I was at the bookstore the other day, browsing, and as always, there was a book or two that I absolutely needed. Then I remembered that I have a full “reading shelf” in my den, 6 feet away from my desk seat, filled with books that I have either bought and not started, started, gotten into quite a way or finished once and want to read again.
So I told myself that it does not make sense to buy these new books, just so I can put them at the end of the reading shelf. I am not allowed to buy any more books until I have read all of them and written a book report on each one here.
And this is on the shelf:
| Title | Author | Comment |
| The Rules of Management | Richard Templar | Started on an airplane, need to start over |
| Little Platinum Book of Cha-Ching | Jeffrey Gitomer | Need to finish and read again |
| Little Black Book of Connections | Jeffrey Gitomer | Need to finish and read again |
| Blood Meridian | Cormac McCarthy | A novel, heavy, haven’t had the courage |
| John Adams | David McCullough | The famous biography, looking forward |
| Dreams from My Father | Barack Obama | Looking forward |
| The Audacity of Hope | Barack Obama | Almost done – the man has character |
| Sustaining Knock Your Socks Off Service | Thomas K. Connellan | Bought and put on the shelf |
| Turbo Strategy | Brian Tracy | Read once, need to read again |
| How to Become a Marketing Superstar | Jeffrey J. Fox | Read once, need to read again |
| Secrets of Great Rainmakers | Jeffrey J. Fox | Read once, need to read again |
| Guantanamo | David Rose | Tough read, need to work through it |
| Chronicles | Bob Dylan | Not started, looking forward |
| The Search | John Battelle | Interesting, it’s about Google |
| The Choice is Yours | John C. Maxwell | Motivational sayings, one every night |
| Good to Great | Jim Collins | Not started, looking forward |
| Purple Cow | Seth Godin | Read once, need to read again |
| The Customer Driven Company | Richard C. Whiteley | Started, but haven’t gotten very far |
| Winning | Jack Welch | Almost done |
| Time Travelers | Various Authors | Short stories for entertainment |
| Eat, Pray, Love | Elizabeth Gilbert | Chelsea left this here |
| The Man Who Walked Through Time | Colin Fletcher | Not started, looking forward |
| The Intellectual Devotional | David S. Kidder | A page every night before sleeping |