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Reading List Update

Books I've read since last update:

• Careless in Red by Elizabeth George (2008) 1024 pages (read on Kindle ***)
• Under the Banner of Heaven by John Krakauer (2003) 655 pages (read ***)
• Death and the Oxford Box by Veronica Stallwood (1993) (read **)
• Facino Cane by Honore de Balzac (1836) (read on Kindle **)

Reading List Update

Books I've read since last update:

• The Film Club by David Gilmour (2008) (read on Kindle 5/11/08 ****)
• Escape by Carolyn Jessup and Laura Palmer (2007) 432 pages (read on Kindle 5/12/08)
• Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (1861) chapters 51-56 (read 5/12/08)
• The Second Plane: September 11: Terror and Boredom by Martin Amis (2008) 224 pages (read 5/13/08 ***)
• Sonnets 52-54 by William Shakespeare (read 5/14/08)
• The Acceptance World by Anthony Powell (1955) 214 pages (read 5/16/08 ****)
• The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby (2008) 384 pages (read on Kindle 5/17/08 ****)
• Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (1861) chapters 57-62 (read 5/18/08)
• Sonnets 55-57 by William Shakespeare (read 5/19/08)

Books I've been reading since last update:

• Shakespeare's Sonnets (The Arden Shakespeare) edited by Katherine Duncan-Jones () 488 pages
• The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets by Helen Vendler (1997) 672 pages
• Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63 by Taylor Branch (1988) 1064 pages
• Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, volume 3) by Robert Caro (2002) 1167 pages
• Whistling Past Dixie: How Democrats Can Win Without the South by Thomas F Schaller (2006) 336 pages
• And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander (2006) 336 pages, Kindle
• Careless in Red by Elizabeth George (2008) 1024 pages, Kindle
• The Mind of the South by W J Cash (1941) 444 pages
• Swann's Way (The Remembrance of Things Past #1) by Marcel Proust (1913) 462 pages, Kindle
• Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer (2003) 655 pages

Reading List Update

Books I've read since last update:

• Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (1861) chapters 45-50 (read 5/1/08)
• Sonnets 49-51 by William Shakespeare (read 5/4/08)
• Back on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber (2007) 393 pages (read 5/2/08 ***)
• Weekend Warriors by Fern Michaels (2004) 304 pages (read on Kindle 5/3/08 ***)
• Quietly in Their Sleep by Donna Leon (1997) (read 5/7/08 ****)
• The Hated Son by Honore de Balzac (1836) Kindle (read 5/9/08 ***)
• The Strange Career of Jim Crow by C Vann Woodward (1966, rev ed) 205 pages (read 5/10/08 ****)

Books I've been reading since last update:

• Shakespeare's Sonnets (The Arden Shakespeare) edited by Katherine Duncan-Jones) () 488 pages
• The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets by Helen Vendler (1997) 672 pages
• Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63 by Taylor Branch (1988) 1064 pages, Kindle
• Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, volume 3) by Robert Caro (2002) 1167 pages
• Whistling Past Dixie: How Democrats Can Win Without the South by Thomas F Schaller (2006) 336 pages
• Escape by Carolyn Jessop and Laura Palmer (2007) 432 pages, Kindle
• And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander (2006) 336 pages, Kindle
• Careless in Red by Elizabeth George (2008) 1024 pages, Kindle
• The Mind of the South by W J Cash (1941) 444 pages

Books to read soon:

• Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (1961) chapters 51-56
• Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (1961) chapters 57-62
• Sonnets 52-54 by William Shakespeare
• Sonnets 55-57 by William Shakespeare
• The Acceptance World by Anthony Powell (1955) 214 pages
• The Message by Honore de Balzac (1832) Kindle
• The Darling Buds of May by H E Bates (1958) 117 pages
• Young Pattullo by J I M Stewart (1975) 317 pages
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C S Lewis (1950) 189 pages
• The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (2005) 401 pages, Kindle

Reading List Update

Books I've read since my last update:

• Diamond Place by Robin Lee Hatcher (2006) 138 pages (read 4/21/08 ***)
• Bugle Boy by Len Chester (2007) 127 pages (read 4/22/08 ***)
• Briar Rose by Jane Yolen (1992) 200 pages (read 4/23/08 ****)
• Sonnets 46-48 by William Shakespeare (read 4/24/08)
• Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (1861) chapters 39-44 (read 4/25/08)
• Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon - And the Journey of a Generation by Sheila Weller (2008) Kindle (read on Kindle 4/26/08 ***)

