The sidebar (the long column on the right side of the window) was getting a touch long, so I decided to move my list of Current Reading and Completed Reads to this page. I’m not sure who seriously checks these kinds of things. Human nature is to give such matters a passing glance, if at all. Frankly, I’m the same way. But when presented with visual stimuli we’re apt to hang around a little longer.
Amazing how intensely geared the human brain is to visual cues.
Since the free version of WordPress doesn’t allow for javascript (which would provide functionality needed for simple animations) I figured I would try to provide a simple layout of book titles and their covers. If I have reviewed the book the title will be hyperlinked to the review.
CURRENTLY READING ~ can’t have just one iron in the fire
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The Original Argument Glenn Beck |
Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong James Loewen |
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RECENTLY READ
“Recently” is, in the context of time, subjective I suppose. Titles are presented pretty close to the order in which I have read them, representing present day through I’m-not-really-sure-when-I-read-it. The most recent stuff is what you see, certainly not everything.
Humor/Satire | ||
Shatner Rules William Shatner Chris Regan |
Naked David Sedaris |
Write More Good The Bureau Chiefs |
The Chimp Who Loved Me Annie Greer/ Tim Vandehay |
Sh*t My Dad Says Justin Halpern |
When You’re Engulfed In Flames David Sedaris |
History/Biography/Memoir | ||
Return To Sodom & Gomorrah Charles Pellegrino |
The Jesus Family Tomb Simcha Jacobvici & Charles Pellegrino |
Isaac’s Storm Erik Larson< |
Farewell Titanic – Her Final Legacy Charles Pellegrino |
Ghosts of Vesuvius Charles Pellegrino |
Bloody Crimes: The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Chase for Jefferson Davis James L. Swanson |
Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson |
Hemingway’s Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961 Paul Hendrickson |
The 5000 Year Leap – Principles of Freedom 101 W. Cleon Skousen |
The Liberty Bell Gary B. Nash/i> |
1776 David McCullough |
American Tempest: How The Boston Tea Party Sparked a Revolution Harlow Giles Unger |
Breaking The Silence—A Caregiver’s Voice Frances Kakugawa |
Tattoos & Tequila: To Hell and Back with One of Rock’s Most Notorious Frontmen Vince Neil/Mike Sager |
Mark Twain: Man In White Michael Shelden |
The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers Thomas Fleming |
The Last Train From Hiroshima Dr. Charles Pellegrino |
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House Jon Meacham |
John Adams David McCullough |
46 Pages: Thomas Paine, Common sense, and the turning point to American independence Scott Liell |
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Fiction | ||
Anansi Boys Neil Gaiman |
Dust Charles Pellegrino |
The Confession John Grisham< |
The Appeal John Grisham |
The Killing Star Charles Pellegrino /George Zebrowski |
The Associate John Grisham |
Sentiments of Blue Garasamo A. Maccagnone |
Stories From A Lifetime Hugh Aaron |
Echo Falls *Kindle version* Jaime McDougall |
A Painted House John Grisham |
Ford County John Grisham |
American Gods Neil Gaiman |
The Bourne Betrayal Eric Van Lustbader |
Dinner With A Perfect Stranger David Gregory |
The Five People You Meet In Heaven Mitch Albom |
Baseball/Sports< | ||
Reserved | Reserved | Trading Manny How A Father & Son Learned To Love Baseball Again Jim Gullo |
A Talk In the Park — Nine Decades of Baseball Tales from the Broadcast Booth Curt Smith/i> |
Watching Baseball Smarter Zack Hample |
The Secret History of Balls Josh Chetwynd |
The Baseball: Stunts, Scandals, and Secrets Beneath the Seams Zack Hample |
Are We Winning?: Fathers and Sons in the New Golden Age of Baseball Will Leitch |
The Code: Baseball’s Unwritten Rules Ross Bernstein |
Other | ||
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The Sun’s Heartbeat Bob Berman |
1001 First Lines Scarlett Archer |
Freaks Of The Storm Randy Cerveny |
Mythology – Timeless tales of gods and heroes Edith Hamilton |
The Apple Experience Carmine Gallo |
Germs, Genes, and Civilization: How epidemics shaped who we are today David P. Clark *Kindle version* |
The Power of Myth Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers |
Romancing The Soul Dorothy Thompson |
The Greek and Roman Myths: A Guide to the Classical Stories Philip Matyszak |
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School Dr. John Medina |
Your Angels Are Speaking Sharon Rahm, R.N. and Wendy Krause |
Whaddya Think?