Reading List

With the beginning of my resolution, it seems that I have almost come to the point of breaking it. Finding neither the time nor the subject to blog, I have woefully waited until now to turn my attention, at least for a few moments, to this web log. This week’s edition of my blog is my reading list and it is surprisingly short.

About a year and a half ago, I posted a reading list that I was going to attempt to tackle that summer. I never returned to give an update, so I will probably update that reading list next week—letting my loyal readers know which books I completed, which I failed to begin, and, of those I read, which I recommend (as if it would make a difference to anyone).

Before providing my current reading list, may I note that this is list is not exhaustive. I am planning to enroll in Seminary again this Spring and will probably have at least two books to read for the class which I am going to enroll. Also, I may begin some independent study courses and have to read between four and five books for each. With that note, here is my reading list:

• Outraged by Dick Morris and Ellen McGann—My dad read and recommended this book. I have already begun and I am 50 pages into the 300 page volume. It is a good read, so far.
• Frenchman, Desire, Good Children … And Other Streets of New Orleans by John Chase—This was one of amazon.com’s recommendations when I purchased The Joy of Y’at Catholicism which was an enlightening work on the quirks of Catholicism in New Orleans and how the culture has been shaped by the Catholicism and how Catholicism has shaped the culture of the New Orleans. My dad has already read this book and my conversations with him about it cause me to put it at the top of my desired reading list!
• Good to Great by Jim Collins—A classic leadership work that I have yet to read. This book and the remainder on this list has been a part of our leadership book clubs at work. Though I have not gone to the meetings for the book clubs—confirmation that I am a little antisocial, very busy, or both—I have purchased the books to read.
• Purpose: The starting point of great companies by Nikos Mourkogiannis—Part of the leadership book club at work and one of the works I look forward to reading the most.
• The FIVE Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni—This is probably a very insightful book for relationships within a team. I will let you know what I learn.
• The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell—I saw this listed somewhere else (but I do not remember where) not as a management book but as a generally good read.
• The Times-Picayune—I have a subscription and I do not read the paper all that much, but I have been trying to awake earlier to get the local and national news from this resource.