Books

Reading has provided me with one of the central pleasures of my life.  While I have kept reading journals off and on through the years, I have never tried to organize my thoughts about each book I read.  These small reviews suggest the breadth of my reading as well as its haphazard nature.  History, Novels, Sports, Contemporary culture, politics and economics seem to flow side by side through my reading.  This is a series of reviews beginning with my reading in 2003.  While I may move backwards through some of my favorite works, I may not.  I invite your responses and thoughts about books we have shared as well as your recommendations for books I have missed and might enjoy.  Contact me at: tlehmann@earthlink.net

Morgan: American Financier by Jean Strouse Almost by Elizabeth Benedict
Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand The Life of Andrew Jackson by Robert V. Remini
A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring Twenties by Roger Kahn Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
This Just In by Bob Shieffer Final Rounds by James Dodson
The Sharpe Novels by Bernard Cornwell Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
What Went Wrong by Bernard Lewis Patrick O'Brian and the Aubrey - Matarin  Series
The Book on the Bookshelf by Henry Petroski Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert Caro The Founding Brothers by Joseph Ellis