Books I Have Read [1]

OK I've been reading. A lot, especially after I finished my PhD, started teaching college, and then got glasses. About 4 years ago I purchased a PDA (Handspring Visor Pro). After figuring my way around it and transferring my life into it (notes, dates, names, etc. etc.), I figured out how to download a simple text file from Project Gutenberg (and other online full text sources), convert it to a "PDB" file, transfer it to my PDA, and read it.

The next few blogs are my list of books I have read, and some commentary where appropriate. I have purchased only a few ebooks, the rest were completely free.

First 25 (my comments are in brackets]

1Treasure Island-Robert Louis Stevenson
2 Dracula-Bram Stoker [excellent, highly recommended, much better than the commonly understood story of Dracula]
3 Democracy in America, Book 1: Chapters 1-3, 15-Alexis De Toqueville
4 Institutes of the Christian Religion-John Calvin (partial)
5 The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
6 War of the Worlds-H. G. Wells [must read]
7 Antigone-Sophocles
8 Rothschild’s Fiddle-Anton Chekov
9 Wuthering Heights-Emily Brontë
10 Othello-Shakespeare (not finished)
11 The Effective Executive-Peter Drucker
12 Tarzan of the Apes-Edgar Rice Burroughs [surprising]
13 The complete Oz series (14 books)-L. Frank Baum [fun]
14 The Snow Queen-Hans Christian Anderson
15 A Christmas Carol-Charles Dickens
16 100 Simple Secrets of Successful People-David Niven
17 An American Claimant-Mark Twain [a real Twain sleeper hit]
18 A Dog's Tale-Mark Twain
19 A Burlesque Autobiography-Mark Twain
20 Adam's Diary-Mark Twain
21 A Horse's Tale-Mark Twain
22 The Curious Republic of Gondour-Mark Twain
23 Is Shakespeare Dead-Mark Twain [thought-provoking--the idea that Shakespeare was not Shakespeare still lives today]
24 The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg-Mark Twain [clever premise]
25 The Prince and the Pauper-Mark Twain