My "to read" shelf has the following (in no particular order):
- The Heartless Stone: A Journey Through the World of Diamonds, Deceit, and Desire
by Tom Zoellner
- The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence
by Gerald Blaine and Lisa McCubbin
- Quantum: Einstein, Bohr, and the Great Debate about the Nature of Reality
by Manjit Kumar
- Web Analytics 2.0: The Art of Online Accountability and Science of Customer Centricity
by Avinash Kaushik
- Cold Choices
by Larry Bond
- Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
by Gene Kranz
- A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller Jr. (I'm really looking forward to this one.)
- The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist
by Frederick P. Brooks
- The Apostle: A Thriller
by Brad Thor
- Vernon Fisher (M. Georgia Hegarty Dunkerley Contemporary Art Series)
On top of that I just got a new audiobook from the library, The Book of Lies
by Brad Meltzer. So many words.
by Brad Meltzer. So many words.
4 comments:
Love the cartoon.
I do not considered it an obligation to read the books I buy which has made the problem worse. Some books just need to be there.
Read Canticle years ago. Great book.
I'm 58. Reading has gotten more difficult. I mean staying awake has gotten more difficult. The Kindle has helped.
Books for books sake. Dangerous.
Don't get me started on staying awake.
I feel like this cartoon describes my life (and so young to be falling into such an addiction!). The only trips I make to Half Price Books are ones where I sell someone else's books in order to add to my shelf. It's a slippery slope...
Danielle:
You start out selling books to buy new ones at Half Price Books. Seem's innocent. You're recycling and getting a bargain. Then you start skipping the trade-in cuz the price is still good. But sometimes the closest store is a Border's so why go out of your way. Sure it's full retail price. Unless you join their rewards club. And the one at Barnes & Noble. Finally you find yourself ordering books by the dozen in the middle of the night from Amazon.
Slippery slope indeed.
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