Whatcha Readin? List
Fall, Winter 2007-8
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28 Sept., 2007: JoAnne lists The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan. Click for her comments.
28 Sept., 2007: JoAnne lists The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan . Click for her comments.
30 Sept., 2007: Clint lists King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild (1998). Click for his comments.
31 Oct., 2007: Elaine Wildman reports on Red Azalea by
Anchee Min. Click for her comments.
9 Nov., 2007: Clint adds a comment and includes a picture of
an erhu.
23 Nov., 2007: Mack recommends Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides. Click for his comment and links to a couple reviews.
26 Jan., 2007: Mack reports on The Education of Henry Adams By Henry Adams. Click for his report.
5 March, 2008: Bobbie Freshwater reports
reading:
God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens,
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins,
American Theocracy by Kevin Philips.
5 March, 2008: Paul Freshwater reports reading Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin (biography of President Lincoln and his cabinet - long but it reads like a good novel with plenty of insights.) And is starting Touch and Go, a memoir by Studs Torkel.
5 March, 2008: Mary Strohl reports: The two books I read and enjoyed recently are hardbacks: Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo and People of the Book by Geraldine Books.