Books I'm reading now:

• The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (1905) 347 pages
• Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll (2004) 717 pages
• Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq by Michael R Gordon and General Bernard E Trainor (2006) 603 pages
• Shakespeare's Sonnets (The Arden Shakespeare) edited by Katherine Duncan-Jones () 488 pages
• The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets by Helen Vendler (1997) 672 pages
• Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63 by Taylor Branch (1988) 1064 pages, Kindle
• Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, volume 3) by Robert Caro (2002) 1167 pages
• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (2007) 624 pages
• Whistling Past Dixie: How Democrats Can Win Without the South by Thomas F Schaller (2006) 336 pages
• A History of the English People by Paul Johnson (1985) 466 pages
• Crescent by Diana Abu-Jaber (2004) pages
• What's the Matter With Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America (2004) 306 pages
• Escape by Carolyn Jessup and Laura Palmer (2007) Kindle

Books to read soon:

• The Acceptance World by Anthony Powell (1955) 214 pages
• At Lady Molly's by Anthony Powell () pages
• Casanova's Chinese Restaurant by Anthony Powell () pages
• Put Out More Flags by Evelyn Waugh (1942) 286 pages
• Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely (2008) 280 pages
• Out of This Furnace: A Novel of Immigrant Labor in America by Thomas Bell (1941) 424 pages
• The Salt Line by Elizabeth Spencer (1984) pages
• Where Does the Money Go? Your Guided Tour to the Federal Budget Crisis by Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson (2008) 320 pages
• The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris (1979) 886 pages
• The Darling Buds of May by H E Bates (1958) 117 pages
• A Breath of French Air by H E Bates (1959) 112 pages
• When the Green Woods Laugh by H E Bates (1960) 100 pages
• Fair Stood the Wind for France by H E Bates (1944) 270 pages
• Young Pattullo by J I M Stewart (1975) 317 pages
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C S Lewis (1950) 189 pages
• Lush Life by Richard Price (2008) 455 pages
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (1847) pages
• Sonnets 49-51 by William Shakespeare
• Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (1861) chapters 45-50

Reading List Update

Books I've read since last update:

Sonnets 40-42 by William Shakespeare (read 4/14/08)

Sonnets 43-45 by William Shakespeare (read 4/16/08)

Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (1861) Chapters 27-32 (read 4/13/08)

Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (1861) Chapters 33-38 (read 4/20/08)

The Magician's Nephew by C S Lewis (1955) 202 pages (read 4/11/08 ****)

Theodore Roosevelt (The American Presidents Series) by Louis Auchincloss (2001) 155 pages (read 4/12/08 ***)

Origin by Diana Abu-Jaber (2007) (read on Kindle 4/19/08 ****)

Ferragus: Chief of the Devorants by Honore de Balzac (1833) 133 pages (read 4/15/08 **)

The Awakening by Kate Chopin (1899) 134 pages (read 4/17/08 ***)

Books I'm reading now:

• The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (1905) 347 pages
• Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll (2004) 717 pages
• Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq by Michael R Gordon and General Bernard E Trainor (2006) 603 pages
• Shakespeare's Sonnets (The Arden Shakespeare) edited by Katherine Duncan-Jones () 488 pages
• The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets by Helen Vendler (1997) 672 pages
• Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63 (volume 1) by Taylor Branch (1988) 1064 pages
• Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, volume 3) by Robert Caro (2002) 1167 pages
• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (2007) 624 pages
• Whistling Past Dixie: How Democrats Can Win Without the South by Thomas F Schaller (2006) 336 pages
• A History of the English People by Paul Johnson (1985) 466 pages
• Crescent by Diana Abu-Jaber (2004)
• What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America (2004) 306 pages
• Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon -- And the Journey of a Generation by Sheila Weller (2008) Kindle

Books to read soon:

