18:25:54Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > _Pyramid_ by David Macaulay - How ancient Egyptians pulled it off I read the book when it was first published. Fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5326 "2021-03-30T14:39:26Z")
It came out in 1975. I’d say you just might want to revisit it! **The book you’ve read recently and enjoyed the most, and a six-word description of it** 1. _The Rosie Project_ by Graeme Simsion - Genius’s plan to find perfect wife 2. _The Speed of Trust_ by Stephen MR Covey — trust governs every relationship for **you** 3. _The World of Jimmy Breslin_ - collection of typical articles; snarky glory 4. _The Goldfinch_ by Donna Tartt - Pulitzer winner, vanished Old Master painting 5. _Hillbilly Elegy_ by JD Vance - Memoir featuring social problems in Appalachia 6. _Pyramid_ by David Macaulay - How ancient Egyptians pulled it off 7. _Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother_ by Barry Sonnenfeld - Hollywood director’s quirky, funny, uncomfortable memoir ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5327 "2021-04-01T17:35:52Z")
**The book you’ve read recently and enjoyed the most, and a six-word description of it** 1. _The Rosie Project_ by Graeme Simsion - Genius’s plan to find perfect wife 2. _The Speed of Trust_ by Stephen MR Covey — trust governs every relationship for **you** 3. _The World of Jimmy Breslin_ - collection of typical articles; snarky glory 4. _The Goldfinch_ by Donna Tartt - Pulitzer winner, vanished Old Master painting 5. _Hillbilly Elegy_ by JD Vance - Memoir featuring social problems in Appalachia 6. _Pyramid_ by David Macaulay - How ancient Egyptians pulled it off 7. _Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother_ by Barry Sonnenfeld - Hollywood director’s quirky, funny, uncomfortable memoir 8. _What It’s Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing–What Birds Are Doing, and Why_ - Huge encyclopedia of birds and characteristics I’m still working on this one. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5328 "2021-04-01T17:39:43Z")
**The book you’ve read recently and enjoyed the most, and a six-word description of it** 1. _The Rosie Project_ by Graeme Simsion - Genius’s plan to find perfect wife 2. _The Speed of Trust_ by Stephen MR Covey — trust governs every relationship for **you** 3. _The World of Jimmy Breslin_ - collection of typical articles; snarky glory 4. _The Goldfinch_ by Donna Tartt - Pulitzer winner, vanished Old Master painting 5. _Hillbilly Elegy_ by JD Vance - Memoir featuring social problems in Appalachia 6. _Pyramid_ by David Macaulay - How ancient Egyptians pulled it off 7. _Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother_ by Barry Sonnenfeld - Hollywood director’s quirky, funny, uncomfortable memoir 8. _What It’s Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing–What Birds Are Doing, and Why_ - Huge encyclopedia of birds and characteristics 9. _The Brinkley Beat_ by David Brinkley - Reporter wryly remembers people, places events. Added a second because the list is stalled. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5329 "2021-04-01T18:08:11Z")
**The book you’ve read recently and enjoyed the most, and a six-word description of it** 1. _The Rosie Project_ by Graeme Simsion - Genius’s plan to find perfect wife 2. _The Speed of Trust_ by Stephen MR Covey — trust governs every relationship for **you** 3. _The World of Jimmy Breslin_ - collection of typical articles; snarky glory 4. _The Goldfinch_ by Donna Tartt - Pulitzer winner, vanished Old Master painting 5. _Hillbilly Elegy_ by JD Vance - Memoir featuring social problems in Appalachia 6. _Pyramid_ by David Macaulay - How ancient Egyptians pulled it off 7. _Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother_ by Barry Sonnenfeld - Hollywood director’s quirky, funny, uncomfortable memoir 8. _What It’s Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing–What Birds Are Doing, and Why_ - Huge encyclopedia of birds and characteristics 9. _The Brinkley Beat_ by David Brinkley - Reporter wryly remembers people, places events. 