Read 25 books by the end of 2008

If I finish the four I am reading now, then I will meet this goal. http://www.ezrasf.com/wplog/reading

From http://www.ezrasf.com/wplog/reading

5) Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae – Steven Pressfield – 25-FEB-2008 – Herodotus’s Histories didn’t feel compelling, but it did provide context. Frank Miller’s 300 visually captured the excitement and energy we ought to feel and usually missing. Its only weakness, I thought, was context. Gates of Fire finds a great middle ground by providing both context and energy.
6) Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time – Dava Sobel – 05-MAR-2008 – I’ve been to Greenwich and seen the clocks, so it was good to better understand the importance.
7) A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age – Daniel H. Pink – 06-MAR-2008 – How to tap into the resources for the right side of the brain in business.
8) Einstein and Religion: Physics and Theology – Max Jammer – 07-MAR-2008 – Okay.
9) On Education – Krishnamurti – 18-APR-2008 – Difficult to read as philosophically very different from what I believe.
10) The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and America – Kenneth Pollack – Done – Helped me understand the difficulties and appreciate Pollack’s prescription for solving this.
11) The Edison Gene: ADHD and the Gift of the Hunter Child – Thom Hartmann and Lucy Jo Palladino – Done -
12) The Subtle Knife – Philip Pullman – Done – Possibly even better than The Golden Compass.
13) The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature – Matthew Ridley – Done – About the Red Queen hypothesis where organisms are locked in evolutionary arms races against its parasites, other members of its species, and other species.

By next month I should have finished…
14) The Amber Sypglass – Philip Pullman – in progress 90% – Conclusion of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife.

15) The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design – Richard Dawkins – 80% done – An atheist defense for why evolution does not need God. The design of life is too haphazard to have been by a gifted designer.

I have 4 others in progress and probably close to if not done within the next 2 months. http://www.ezrasf.com/wplog/reading

I’ve finished:
3) Doc Holliday
4) The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs

Currently reading: http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=sneezypb

Finished two books:
1) What is Intelligence?: Beyond the Flynn Effect
2) How Doctors Think

Currently reading:
http://www.goodreads.com/review/list?shelf=currently-reading

Its only an average of 2 books a month + 1 more book. This will also help cut back on the number of unread books I have.