As I mentioned in my It’s Library Time! post, I have checked out Bill O’Reilly’s Patriots and Pinheads from the library. As I’ve mentioned, Pinheads and Patriots is a book included in my 2011 Reading Goals. Here’s what the inside jacket of the book says: When Bill O’Reilly interviewed then-Senator Barack Obama during the 2088 [...]
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My Thoughts On The Audacity of Hope
January 31, 2011
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This afternoon, during my lunch break, I managed to complete the President’s second book, The Audacity of Hope. As I mentioned previously in my First Impressions Post, I found the President’s writing to be very well and he was able to get his points across very well. I definitely agree with how he has broken [...]
Read moreComing Soon – Resumption of ‘Marx’ Reading Challenge
January 30, 2011
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It’s another happy Sunday! What an interesting last few days it’s been. Between the snow, ice, and cold, a lot of other things have been going on aside from reading. I’m still reading President Obama’s The Audacity of Hope, but I can’t help but look forward a bit today. Coming up next, I will resume/continue [...]
Read moreFirst Impressions – The Audacity of Hope
January 29, 2011
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The other day I began reading President Obama’s book The Audacity of Hope. I’m about 160 pages through the book now, and I must say, it’s written very well. So far, it’s definitely what I was expecting from it. In it, the President is detailing the foundations of his political thoughts. The book is written [...]
Read moreNow Reading – The Audacity of Hope
January 28, 2011
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Today, I begin my third book of the year, President Obama’s The Audacity of Hope. This book is one of the books I put on my goals to read this year. I checked this book out from the library. My intent is to learn more about the basis of the President’s thoughts on everyday political [...]
Read moreMy Thoughts On Dreams From My Father
January 27, 2011
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Yesterday I managed to complete my reading of President Obama’s Dreams From My Father. I found the President’s story to be quite interesting. I definitely learned a lot about his background and the difficulties he went through in not only discovering his racial background, but about the man himself. I find it very noble that [...]
Read moreFirst Impressions – Dreams From My Father
January 22, 2011
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I’m a couple of days into reading President Obama’s memoir, Dreams From My Father. The book is divided into three sections, Origins, Chicago, and Kenya. Earlier today I completed the first part Origins. The book flows very nicely and is, surprisingly, very quick to read. In this first section, the President speaks about his difficulties [...]
Read moreNow Reading – Dreams From My Father
January 21, 2011
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For my second book of 2011, I have decided to read President Obama’s first book, Dreams From My Father, A Story of Race and Inheritance. I checked this book out from the library on Tuesday evening, and decided I would go ahead and read this book before taking up the second book of my Marx [...]
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My Thoughts On Michael Crichton’s Prey
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My Classics Club List In More Detail
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Now Reading George Orwell’s Animal Farm
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Bleak House Fridays – Week 2
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My Classics Club Selections
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Reading Outside My Comfort Zone
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Vampire Books – Do You Read Them? What’s The Fascination With Them?
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Encouraging Book Reading In The Age of Technology
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