Recently Read

Reading is one of my favorite things to do and I like to read lots of different things. Here are the last few books I have read and a few quick thoughts on each...

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1776 by David McCullough. A book about the first year of the American Revolution. If you like history, you will love this book.

How to Think Like Benjamin Graham and Invest Like Warren Buffet by Lawrence Cunningham is a very dry book, unless of course you really like financial stuff - which I do - and then it's wonderful. Benjamin Graham is the Father of Financial Analysis and the mentor of Warren Buffet. Warren Buffet is, of course, the second wealthiest man on the planet and he earned it all through good investment decisions. There is a lot to be learned from this book.

Yes, You Can Still Retire Comfortably by Ben Stein and Phil DeMuth was another financial book I read recently. I liked it. Very simple, which is what they recommend for the vast majority of people. It also does a good job of making the case that most Americans are in for a very rude awakening when retirement comes around and so it is best to make the necessary sacrifices now and get started.

How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart. This was really a wonderful book. I just finished it and am re-reading it. Not something I do very often. The authors teach, as the title states, how to read the Bible by considering the context, the type of literature of the particular book, the original audience, etc. It's basically an introduction to good biblical exegesis (discovering the original intended meaning) and hermeneutics (determining what it means to us now). I highly recommend this book to any Christians out there who want to get more out of their time reading the Bible.

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. I don't read much science fiction, but a good friend recommended this book as a sci-fi "classic". Wow! It did not disappoint me at all. I read it in two days!! I couldn't put it down. The basic premise is that the Earth has been attacked by aliens ("bugs") and in an attempt to prepare themselves for the next war are training little genius children to be military super-strategist by playing war games. The story revolves around a six-year old little boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggins, who is a genius among geniuses. Although there is a necessary amount of sci-fi stuff to classify it as a sci-fi book, it is more a character story about the social, emotional and mental struggles that this little boy goes through as he wrestles with his abilities and their consequences. I HIGHLY recommend this book.

I just started reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry today. An interesting jump from sci-fi to a western, but it will be a nice change of pace.