• The Acceptance World by Anthony Powell (1955) 214 pages
• At Lady Molly's by Anthony Powell () pages
• Put Out More Flags by Evelyn Waugh (1042) 286 pages
• Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely (2008) 280 pages
• Out of This Furnace: A Novel of Immigrant Labor in America by Thomas Bell (1941) 424 pages
• The Salt Line by Elizabeth Spencer (1984) pages
• Where Does the Money Go? Your Guided Tour to the Federal Budget Crisis by Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson (2008) 320 pages
• The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris (1979) 886 pages
• The Darling Buds of May by H E Bates (1958) 117 pages
• A Breath of French Air by H E Bates (1959) 112 pages
• When the Green Woods Laugh by H E Bates (1960) 100 pages
• Fair Stood the Wind for France by H E Bates (1944) 270 pages
• Young Pattullo by J I M Stewart (1975) 317 pages
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C S Lewis (1950) 189 pages
• Lush Life by Richard Price (2008) 455 pages
• Sonnets 46-48 by William Shakespeare
• Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (1861) chapters 39-44
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (1847)
• Briar Rose by Jane Yolen (1992) 200 pages

Reading List Update

Books I've read since last update:

• Dead Right by David Frum (1994) 230 pages (read 4/1/08 **)
• Sonnets 40-42 by William Shakespeare (read 4/2/08)
• Come On, People by Bill Cosby and Alvin F Poussaint (2007) 265 pages (read 4/3/08 **)
• Veteran's Way by Robin Lee Hatcher (2005) 139 pages (read 4/4/08 ***)
• Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (1861) chapters 21-26 (read 4/5/08)
• The Gaudy by J I M Stewart (1974) 302 pages (read 4/7/08 ****)

Books I've started reading:

• The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (1905) 347 pages
• Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invation to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll (2004) 717 pages
• Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq by Michael R Gordon and General Bernard E Trainor (2006) 603 pages
• Shakespeare's Sonnets (The Arden Shakespeare) edited by Katherine Duncan-Jones, 488 pages
• The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets by Helen Vandler (1997) 672 pages
• Parting the Waters: America and the King Years 1954-63 by Taylor Branch (1088) 1064 pages
• Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume 3) by Robert Caro (2002) 1167 pages
• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (2007) 624 pages
• Theodore Roosevelt (The American Presidents Series) by Louis Auchincloss (2001) 155 pages
• Ferragus: Chief of the Devorants by Honore de Balzac (1833) 133 pages
• Whistling Past Dixie: How Democrats Can Win Without the South by Thomas F Schaller (2006) 336 pages
• The Magician's Nephew by C S Lewis (1955) 202 pages
• A History of the English People by Paul Johnson (1985) 466 pages
• The Awakening by Kate Chopin

Books to read soon:

• Sonnets 40-42 by William Shakespeare
• Sonnets 43-45 by William Shakespeare
• Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (1861) Chapters 27-32
• Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (11861) Chapters 33-38
• The Acceptance World by Anthony Powell (1955) 214 pages
• At Lady Molly's by Anthony Powell () pages
• Put Out More Flags by Evelyn Waugh (1942) 286 pages
• Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely 92008) 280 pages
• Out of This Furnace: A Novel of Immigrant Labor in America by Thomas Bell (1941) 424 pages
• The Salt Line by Elizabeth Spencer (1984) pages
• Where Does the Money Go? Your Guided Tour to the Federal Budget Crisis by Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson (2008) 320 pages
• The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris (1979) 886 pages
• The Darling Buds of May by H E Bates (1958) 117 pages
• A Breath of French Air by H E Bates (1959) 112 pages
• When the Green Woods Laugh by H E Bates (1960) 100 pages
• Fair Stood the Wind for France by H E Bates (1944) 270 pages
• Young Pattullo by J I M Stewart (1975) 317

Reading List Update

Books I've read since the last update:

