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I’m reading The Shack by Wm. Paul Young. It was recommended by our Priest and many friends at church who have said it has been a life changing experience.
 
I am taking two college classes, so I am reading:
  1. Textbook for Business Communication Technology and it’s really good! I have a degree in English, but never had a business comm class, and it’s a different angle, and very relevant for the work world. Includes modern technology communications.
  2. Book for my basic digital photography class–not a textbook, but a trade book–Rick Sammons’ Digital Photography. It’s got short topical lessons and lots of color photos. This is a really good book for anyone just to read themselves to learn more about good photography and how to improve their skills (even without a college course).
  3. A fiction book for the One College One Book initiative at the college where I work–Skellig. It’s a young adult book, not too long, and I’m trying to figure out what Skellig is. Angel? Birdman? We’re about to have art contests and discussion groups about the book, so I have to finish it up soon.
  4. Technical manuals to operate various hardware and software to improve my A/V skills for enhancing my distance learning classes I teach, and I’m also starting some virtual organizations and professional development self-paced courses for employees. I’d be a lot happier if my computers at home and work would quit malfunctioning!!!
I have tons of paper and Kindle books piled up…wish I could read faster, read full time, just be a soul parked in a chair reading her life away. I’m a compulsive reader.
 
I’m reading a book called Inklings, by Jeffrey Koterba. Mr. Koterba is the political cartoonist for the Omaha World Herald. The book is a personal memoir concerning Mr. Koterba’s somewhat chaotic childhood growing up with a then undiagnosed case of Tourette’s Syndrome, and his subsequent rise to his present position.

The book is an advance copy scheduled for release in early November of this year. Someone from Houghton Mifflin, the book’s publisher, asked me to review it on my website because a large part of my website is devoted to literary reviews that I write and a significant portion is devoted to the subject of Tourette’s Syndrome.

I’m nearly finished the book and hope to have my review up sometime this coming weekend if anyone should be interested. By the way, Mr. Koterba was raised Catholic, and might still be Catholic. I don’t know.

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Nightmare at 20,00 Feet and Other Stories by Richard Matheson

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I’m surprised, no one mentioned “CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ” by Walter Miller
 
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I’m surprised, no one mentioned “CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ” by Walter Miller
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“Canticle…” is next on my list to read along with Case of Conscience by James Blish. I just finished *The Sparrow *and I’m halfway through the sequel, Children of God, by Mary Doria Russell. Though definitely not for everyone, Russell has produced two absolutely extraordinary works.
 
Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction by Thomas Flynn

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*Literary Theory: A very Short Introduction * by Jonathan Cutler

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Dean Koontz’s “Frankenstein: Dead and Alive” the long awaited third book of the trilogy, which appears to be worth the wait for fans of Koontz.
 
*I’m reading a nonfiction book right now, Stop Worrying, and Start Living, by Dale Carnegie. It’s far from a Dr Phil-ish type of ‘self help’ book…it’s so good, I can’t express it in mere words. Dale Carnegie shares stories of people he met throughout his life, from family members, to neighbors, to CEO’s of large corporations…who all struggle with worry, and Carnegie gives the read a practical approach to coping and conquering it. I have applied some of the basic tips, and I can’t believe it, but they are working so quickly! I always pray about worrying, I confess it. I feel God directed me to this book!

Read it, even if you don’t struggle with worry, it’s highly entertaining! It’s like having a wise grandfather in the palm of your hand. :)*
 
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