So, What Are You Reading?

The Age of Jackson-Arthur Schlesinger while I am still reading 1774: The Long Year of Revolution.

 

Finished American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh & The Oklahoma City Bombing (2001) by Lou Michel and Dan Herbeck.

A complete biography of Timothy McVeigh's life and the Oklahoma City bombing. The most interesting parts to me were his time in the military but no stone in his life or the attack goes unturned.

 

A quick read, Why The New Deal Matters by Eric Rauchway, then back to 1774: The Long Year of Revolution and The Age of Jackson by Arthur Schlinger.

 

Finished Columbine (2009) by Dave Cullen. Perhaps the most comprehensive exploration of the massacre and the real reasons they did what they did.

They planned primarily a bombing and only fell back on the shooting afterwards. Harris was a homicidal psychopath, Klebold was suicidal and deeply infatuated with a classmate.

A good, but hard read.

 

Back to 1774: The Long Year of Revolution..

 

Socrates,Buddha,Confucius,Jesus. Karl Jaspers
Interpersonal Effectiveness. (DBT) Marsha Lineham
Living your Yoga Judith Lasater

 

As I continue to finally get to the finish line of 1774, I am currently trying to finish 1984 by George Orwell. Should be finished by the end of this weekend.

 

Well, I have read 1776 and April 1865, so who knows...LOL

 

Book about a year with a notably melancholic title: 1967: The Last Good Year. Published 30 years later, Canadian popular historian Pierre Berton argued the country and perhaps the West peaked in the centennial year of Confederation.