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CollectionsYour library (2,372), Read in 2011 (36), Read (407), Currently reading (3), To read (88), Kindle (52), Books on Tape (14), Read but unowned (10), Read in 2010 (59), Read in 2009 (83), All collections (2,393)

Reviews42 reviews

TagsHardcover (1,221), Fiction (876), Paperback (709), Non-fiction (639), Religion (329), LDS (291), History (270), 20th Century Lit (218), Mass-market paperback (134), Biography (116) — see all tags

Cloudstag cloud, author cloud, tag mirror

GroupsBooks and Mormons, Build the Open Shelves Classification, Codex Obama, Early Reviewers

Favorite authorsHarold Bloom, Don DeLillo, Malcolm Gladwell, Michael Lewis, John McPhee, Vladimir Nabokov, Elaine Pagels, D. Michael Quinn, David Remnick, B.H. Roberts, Philip Roth, Salman Rushdie, J. D. Salinger, David Sedaris, David Foster Wallace (Shared favorites)

About meBeautiful wife, wonderful kids, flexible job, terrible health, too much TV, too little time.

About my library


Ok, so I'll start with a couple random quotes about books and reading in general that approximate my reason for buying, keeping, and/or reading good books:

"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it." ~P.J. O'Rourke

"It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it." ~Oscar Wilde

"I divide all readers into two classes; those who read to remember and those who read to forget." ~William Lyon Phelps

"An ordinary man can... surround himself with two thousand books... and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy." ~Augustine Birrell

About my library in particular:

I have three large shelves in my office/library/study packed with a majority of my books. The far right is my "Celestial" shelf with my religous books mainly. The middle is my "Terrestrial" shelf with my History, Journalism, Philosophy, Science, and some fiction. The far left is my "Telestial" shelf with all my favorite fiction.

I've also got two medium shelves at work that house some books on finance and my Library of America collection.

I go back and forth between wanting to buy hardcover and paperback books.

I love the beauty of, and resolve it takes, reading a hardcover. However, the pragmatist and cheapskate in me gravitates to a book I can fold into my pocket and read until it falls apart without the feeling I tortured and killed kinfolk.

I generally avoid reading too much dime store trash, but occasionally a popular book or author comes out and I feel the need to just relax and play. It is the same impulse as comics on Sunday.

My simple tag tree:

1st: Hardcover/Paperback/Mass-market Paperback
2nd: Fiction/Non-fiction/Religion.
3rd A: >> if Fiction then century? then Type of Lit (aka African-American Lit, etc.)
3rd B: >> if Non-fiction then type (History, Biography, etc.) then other modifier.
3rd C: >> if Religion then area (LDS, Gnosticism, etc.) then other modifier.
4th: Condition (Lost, Loaned, etc) or other.



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LocationMesa, AZ

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Member sinceSep 5, 2007

Currently readingNonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny by Robert Wright
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician by Anthony Everitt
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells

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Hello,
I saw you had read "Bonds that Make Us Free" and was wondering if you would be willing to help us with a project we are doing.

Stories are a powerful part of Arbinger. Often, in reading the story of another, we are able to identify ourselves. Although the details vary, the emotions and the symptoms are sometimes painfully, sometimes joyfully, similar. And, it is often through the honest evaluation of our own stories that we are able to grow and develop in unexpected ways.

Arbinger, now a world-wide organization, seeks to harness this catalyst for change that we find in the sharing of stories. We are in the process of creating an online and interactive story bank. Here, you will be able to read the stories written by others who share your desire to improve their lives and their relationships. If you would be willing to share your story, we welcome your contribution. With your permission, your story may be used in other projects we are doing as well. Please email it to me at kwilstead@arbinger.com. Thank you!

If you would like me to send you some examples of stories that have already been submitted, send me a request at kwilstead@arbinger.com.

Thank you, again!
-Katie
Thanks! I actually have the Bacevich on order. I will be reading it for my PhD studies, which I am taking up again early next year. I will search out the other books you suggested as well.
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