• Pere Goriot by Honore de Balzac (1835) 328 pages (read 3/21/08 *****)
• Sarrasine by Honore de Balzac (1831) 36 pages (read 3/24/08 **)
• Adieu by Honore de Balzac (1830) 47 pages (read 3/30/08**)
• Sonnets 31-33 by William Shakespeare (read 3/22/08)
• Sonnets 34-36 by William Shakespeare (read 3/28/08)
• Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (1861), chapters 9-14 (read 3/23/08)
• Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (1861), chapters 15-20 (read 3/30/08)
• Politics Lost: How American Democracy Was Trivialized by People Who Think You're Stupid by Joe Klein (2006) 256 pages (read 3/24/08 *****)
• Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, volume 2) by Robert Caro (1990) 506 pages (read 3/25/08 *****)
• Legacy Lane by Robin Lee Hatcher (2004) 139 pages (read 3/26/08 ***)
• Mrs Darcy's Dilemma: A Sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Diana Birchall (2008) 212 pages (read 3/27/08 ****)
• Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare by Isaac Asimov (1970), Chapter 6, 22 pages, "The Winter's Tale" (read 3/28/08)
• Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare by Isaac Asimov (1970), Chapter 22, 14 pages, "All's Well That Ends Well" (read 3/28/08)
• Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare by Isaac Asimov (1970), Chapter 12, 24 pages, "Antony and Cleopatra" (read 3/28/08)
• Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare by Isaac Asimov (1970), Chapter 16, 10 pages, "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" (read 3/28/08)
• Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare by Isaac Asimov (1970), chapter 28, 72 pages, "Hamlet" (read 3/30/08)
• Hamlet by William Shakespeare (1600) Folger edition, 342 pages (read 3/30/08)
• The Well of Lonliness by Radclyffe Hall (1928) 437 pages (read 3/31/08 *****)

Books that I've started reading:

• The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (1905) 347 pages
• Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll (2004) 717 pages
• Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, volume 1: 1954-63 by Taylor Branch (1988) 1064 pages
• Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq by Michael R Gordon and General Bernard E Trainor (2006) 603 pages
• Shakespeare's Sonnets (The Arden Shakespeare) edited by Katherine Duncan-Jones, 488 pages
• The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets by Helen Vendler (1997) 672 pages
• Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, volume 3) by Robert Caro (2002) 1167 pages
• Dead Right by David Frum (1994) 230 pages

Books to read soon:

• Sonnets 37-39 by William Shakespeare
• Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (1861) chapters 21-26
• The Acceptance World by Anthony Powell (1955) 214 pages
• The Gaudy by J I M Stewart (1974) 302 pages
• Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely (2008) 280 pages
• Out of This Furnace: A Novel of Immigrant Labor in America by Thomas Bell (1941) 424 pages
• Where Does the Money Go? Your Guided Tour to the Federal Budget Crisis by Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson (2008) 320 pages
• Catching Katie by Robin Lee Hatcher (2003) 353 pages
• Put Out More Flags by Evelyn Waugh (1942) 286 pages
• Ferragus by Honore de Balzac (1833) 133 pages

Reading List Update

I've shortened my list and dropped some books in an attempt to make the whole thing more realistic.

• Gaming the Vote by William Poundstone (2008) 338 pages (read 3/11/08 ****)
• Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again by David Frum (2008) 213 pages (read 2/12/08 *****)
• The Collapse of Fortress Bush: The Crisis of Authority in American Government by Alasdair Roberts (2008) 266 pages (scanned 3/14/08 **)
• Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (1861) 736 pages, read chapters 1-8 (read 2/17/08)
• Sonnets 25-27 by William Shakespeare (read 3/18/08)
• Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan (2007) 146 pages (read 50 pages 3/19/08 ***)
• Common Ground: How To Stop the Partisan War That Is Destroying America by Cal Thomas and Bob Beckel (2007) 273 pages (read section one, about 80 pages 3/19/08 **)
• Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East by Robin Wright (2008) 464 pages (read sections on Palestinians, Egypt, and Iraq 3/18/08 **)
• No Excuses: Confessions of a Serial Camaigner by Robert Shrum (2005) 521 pages (read about half 3/17/08 **)
• America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It by Mark Steyn (2006) 224 pages (read 2/20/08 *****)
• Sonnets 28-30 by William Shakespeare (read 2/20/08)
• The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (1905)
• The Acceptance World by Anthony Powell (1955) 214 pages
• Sonnets 31-33 by William Shakespeare
• Sonnets 34-36 by William Shakespeare
• The Gaudy by J I M Stewart (1974) 302 pages
• Mrs Darcy's Dilemma: A Sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Diana Birchall (2008) 212 pages
• Where Does the Money Go? Your Guided Tour to the Federal Budget Crisis by Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson (2008) 320 pages
• Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (1600) 158 pages
• Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
• Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare
• Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
• Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
• The Well of Lonliness by Radclyffe Hall (1928)
• Politics Lost: How American Democracy Was Trivialized by People Who Think You're Stupid by Joe Klein (2006) 256 pages
• Pere Goriot by Honore de Balzac (1835) 328 pages
• Sarrasine by Honore de Balzac (1830) 36 pages
• Adieu by Honore de Balzac (1830) 35 pages
• Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (1861) chapters 9-14
• Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (1861) chapters 15-20
• Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely (2008) 280 pages
• Out of This Furnace by Thomas Bell (1941)

