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Grad school.... :sob:

 

The Appeal by John Grishom, because I am too lazy to get off my azz to go to law school.

 

I recently read The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul, which I thought was very good. I am currently reading The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama. Are there any books by McCain out?

I am planning on rereading the first few books of The Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin, which is in the fantasy genre but is probably one of the best series of books I've ever read. I've got the newest book of the series, but I've been putting off reading it because I haven't read the previous books in the series. The Dark Elf Trilogy is a renowned fantasy series and I think Martin blows that away.

 

Confederacy of Dunces. Read it before, but I always go back to it. I think Soderbergh was going to film it with Will Ferrell, but I guess that fell through. I'm not sure how a movie adaptation could possibly work.

 

I had never heard of Chris Rose prior to Katrina, but I was constantly checking out nola.com after the storm and came across his work, especially his column "One Dead in Attic." I was so moved by the column that I e-mailed him and told him so. He was gracious enough to actually send me a thank you e-mail back.

I bought the book and enjoyed it tremendously.

 

Thanks for the link, though Worth the Fighting for: A Memoir might deal more with his politics.

 

As much as I love to hate that book- and at the same time, love it- I am 100% positive a movie version could NEVER work.

Currently reading The Sermon on the Mount by Emmet Fox.

 

I'm a huge James Lee Burke fan. Just finished the Tin Roof Blowdown. I've read about 8 of the Robicheaux series.

I'm also a history nut and I'm working through John Adams by David McCullough right now. Read 1776 earlier this year and it was great.

I read about 3 books a month. That number drastically decreases in the Fall:lsup:

 

And, of course, none of that BS can possibly prepare anyone for teaching. The only way to learn to teach is by getting out there and teaching. Lots of trial and error, by the way.