Like everyone else, I don't read nearly enough. But whatever I do read, I'll let you know whether it's worth a look or not.
Please use the navigation links below to select from the most recently read title, or use the genre links to browse through the titles according. Books are listed alphabetically within the genre subdivisions, as opposed to chronological order.
Posted 12/16/08
Autumn Glory by Louis P. Masur
Posted 9/6/08
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
Posted 9/5/08
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
Posted 5/31/08
No Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Posted 3/25/08
Blowback by Chalmers Johnson
Posted 3/4/08
Gonzo: The Life Of Hunter S. Thompson by Jann S. Wenner & Corey Seymour
Posted 2/7/08
Anxious Decades by Michael E. Parrish
A word about Genres: All works included within Recently Read are classified by category into one of several different genre listings:
Animals is exactly what you'd think: non-fiction books that deal with the animal kingdom and its denizens.
The Art category generally refers to books specifically about art, either a style or an artist. It also serves as the catchall category in which artistically presented stories--graphic novels, comic books and the like, if I ever read any--will be placed.
Biography is self-explanatory: works about the lives of anyone who was worth a damn.
Most of the Children's Literature I read will wind up under one all-encompassing category. (It bears little purpose to differentiate between children's fiction and non-fiction, as I read juvenile fiction almost to exclusion.)
Fiction is self-explanatory: any work of adult fiction (that is, intended for adult readers; not porno). The only notable point here: no subdivision by fictional genre; fantasy, sci-fi, horror, thriller, speculative, or whatever, it all goes here.
Again, History is self-explanatory. The only caveat: a "history" that covers a specific concept would go under one of the other categories (i.e., "A History of Animation" would go into the most appropriate other category [in the exampled case, into Entertainment]). As I am a great lover of history--with a B.A. in the subject--expect this to be the densest section of these pages.
Humor is for works specifically meant to be funny; not for books that are so badly written that you must laugh.
Politics contains works dedicated to political commentary; pretty straightforward.
Sociology is not quite what it seems to be. This is my catch-all category for any books that refer to, describe, analyze or criticize the state of society at large. This could be nearly anything: a book about corporate culture, consumer economics, health issues, the impact of technology--they'd all go here.
Sports is exactly what it seems to be: books about sports, whether that be contemporary accounts, sports history, or whatnot.
Other categories will be added as necessary. Check back to this space for explanation of any new category.