Reading List Update

• Alice of Old Vincennes by Maurice Thompson (1900) (read 3/3/08 ***)
• The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, vol 1) by Robert Caro (1982) 768 pages (read 3/7/08 *****)
• The Suicide of Reason: Radical Islam's Threat to the West by (2007) 290 pages (read 3/1/08 ****)
• The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus: What's So Good About the Good News? by Peter J Gomes (2007) 264 pages (applied Ruleof 50, decided not to read 3/6/08 **)
• The Book Club Companion: A Comprehensive Guide to the Reading Group Experience by Diana Loevy (2006) 338 pages (applied Rule of 50, scanned 3/7/08 ***)
• Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W Bush Presidential by James Moore and Wayne Slater (2003) 395 pages (read 3/6/08 ***)
• Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe (1722) 364 pages
• Gaming the Vote by William Poundstone (2008) 338 pages
• Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely (2008) 280 pages
• Politics Lost: How American Democracy Was Trivialized by People Who Think You're Stupid by Joe Klein (2006) 256 pages
• The Gaudy by J I M Stewart (1974) 302 pages
• Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises in US Presidential Campaigns by Joseph Cummins (2007) 303 pages
• Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (1600) 158 pages
• Pere Goriot by Honore de Balzac (1835) 328 pages
• Lost Illusions by Honore de Balzac (1843)
• David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (1850)
• The Well of Lonliness by Radclyffe Hall (1928)
• The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (2007) 624 pages
• Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll (2004) 717 pages
• Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf (2007) 320 pages
• Theodore Roosevelt (The American Presidents Series) by Louis Auchincloss (2001) 155 pages
• The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen (1935) 269 pages
• Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham (1915)
• Have Mercy on Us All by Fred Vargas (2005) 353 pages
• Nightwood by Djuna Barnes (1937)
• Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
• Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again by David Frum (2008) 213 pages
• The First Campaign: Globalization, the Web, and the Race for the White House by Garrett M Graff (2007) 323 pages
• The Undecided Voter's Guide to the Next President: Where the Candidates Come From, What They Believe, and How To Make Your Choice by Mark Halperin (2007) 401 pages
• Common Ground: How To Stop the Partisan War That Is Destroying America by Cal Thoms and Bob Beckel (2007) 273 pages
• Sonnets 25-27 by William Shakespeare
• Out of This Furnace by Thomas Bell (1941)
• Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare
• Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63 by Taylor Branch
• Sonnets 28-30 by William Shakespeare
• The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (1905)
• The Acceptance World by Anthony Powell (1955) 214 pages
• Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
• Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (1861) 736 pages, read chapters 1-8
• What a Party! My Life Among Democrats: Presidents, Candidates, Donors, Activists, Alligators, and Other Wild Animals by Terry McAuliffe (2007) 406 pages
• Citizen McCain by Elizabeth Drew (2002) 181 pages
• Man of the People: The Life of John McCain by Paul Alexander (2003) 400 pages
• Sonnets 31-33 by William Shakespeare
• Dead Right by David Frum (1994) 230 pages
• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (1861)
• A History of the American People by Paul Johnson (1997) 1088 pages
• Barack Obama: This Improbable Quest by John K Wilson (2008) 210 pages
• The Collapse of Fortress Bush: The Crisis of Authority in American Government by Alasdair Roberts (2008) 266 pages
• The Moral Sense by James Q Wilson (1993) 313 pages
• Silent in the Sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn (2008) 552 pages
• Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
• Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (1861), chapters 9-14
• The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot by Russell Kirk (1986, rev ed) 535 pages
• Sonnets 34-36 by William Shakespeare
• Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne (1767)
• The Tragedy of American Compassion by Marvin Olasky (1992) 299 pages
• No Excuses: Confessions of a Serial Campaigner by Robert Shrum (2007) 521 pages
• Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens (2007) 288 pages
• Shakespeare Unbound:Decoding a Hidden Life by Rene Weis (2007) 479 pages
• Russell Kirk: A Critical Biography of a Conservative Mind (1999) 249 pages
• Civilization and Its Enemies: The Next Stage of History by Lee Harris (2004) 232 pages
• Dreams and Shadows: The future of the Middle East by Robin Wright (2008) 464 pages
• Barack Obama, The New Face of American Politics by Martin Dupuis and Keith Boeckelman (2008) 167 pages
• Choosing the President 2008: A Citizen's Guide to the Electoral Process by the League of Women Voters; edited by Bob Guldin (2008) 178 pages
• Industry and Empire by E J Hobsbawn
• Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (1861), chapters 15-20
• Pamela by Samuel Richardson (1740) 533 pages

