So, looking at the books I received for Christmas and recalling those I’ve bought for myself, I’ve decided it’s time to reinstate my Ten Book Rule: I shall buy no more books, no matter how tempting, until I’ve read ten I already have. Let Congress feel shame at my shining example of austerity!
Of course, that doesn’t mean I can’t buy music…. 😉
A Seat By The Fire 
[…] 1, 2009 by Barliman Just to follow up on my earlier post about the Ten Book Rule, first on the list is Davis’ Look Away: a history of the Confederate States of America. […]
I’m 130 pp. in on “Look Away” myself (thank you again for the gift). As you well know, I am a southern sympathizer and believed the War Between The States was primarily about states’ rights. However, judging from Davis’ description of the South’s Constitutional Convention, I am very much in the wrong …
Recalling our discussions of Lincoln and habeas corpus, wait until you get to the discussion of civil and private property rights under the CSA. 🙂