10. _Into Thin Air_ by Jon Krakauer - Rob Hall, Scott Fischer are f\*cked ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5330 "2021-04-01T21:42:22Z")
**The book you’ve read recently and enjoyed the most, and a six-word description of it** 1. _The Rosie Project_ by Graeme Simsion - Genius’s plan to find perfect wife 2. _The Speed of Trust_ by Stephen MR Covey — trust governs every relationship for **you** 3. _The World of Jimmy Breslin_ - collection of typical articles; snarky glory 4. _The Goldfinch_ by Donna Tartt - Pulitzer winner, vanished Old Master painting 5. _Hillbilly Elegy_ by JD Vance - Memoir featuring social problems in Appalachia 6. _Pyramid_ by David Macaulay - How ancient Egyptians pulled it off 7. _Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother_ by Barry Sonnenfeld - Hollywood director’s quirky, funny, uncomfortable memoir 8. _What It’s Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing–What Birds Are Doing, and Why_ - Huge encyclopedia of birds and characteristics 9. _The Brinkley Beat_ by David Brinkley - Reporter wryly remembers people, places events. 10. _Into Thin Air_ by Jon Krakauer - Rob Hall, Scott Fischer are f\*cked 11. _This Is How You Lose the Time War_ by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone - Foes fall in love across eons ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5331 "2021-04-01T22:28:04Z")
**The book you’ve read recently and enjoyed the most, and a six-word description of it** 1. _The Rosie Project_ by Graeme Simsion - Genius’s plan to find perfect wife 2. _The Speed of Trust_ by Stephen MR Covey — trust governs every relationship for **you** 3. _The World of Jimmy Breslin_ - collection of typical articles; snarky glory 4. _The Goldfinch_ by Donna Tartt - Pulitzer winner, vanished Old Master painting 5. _Hillbilly Elegy_ by JD Vance - Memoir featuring social problems in Appalachia 6. _Pyramid_ by David Macaulay - How ancient Egyptians pulled it off 7. _Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother_ by Barry Sonnenfeld - Hollywood director’s quirky, funny, uncomfortable memoir 8. _What It’s Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing–What Birds Are Doing, and Why_ - Huge encyclopedia of birds and characteristics 9. _The Brinkley Beat_ by David Brinkley - Reporter wryly remembers people, places events. 10. _Into Thin Air_ by Jon Krakauer - Rob Hall, Scott Fischer are f\*cked 11. _This Is How You Lose the Time War_ by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone - Foes fall in love across eons 12. _Raising Steam_ - Terry Pratchett - bittersweet, final contact with the Discworld _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5332 "2021-04-02T03:30:35Z")
**The book you’ve read recently and enjoyed the most, and a six-word description of it** 1. _The Rosie Project_ by Graeme Simsion - Genius’s plan to find perfect wife 2. _The Speed of Trust_ by Stephen MR Covey — trust governs every relationship for **you** 3. _The World of Jimmy Breslin_ - collection of typical articles; snarky glory 4. _The Goldfinch_ by Donna Tartt - Pulitzer winner, vanished Old Master painting 5. _Hillbilly Elegy_ by JD Vance - Memoir featuring social problems in Appalachia 6. _Pyramid_ by David Macaulay - How ancient Egyptians pulled it off 7. _Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother_ by Barry Sonnenfeld - Hollywood director’s quirky, funny, uncomfortable memoir 8. _What It’s Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing–What Birds Are Doing, and Why_ - Huge encyclopedia of birds and characteristics 9. _The Brinkley Beat_ by David Brinkley - Reporter wryly remembers people, places events. 10. _Into Thin Air_ by Jon Krakauer - Rob Hall, Scott Fischer are f\*cked 11. _This Is How You Lose the Time War_ by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone - Foes fall in love across eons 12. _Raising Steam_ - Terry Pratchett - bittersweet, final contact with the Discworld 13. _Hiroshima_ by John Hersey - survivors’ stories, masterpiece of “New Journalism” Pass, the previous category was mine ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5333 "2021-04-02T04:05:12Z")
**Memoirs written by people 30 years old or younger** 1. _I Am Malala_ - Malala Yousafzi ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5334 "2021-04-02T11:20:42Z")
**Memoirs written by people 30 years old or younger** 1. _I Am Malala_ - Malala Yousafzi 2. _The Diary of Anne Frank_ ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5335 "2021-04-02T13:36:41Z")
**Memoirs written by people 30 years old or younger** 1. _I Am Malala_ - Malala