Monday, June 22, 2009

Keeping Track of Books

I have been thinking that it would be a good idea to catalog the books I read, so I remember and have a record of them. Being that I tend to be a slow (but comprehensive) reader, I do not fly through books, so I do read a pathetic amount of books throughout the year. It is a pretty big commitment for me to take on the task of reading a book, so I try to only choose books that I really want to read. I say that, because if you see my list, you may think that I have either given up on reading, or am neglecting to list the books I read, based on the lack of titles, or the slowness of their growth. Not so; I am almost always at the task of reading a book, but it may take quite a while to get through.
  • Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
  • The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University, by Kevin Roose
  • The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, by Simon Winchester
  • Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America -- and Found Unexpected Peace, by William Lobdell
  • God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, by Christopher Hitchens
  • There is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind, by Antony Flew
  • Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card (07.20.2010)