11-22-2011, 11:15 AM
I read an article recently about American politicians who were asked, during the 2008 presidential election, what the last three books they read were.
John McCain answered A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (re-reading), The Age of Turbulence by Alan Greenspan and The Spirit of Churchill by Deborah Davis Brezina.
Hillary Clinton listed Ike: An American Hero by Michael Korda, The Bourne Betrayal by Robert Ludlum and The Appeal by John Grisham.
Barack Obama, on the hand, claimed to have read all the Harry Potter books with his daughter Malia.
How important do you consider a person's chosen reading material? Do you think it provides a window into their personality? John F. Kennedy famously endorsed Ian Fleming's From Russia With Love as one of his favourite paperbacks, boosting the author's career.
And what were the last three books you read? Here's my list: Death Wish by Brian Garfield, The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy and Whatever by Michel Houellebecq.
John McCain answered A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (re-reading), The Age of Turbulence by Alan Greenspan and The Spirit of Churchill by Deborah Davis Brezina.
Hillary Clinton listed Ike: An American Hero by Michael Korda, The Bourne Betrayal by Robert Ludlum and The Appeal by John Grisham.
Barack Obama, on the hand, claimed to have read all the Harry Potter books with his daughter Malia.
How important do you consider a person's chosen reading material? Do you think it provides a window into their personality? John F. Kennedy famously endorsed Ian Fleming's From Russia With Love as one of his favourite paperbacks, boosting the author's career.
And what were the last three books you read? Here's my list: Death Wish by Brian Garfield, The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy and Whatever by Michel Houellebecq.
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe