Monday, January 1, 2007

A list in the works.

I've decided to compile a list of some books I plan to pick up between now and then. Then being the not-so-distant future, of course. There are topics of which I have wanted to spend more time with, yet haven't really researched books on which to examine them. Thus, on this slow day at work, I'm searching Amazon.com for texts. Yes, they're all Jewish-related. But I'm a Jewish scholar and this is a Jewish blog. Do I read non-Jewish texts? Not if I can help it, hah. I'm passionate and completely absorbed. I think it's important for people to have something that is all-consuming (in a healthy way, that is). I'm not uneducated or ignorant of worldly events or non-Jewishly-related historical happenings. I'm well-rounded. I've just found the calling academically. Anyhow, here are a few:



Also, I'd kill to have this:


Verily, this list will grow. I'll just have to continue to update it and link it when I do. Aside from these are a bounty of fiction works that I've been meaning to read. I'm trying to get back into reading nonfiction, though. I went so long reading nothing BUT nonfiction and then hopped on the fiction wagon. I currently am reading the following books (the former picked up free at work and the latter borrowed from a gal at work):

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