This Saturday Becky and I are leaving for a short get-away to sunny California. Of course, whenever I take a trip like this, I've got to plan my reading. I'll need, for example, a book for the airplane ride west, a book to read in the rental car, a book to read at night (what else will Becky and I be doing but reading at night?) and a book for the return flight east.
Over the past three months, I've mounded up a sizable stack of unread material (all of which I intend to read) . . . but I've narrowed my field down to the following top twelve choices:
The Great Bridge, by David McCullough—a massive tome about the building of the Brooklyn Bridge.
My Life With the Saints, by James Martin—one man’s pursuit of trying to follow saintly examples of piety.
The Life of Greece, by Will Durant—a 600 page history of ancient Greek culture and art.
The Wizard of Menlo Park, by Randall Stross—an award-winning biography of Thomas Edison.
Have a Little Faith, by Mitch Albom—latest best-selling non-fiction book by noted author.
The Help, by Kathryn Stockett—best-selling novel about a rich white family and their African-American servants.
Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World, by Joanna Weaver—treatise on the story of Mary and Martha in the gospels.
The Case for God, by Karen Armstrong—latest book by this best-selling world religion writer.
Terrorist, by John Updike—my favorite author’s 2003 novel about a young terrorist.
Life Among the Lutherans, by Garrison Keillor—favorite author’s story collection about Lutherans of Lake Wobegon.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, by Dee Brown—classic history of America from a Native American perspective.
Theodore Roosevelt: A Strenuous Life, by Kathleen Dalton—biography of Rough-Rider Teddy.
My Life With the Saints, by James Martin—one man’s pursuit of trying to follow saintly examples of piety.
The Life of Greece, by Will Durant—a 600 page history of ancient Greek culture and art.
The Wizard of Menlo Park, by Randall Stross—an award-winning biography of Thomas Edison.
Have a Little Faith, by Mitch Albom—latest best-selling non-fiction book by noted author.
The Help, by Kathryn Stockett—best-selling novel about a rich white family and their African-American servants.
Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World, by Joanna Weaver—treatise on the story of Mary and Martha in the gospels.
The Case for God, by Karen Armstrong—latest book by this best-selling world religion writer.
Terrorist, by John Updike—my favorite author’s 2003 novel about a young terrorist.
Life Among the Lutherans, by Garrison Keillor—favorite author’s story collection about Lutherans of Lake Wobegon.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, by Dee Brown—classic history of America from a Native American perspective.
Theodore Roosevelt: A Strenuous Life, by Kathleen Dalton—biography of Rough-Rider Teddy.
Well, what should I read? Only so much time and so many books. Too much to learn and so little time. Or something like that . . . .
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