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What were those books hi-lighted for June?
June brought us another mixed bag of literature—some non-fiction, some classics, some experimental fiction—but there are many good possibilities in the list for suggested reading. Look it over again:...
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Good Reading Suggestions From Last Month
My reading suggestions this last month seem to have recommended many new titles I have yet to read. I’d like to say that I will fill in the gaps without delay but the truth is that although I try to...
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How about those suggestions from March?
You may have noticed that the suggestion for possible reading this site posts each day are scattershot at best: there are books I have yet to read, books I read long ago, books that are in the news,...
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What were those reading suggestions?
Every day I look around my bookshelves or scan the lists of books I have already read and uncover a new book that might be of interest to other readers. In case you missed any of these titles this last...
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My own suggestions that I should read myself
Each month I rummage through my reading lists, check around for book titles that catch my fancy, and capture more academic texts from friends and colleagues. Then I fill in a month’s worth of reading...
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So Many Books, So Little Time
The problem with making a reading suggestion each and every day is that I often want to follow my own advice but as Arthur Schopenhauer said, To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the...
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Do We Need a Moratorium On New Books?
Samuel Johnson is one person I highly admire. No, I haven’t read all of Boswell’s Life of Johnson, but I have read a great deal of it and many works by Johnson himself. But I remember back in college...
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They’re Calling Out To Me
Have you ever tried to climb up a tall hill of sand? Now stop and think about all the great (and not so great) books that are being published which you really want to read. It can crush your...
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Reading Around the Galaxy
It’s been a tough month for reading. I was sick for almost three weeks and am still contending with bouts of low blood pressure. Note that low BP as well as low glucose turns normal vision into an...
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A Pile of Books Is Called a ???
Wow! It’s December tomorrow and I haven’t even thought about next year’s reading selections. I have an uncharacteristic urge to just wing it: selecting one book at a time with no preplanning...
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Remember To Check These Out
New book titles flow into my computer from online services, bookstores, other readers, travels to my bookcase, and sometimes even my friends, personal or academic. Although it often seems like I am...
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Yet Another List
Ever since I left home and pursued life and literature on my own I have kept lists: lists on paper, lists in notebooks, list on index cards, list in crude computer programs, lists in sophisticated...
View ArticleWill I Read Any of These … Soon?
This is the list of suggested titles from the month of October. It is significant because It occurs following the two months of suggested reading I used to fill out this month’s Reading Pool. So the...
View ArticleBlame It On Christmas
You know that December 25 is not the birth date of Jesus, and that many religions do not consider Jesus as the Messiah. Islam recognizes Jesus as an important prophet, but not as God. The truth is that...
View ArticleDo You Remember March?
I already mentioned that I pretty-well lost the month of April laying on my back in a rehabilitation center. It wasn’t too bad: I almost finished the March reading list. But being unable to post over...
View ArticleI Put a Pin in Suggested Reading
I have recommended reading selections each month for the first half of the year and it’s time to go back through the lists and select a representation of recommendations that I’ll use to build my...
View ArticleMay My Reading Keep Me Young
The year is rapidly running down and soon I will have over 350 reading suggestions that make me panic. Time is running out. Sitting here in my office I scan the double files of books on my built-in...
View ArticleFuture Hit List
There are actually a few titles on last month’s list of suggestions to try that I added to my own private list for reading in the near future. Which ones? Well, one is very fat, one is pretty funny in...
View ArticleForty Mike Shaynes Equals Two George Eliots
Looking back over last month’s collection of suggested reading I am struck by the high number of titles I want to see on in personal reading pool without too much delay. This brings up a perpetual...
View ArticleSusperia de Profundis
I read so many different titles last month that adding a listof suggested reading seems like overkill. Then again, I have myself read few of the suggested books so maybe I should take my own...
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