My Current Reading

As you’ve read here before, my reading contains several books at the same time. Some books were postponed while I fretted about my eye problem. But reading with a strong magnifying glass with a light on it is not too bad. Unlike reading on the Nook, it is much easier to check back to a certain section and make notes. I want to talk about a book I am not reading, but got a free look at. It was too, too disappointing to read title page, publication info, Table of Contents, Dedication, Acknowledgments, the author’s Preface or Introduction—you see, I can’t easily look back to see which it was, but the exact title for this section does not matter—and then, at last, only one or two pages of the book itself. So far, I do not wish to purchase it on my Nook. Not enough there to tempt me. This tease of a book is Kissinger’s On China. I saw his interview about it on C-SPAN and it sounded interesting. Perhaps it is. If I have a good chance to do so, I may look over the real book at Barnes and Noble and then decide if I want to purchase it.

In the meantime, I am near the end of The Terrorist Next Door by Erick Stakelbeck, a short book, only 226 pages of text. The Lantern-Bearers, essays by Robert Louis Stevenson, is underway. Ann Coulter’s Demonic is also underway. The volume that is really moving along fast is 10th Anniversary by James Patterson, not his latest offering, but one I’ve had for a good while. It is rather large print and the chapters are extremely short. I like both of those characteristics in a mystery story. And, not to come up short for reading material, I’ve added to the stack, The Roald Dahl Omnibus, Perfect Bedtime Stories for Sleepless Nights. The latter contains 682 pages. I’ll be awake for a while for that one.

Now. I need to finish Terrorist and 10th Anniversary this weekend. See you later. ♥