The Spring, Summer and (Hopefully Not) Fall 2008 Reading List - Weeks 6 and 7
Several days ago, Sarah and I were talking about blogging and reading and the Kindle1 when the topic of this series of posts came up and she said,
“So, are you planning on doing that post every week?”
I said that I had planned on completing this post every week.
“For how long?”
“Until I have read everything on my list,” I replied.
“Oh, okay.”
“Why do you ask?”
“I just wonder if you need to update everyone on your reading list progress every week. I like reading your real posts better.”
I laugh. Then she laughs. Then I ask if she realizes that I’ll probably be posting this conversation.
Gotta love Sarah for keeping it real. And so here we are, with the first of the now bi-weekly Pre-Kindle Reading List updates. I’m certain that I remain the only one interested in this little experiment, but I plod on. In any case, these posts have been garnering me traffic from unsuspecting people searching for actual information about the Kindle simply because I use the word a lot.
Kindle Kindle Kindle Kindle Kindle.
Books completed in weeks 6 and 7
“A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier” (Ishmael Beah)
“Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life” (Steve Martin)
Books read or started in weeks 6 and 7
“The Stories of John Cheever” (John Cheever)
“The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America” (David Hajdu) (Audiobook)
“Characters and Viewpoint (Elements of Fiction Writing)” (Orson Scott Card)
John Cheever stories read in weeks 6 and 7 (with Ratings from 1 to 5)
The Summer Farmer - 4
Torch Song - 5
The Pot of Gold - 4
Clancy in the Tower of Babel - 3
Christmas is a Sad Season for the Poor - 4
The Season of Divorce - 3
The Chaste Clarissa - 2
The Cure - 4
The Kindle Go-No Go Assessment: 10
Nothing different here. Just biding my time…
The (Remaining) Reading List (10 of 16 Remaining)
“Orthodoxy” (Gilbert K. Chesterton, G. K. Chesterton)
“The Stories of John Cheever” (John Cheever)
“The Shack” (William P. Young)
“Characters and Viewpoint (Elements of Fiction Writing)” (Orson Scott Card)
“The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century” (Thomas L. Friedman)
“Peace Like a River” (Leif Enger)
“Writing the Breakout Novel” (Donald Maass)
“Notes From Underground” (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
“St. Thomas Aquinas on Politics and Ethics (Norton Critical Editions)” (Aquinas Thomas)
“On Eloquence” (Denis Donoghue)
Previous Weeks
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May 19th, 2008 at 9:21 am
You will love “The World is Flat.” Its a must read for a techie. Hope all is well bro.
May 21st, 2008 at 7:06 am
Newc, what’s up buddy? Thanks for dropping by. I’m looking forward to TWiF. I’ll probably dive in and finish it in a couple of weeks.
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:24 am
I’m mostly amazed at how much you read. What with all your Twittering, how do you find the time? : )
May 24th, 2008 at 7:31 am
LL, I’m really three different people. Makes things much for convenient.
In actuality, I’m not sure. I try to read for at least an hour each day. Doesn’t always happen…
And the Twittering is just what I do when I should be working.