Yousafzi 2. _The Diary of Anne Frank_ 3. _Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North_ - Blair Braverman ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5336 "2021-04-02T14:02:40Z")
**Memoirs written by people 30 years old or younger** 1. _I Am Malala_ - Malala Yousafzi 2. _The Diary of Anne Frank_ 3. _Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North_ - Blair Braverman 4. _Little Girl Lost_ - Drew Barrymore ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5337 "2021-04-02T14:07:46Z")
**Memoirs written by people 30 years old or younger** 1. _I Am Malala_ - Malala Yousafzi 2. _The Diary of Anne Frank_ 3. _Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North_ - Blair Braverman 4. _Little Girl Lost_ - Drew Barrymore 5. _Eragon_ by Christopher Paolini He started writing it when he was 15. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5338 "2021-04-02T17:16:05Z")
Yeah, but is _Eragon_ a memoir? ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5339 "2021-04-02T23:58:25Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > but is _Eragon_ a memoir? Not unless he really did live in a world with dragons. **Memoirs written by people 30 years old or younger** 1. _I Am Malala_ - Malala Yousafzi 2. _The Diary of Anne Frank_ 3. _Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North_ - Blair Braverman 4. _Little Girl Lost_ - Drew Barrymore 5. _The Journal of Hélène Berr_ - a Holocaust victim, Hélène Berr (1921-1945) has been called “the French Anne Frank” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5340 "2021-04-03T00:15:20Z")
**Memoirs written by people 30 years old or younger** 1. _I Am Malala_ - Malala Yousafzi 2. _The Diary of Anne Frank_ 3. _Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North_ - Blair Braverman 4. _Little Girl Lost_ - Drew Barrymore 5. _The Journal of Hélène Berr_ - a Holocaust victim, Hélène Berr (1921-1945) has been called “the French Anne Frank” 6. _Voice of an Angel - My Life (So Far)_ - Charlotte Church who was 19 when the book came out. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2021, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5341 "2021-04-03T03:49:41Z")
Oops, sorry, I missed the “Memoir” bit. It was only the first word of the category description, after all. Ahem. **Memoirs written by people 30 years old or younger** 1. _I Am Malala_ - Malala Yousafzi 2. _The Diary of Anne Frank_ 3. _Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North_ - Blair Braverman 4. _Little Girl Lost_ - Drew Barrymore 5. _The Journal of Hélène Berr_ - a Holocaust victim, Hélène Berr (1921-1945), has been called “the French Anne Frank” 6. _Voice of an Angel - My Life (So Far)_ - Charlotte Church 7. _Tara Lipinski: Triumph on Ice_ by Tara Lipinski ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2021, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5342 "2021-04-03T04:22:46Z")
**Memoirs written by people 30 years old or younger** 1. _I Am Malala_ - Malala Yousafzi 2. _The Diary of Anne Frank_ 3. _Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North_ - Blair Braverman 4. _Little Girl Lost_ - Drew Barrymore 5. _The Journal of Hélène Berr_ - a Holocaust victim, Hélène Berr (1921-1945), has been called “the French Anne Frank” 6. _Voice of an Angel - My Life (So Far)_ - Charlotte Church 7. _Tara Lipinski: Triumph on Ice_ by Tara Lipinski 8. _Junior_ – Macauley Culkin _…(autobiography published in 2006, when he was 26 years old)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5343 "2021-04-03T05:04:37Z")
**Memoirs written by people 30 years old or younger** 1. _I Am Malala_ - Malala Yousafzi 2. _The Diary of Anne Frank_ 3. _Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North_ - Blair Braverman 4. _Little Girl Lost_ - Drew Barrymore 5. _The Journal of Hélène Berr_ - a Holocaust victim, Hélène Berr (1921-1945), has been called “the French Anne Frank” 6. _Voice of an Angel - My Life (So Far)_ - Charlotte Church 7. _Tara Lipinski: Triumph on Ice_ by Tara Lipinski 8. _Junior_ – Macauley Culkin _…(autobiography published in 2006, when he was 26 years old)_ 9. _How to Get Run Over by a Truck_ by Katie McKenna Published in 2016, when she was 29 and recovering from being run over by a truck [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=266) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=268)