I think this month’s list is a bit short because I’ve been spending so much time reading review copies. I’m not complaining but it makes it hard to think about what I want to read just for the heck of it. Still, I came across a few interesting items since the last installment.
American Emperor: Aaron Burr’s Challenge to Jefferson’s America, David O. Stewart — I’ve been a quasi-fan of Aaron Burr since reading Gore Vidal’s Burr 30-some years ago. An opportunity to get an advance copy of this new biography moved this from fandom to lustdom.
The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler’s Germany, 1944-1945, Ian Kershaw — A glowing review in one of the British papers led me to see if the library was getting this. It is so I am now on the reserve list.
What It Is Like to Go to War, Karl Marlantes — I can’t say I was as impressed with Marlantes’ Vietnam War novel, Matterhorn, as some. Still, it was a good enough read that the fairly good reviews of this nonfiction work led me to jump on the reserve list at the library.
Report Card:
- Year to Date (January-August 2011)
- Total Bibliolust books: 38
- Number read: 28 (73.7%)
- Started but did not finish: 3 (7.9%)
- Number read: 28 (73.7%)
- Cumulative (September 2008-August 2011)
- Total Bibliolust books: 183
- Number read: 145 (77%)
- Started but did not finish: 12 (6.4%)
- Number read: 145 (77%)
Read, and take your nourishment in at your eyes, shut up your mouth, and chew the cud of understanding.
William Congreve, Love for Love
