books

The nice thing about travel is it gives me a chance to read books, something I rarely make time for. This past trip to Knoxville made it possible for me to finish 2 books and get half way though a third. The first book I finished is "Who's Looking Out for You?" by Bill O'Reilly. It's the first political slash social book I've read, and the first from O'Reilly. As is typical from his show, The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News, he hit quite a few homeruns. It's definitely a “tell it like it is” book, and full of O'Reillys witty off the cuff comments. Overall, a decent read. The second book I read is "Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival" by Joe Simpson. As the title states, this is a true story... and miraculous! The gist of the story, Joe and his buddy Simon head out to climb a 20,000' mountain. As they decent, Joe breaks his leg and is basically left for dead. An incredible story full of human endurance, internal drive and the will to live. Overall, a HIGHLY recommended read. The book I just started is "Cracking Da Vinci's Code: You've Read the Fiction, Now Read the Facts" by James Garlow. The reason for picking this book up this morning was because of the recommendation of a college friend, Jason Turk. He and I have discussed the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, and since I have read that book, he suggested I follow it up with Garlow's. So far, it seems like the idea behind the book is to help guide those people who took Brown's book as fact. It takes Browns book piece by piece examining his points and correcting his flaws. I guess out of the book I'm hoping to learn more about the foundation of Christianity, which the book I'm told elaborates on.

Well, that's all for now.