- Random Passage by Bernice Morgan (local)
- When Bells Toll in the North by Freeman Cull (local)
- The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
- This is Not a Book--Adventures in Popular Philosophy
- Race to Mars (coffee table book)
- Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
- How to See Yourself as you Really Are by the Dalai Lama
- Present at the future (controversial conversations on science and nature)
- The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank by Erma Bombeck
- Blindness by Jose Saramago
- Mothership by John Brosnan (sci-fi, not parenting...)
- Black Order by James Rollins
- Privileged Information by Stephen White
- The Hope Valley Hubcap King by Sean Murphy (quirky with Zen flavour)
- The Barnum Museum by Steve Millhauser (short story collection)
- Magical Thinking by Augusten Burroughs (short stories)
And of course on top of the stack are my reading glasses in their case and a note pad in case I get blessed with a story idea (or a weird dream) in the middle of the night. In all the pile is now tall and tilting and at risk of crushing my head as I lay sleeping in bed. I should check my insurance policy as it may be of a quantity that my wife may accidentally bump the night stand with her hip as I sleep...sweet dreams all.
5 comments:
"Living Under The Tower" - nice analogy!
By comparison the pile of books by my bed is mostly SF&F classics, with the exception of Henry Rollins collected early work and "Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond.
By the way, I tend to write my blog as if the whole world is reading, which it obviously should be. To hell with modesty.
The whole world...well said!
This is why I put my to be read stack on the floor next to the bed. :)
But what a way to go. :)
If I had to die in bed from something landing on top of me, I don't think I'd want it to be a stack of books.
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