Another week of quasi-isolation has passed and I am continuing to enjoy spending additional time reading. Unfortunately, this week did not see a completion. That’s generally what happens when I dive into larger works. It takes a little longer for me to plow through them.
Currently, I am reading Jon Meacham’s biography of President George H.W. Bush, Destiny and Power. I am a little over 450 pages into this 600 page tome and have found myself mesmerized by the stories and reflections it contains. I just finished reading about the President’s leadership and fears during the military engagements known as Desert Shield and Desert Storm. As I got closer and closer to this portion of the book, I noticed that my reading pace slowed significantly because I was taking time to pause and reflect on my own experiences. I was a freshman in college at the time at Pepperdine University and spent lots of time watching the coverage of the war in the lobby of Dorm 4. Why was I so interested? It had nothing to do with my interest in the American political system (although my time at Pepperdine would forever change my interest in government and my political views). It had more to do with the fact that my older brother — who I really didn’t know very well at the time — had been deployed to Saudi Arabia to help maintain the nation’s planes that provided the first wave of domination. Needless to say, I have had a rather personal response to these last few chapters of Destiny and Power that I have read. I anticipate finishing this outstanding book in the next few days.
What’s next in my reading stack? After bemoaning the fact that I could not borrow books from my local library in last Saturday’s “View” post, I learned that the Plainview Library is actually still open for business! Books can be reserved online and librarians will make curbside deliveries of your books when you arrive. This was awesome news and I needed to check it out for myself! Last weekend, I put in a request for the next volume of James Patterson’s Women’s Murder Club series that I need to read. On Monday morning, I received a call from the library that my copy of 19th Christmas was ready to be picked up. I got the book later that morning, but have been very good and not peeked inside yet. I know that as soon as I do, I can forget about reading anything else. The Patterson novels are normally fairly quick reads for me, so I should also get to return to the Jeffrey Archer’s Clifton Chronicles this week as well. Yeah for a happy reading plan!
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