My Reading List

This is a list of books that I have read or am in the process of reading.

Title	Author	Year	Started	Finished	Genre	Opinion
The Secret Man	Bob Woodward	2005	03/03/2011	03/03/2011	Non-Fiction	Extremely light reading; a disappointing re-hash of All The President's Men with the main difference being Deep Throat is replaced by Felt; there is also an interesting explanation of how Woodward and Felt were first introduced, and a discussion about Felt 30 years later (losing his memory) and Woodward's dilemma in deciding whether to reveal Felt as Deep Throat; the whole book is written in really choppy English, very short sentences, very bad English; a somewhat boring but fast read
All The President's Men	Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward	1974	March 2011	March 2011	Non-Fiction	Very interesting book; there are a lot of names thrown out, and it's difficult to follow much of the time; many of the details included are of marginal importance; it's somewhat difficult to get a "big picture" by reading this; but it gives a very accurate play-by-play of how the Watergate reporting in the Washington Post unfolded over the course of 1972 and 1973. Ends in 1973, before Nixon's resignation. (Second book by Bernstein and Woodward is The Last Days and does the same thing except it follows the resignation of Nixon).
Nixonland	Richard Perlstein	2008	March 2011	March 2011	Non-Fiction
Harlot's Ghost	Norman Mailer		February 2011	February 2011	Fiction	Outstanding book. I picked it up for the CIA/cloak-and-dagger plot, and did not get what I was expecting. I finished it because Mailer is an outstanding wordsmith.
Ulysses	James Joyce		January 2011		Fiction
I Can Get It For You Wholesale	Jerome Wiedman		February 2011	February 2011	Fiction	Very funny narrative voice; fast-paced writing style; perspective of a Jewish New Yorker in 1920s
The Stranger	Albert Camus		February 2011	February 2011	Fiction	Re-reading
Perks of Being a Wallflower	Stephen Chbosky		February 2011	February 2011	Fiction	Re-reading
Terrible Swift Sword (Civil War Trilogy Vol. 2)	Bruce Catton		January 2011	February 2011	Non-Fiction	Civil War history; covers the years 1861-1863; very good
The Coming Fury (Civil War Trilogy Vol. 1)	Bruce Catton		December 2010	January 2011	Non-Fiction	Excellent history of the Civil War. explores a lot of the behind-the-scenes politicking and buildup to the Civil War, ends with first CW battle (Battle of Bull Run)
Quicksilver: Baroque Cycle Vol. 1	Neal Stephenson		December 2010	Meh	Fiction	The storyline was interesting at first, but then it got really boring and disappointing. Won't finish.
Spook Country	William Gibson		November 2010	November 2010	Fiction	No interesting storyline, boring characters, nothing interesting happens in the entire story, forgot the entire storyline of the book a few days after I read it
American Gods	Neil Gaiman		November 2010	November 2010	Fiction	Boring storyline, but reads really fast, forgot most of what I had read a few days after I read it