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 |