Reading List Update

A Buyer's Market by Anthony Powell (1952) 274 pages (read 2/24/08 ***)

Alice of Old Vincennes by Maurice Thompson (1900)

Ticket to Ride: Inside the Beatles' 1964 and 1965 Tours that Changed the World by Larry Kane (2003) 272 pages (read 2/21/08 ***)

Confessions of a Political Hitman: My Secret Life of Scandal, Corruption, Hypocrisy, and Dirty Attacks That Decide Who Gets Elected (and Who Doesn't) by Stephen Marks (2007) 389 pages (read 2/21/08 **)

A New Earth: Awakening To Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle (2005) 315 pages (scanned 2/21/08 *)

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson (1938) 234 pages (read 2/29/08 *****)

The Two Gentlemen of Veronna (1590) 243 pages (read 2/29/08)

The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, vol 1) by Robert Caro (1982)

Framley Parsonage, chapters 46-end (1861) 496 pages (finished 2/24/08 *****)

Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe (1722) 364 pages

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

Sonnets 22-24 by William Shakespeare (read 2/24/08)

Lost Illusions by Honore de Balzac (1843)

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (1850)

Obama: From Promise to Power by David Mendell (2007) 406 pages (read 2/27/08 ***)

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein (2007) 558 pages (scanned 2/25/08 *)

The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution by Alice Waters (2007) 405 pages (scanned 2/25/08 ****)

The Well of Lonliness by Radclyffe Hall (1928)

The Suicide of Reason: Radical Islam's Threat to the West (2007) 290 pages

The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross (2007) 624 pages

Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll (2003) 717 pages

Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf (2007) 320 pages

Theodore Roosevelt (The American Presidents Series) by Louis Auchincloss (2001) 155 pages

The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen (1935) 269 pages

Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham (1915)

Have Mercy on Us All by Fred Vargas (2005) 353 pages

Nightwood by Djuna Barnes (1937)

Coriolanus by William Shakespeare

Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again by David Frum (2008) 213 pages

The First Campaign: Globalization, the Web and the Race for the White House by Garrett M Graff (2007) 323 pages

The Undecided Voter's Guide to the Next President: Where the Candidates Come From, What They Believe, and How to Make Your Choice by Mark Halperin (2007) 401 pages

Common Ground: How To Stop the Partisan War That Is Destroying America by Cal Thomas and Bob Beckel (2007) 273 pages

Sonnets, by William Shakespeare 25-27

The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus: What's So Good About the Good News? by Peter J Gomes (2007) 264 pages

No Excuses: Confessions of a Serial Campaigner by Robert Shrum (2007) 571 pages

President Reagan: The Triumph of Imagination by Richard Reeves (2005) 571 pages

Barack Obama, the New Face of American Politics by Martin Dupuis and Keith Boeckelman (2008) 167 pages

Choosing the President 2008: A Citizen's Guide to the Electoral Process by the League of Women Voters; edited by Bob Guldin (2008) 178 pages

Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope (1861) 736 pages, Chapters 1-8

Out of This Furnace by Thomas Bell (1941)

Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare

Sonnets 28-30 by William Shakespeare

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (1905)

The Acceptance World by Anthony Powell (1955) 214 pages

Cymbeline by William Shakespeare

Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63 by Taylor Branch

What a Party!: My Life Among Democrats: Presidents, Candidates, Donors, Activists, Alligators, and Other Wild Animals by Terry McAuliffe (2007) 406 pages

Citizen McCain by Elizabeth Drew (2002) 181 pages

Man of the People: The Life of John McCain by Paul Alexander (2003) 400 pages

Sonnets 31-33 by William Shakespeare

Dead Right by David Frum (1994) 230 pages

Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W Bush Presidential by James Moore and Wayne Slater (2003) 395 pages

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (1861)

Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare

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