things you can tell by a person's book order

already spending some birthday money...
Chess:
The Art of the Middle Game by Paul Keres
Pawn Structure Chess by Andrew Soltis

i don't have much opportunity to play chess anymore but these are the last two chess books that i really really wanted and they should provide some interesting insights.

Baseball:
The Joy of Keeping Score: How Scoring the Game Has Influenced and Enhanced the History of Baseball by Paul Dickson
The Fielding Bible by John Dewan
The Summer Game by Roger Angell

the first is supposed to be a great little read to kick off each season, the second is a defensive stats analysis book, and the third is another classic by the master of baseball writing.

History:
Theodore Roosevelt by Nathan Miller

i've been intrigued enough by TR to want to read this single volume biography. if i'm still intrigued by this republican who doesn't reflect today's republicans, i'll move on to the three-volume biography.

Fantasy / Fun:
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

as the history of the first age in the lord of the rings world, this is a collection of stories that sets the historical context for tolkien's more widely read works, the hobbit and lotr.

Spirituality & Local Missiology:
Traveling Mercies : Some Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21 Century Church by Frost and Hirsch

the first is supposed to be an excellently-written, down-to-earth book about a journey of christian faith. the second is supposed to be a great book on today's culture and context and what the church may look like as this century progresses.

Posted by smc at May 30, 2006 03:15 PM