Member Jestak

Real Name

Mark

About My Library

I have resumed working on this after a lengthy hiatus. My goal is to eventually include everything in my personal library and to have rated as many of the books I have read as possible. Everything listed here is part of my personal library.

My ratings tend to run a bit on the high side since if I don't like or value a book it tends to get donated to my local public library rather than staying in my collection :)

About Me

I am a community college economics professor with a lifelong passion for books and reading. I'm also a big movie buff and love many kinds of music, from classical to Celtic.

My reading habit has always been to have many books going at once. The "in progress" list will usually include 1) one or two books with some connection to economics--the "professional" reading; 2) one film book, 3) several other nonfiction books--history, current affairs, science, etc; 4) some kind of fiction, either fantasy/sci-fi or mystery/suspense (these days, most likely the latter).

Location

Spokane

Favorite Authors

Eric Alterman, Rick Atkinson, Randall Balmer, Correlli Barnett, Paul Blustein, Peter Bogdanovich, Taylor Branch, H. W. Brands, Suzanne Brockmann, Stephen Budiansky, Bruce Catton, Raymond Chandler, Lee Child, Agatha Christie, Robert M. Citino, Harlan Coben, Michael Connelly, Stephanie Coontz, Roger Ebert, Barry Eisler, David Hackett Fischer, Tim Flannery, John Kenneth Galbraith, Lisa Gardner, Stephen Jay Gould, William Greider, Martha Grimes, Barbara Hambly, Max Hastings, Reginald Hill, Tom Holland, Bill James, David Cay Johnston, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Wendy Kaminer, Guy Gavriel Kay, John Maynard Keynes, Jonathan Kozol, Paul Krugman, Mark Kurlansky, Katherine Kurtz, Robert Kuttner, Stieg Larsson, Dennis Lehane, Elmore Leonard, Roger Lowenstein, John D. MacDonald, Charlotte MacLeod, Robert K. Massie, Ed McBain, Anne McCaffrey, Bethany McLean, Deborah Meier, T. Jefferson Parker, Rick Perlstein, Ahmed Rashid, Richard Rhodes, Carl Sagan, John Sandford, David K. Shipler, Robert Skidelsky, Karin Slaughter, T. J. Stiles, Ron Suskind, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Barbara Tuchman, Jonathan Weiner, Gordon S. Wood, Robin Wright, Adam Zamoyski, Carl Zimmer

Local Favorites

Bookstores: 2nd Look Books, LLC, Auntie's Bookstore

Libraries: SFCC Library, Spokane Public Library - Downtown

Member Connections

Friends

aadyer, blondierocket, drmarymccormack, kristincedar, NLytle, oddbooks, quartzite, rabbitprincess, storyjunkie, tigermel, tracee, VGAHarris, waitingtoderail, walbat, WisteriaLeigh

Interesting Library

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