• John Adams ~ by David McCullough (biography of a former president)
• Plainsong ~ by Kent Haruf (National Book Award nominee for Fiction)
• The Way Home ~ by George Pelecanos (a crime novel)
• Lush Life ~ by Richard Price (a literary novel)
• Hot, Flat, and Crowded : Why We Need a Green Revolution -- and How It Can Renew America ~ by Thomas Friedman (environment)
I haven't read any of these books, so I can't comment on them. Which of them have you read? Tell me what you think of them. I found this list here.
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I went to the library this afternoon and got the first book on the list above. Do you see John Adams by David McCullough under "Currently reading" on my sidebar? I didn't realize it would be 651 pages thick, with another 100 pages of end notes, bibliography, and index (751 pages in all).
Funny thing about "Hot, Flat, and Crowded" - Obama quoted from it during the campaign.
ReplyDeleteHopefully it was mistakenly included on the list.
cjh
Why? I quote from books I haven't finished. Sometimes I even quote from books I haven't started. Don't you glance through books before you start? I do. Besides, he may have read the quote in a book review somewhere, just as I do. If it's good enough, I'd quote it.
ReplyDeleteI just came back from the library, where I picked up a copy of John Adams by David McCullough. I've been meaning to read it, and now seems like a good time.