{"id":4879,"date":"2006-08-27T20:48:06","date_gmt":"2006-08-28T00:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2006\/08\/27\/qotd-im-reading-or-about-to-read\/"},"modified":"2006-08-27T20:48:06","modified_gmt":"2006-08-28T00:48:06","slug":"qotd-im-reading-or-about-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezrasf.com\/wplog\/2006\/08\/27\/qotd-im-reading-or-about-to-read\/","title":{"rendered":"QotD: I&#8217;m reading (or about to read)&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\" xmlns:at=\"http:\/\/www.sixapart.com\/ns\/at\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>What books are on your nightstand?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>The ones I am reading now:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div at:enclosure=\"asset\" at:xid=\"6a00c2251d28148e1d00c225239e13604a\" at:format=\"medium\" at:align=\"center\"     class=\"enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-medium book-enclosure\"       style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"enclosure-inner\"              style=\"padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;\"     >\n<div class=\"enclosure-list\">\n<div class=\"enclosure-item book-asset last\">\n<div class=\"enclosure-image\">                          <a href=\"http:\/\/sneezypb.vox.com\/library\/book\/6a00c2251d28148e1d00c225239e13604a.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/a3.vox.com\/6a00c2251d28148e1d00c225239e13604a-200pi\" alt=\"The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century\" title=\"The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century\" \/><\/a>                      <\/div>\n<div class=\"enclosure-meta\">\n<div class=\"enclosure-asset-name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sneezypb.vox.com\/library\/book\/6a00c2251d28148e1d00c225239e13604a.html\" title=\"The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century\">The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"enclosure-asset-subtitle overflow-hidden\">Thomas L. Friedman<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- end enclosure -->   <\/p>\n<div at:enclosure=\"asset\" at:xid=\"6a00c2251d28148e1d00c225239e1f604a\" at:format=\"medium\" at:align=\"center\"     class=\"enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-medium book-enclosure\"       style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"enclosure-inner\"              style=\"padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;\"     >\n<div class=\"enclosure-list\">\n<div class=\"enclosure-item book-asset last\">\n<div class=\"enclosure-image\">                          <a href=\"http:\/\/sneezypb.vox.com\/library\/book\/6a00c2251d28148e1d00c225239e1f604a.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/a7.vox.com\/6a00c2251d28148e1d00c225239e1f604a-200pi\" alt=\"Hidden Words\" title=\"Hidden Words\" \/><\/a>                      <\/div>\n<div class=\"enclosure-meta\">\n<div class=\"enclosure-asset-name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sneezypb.vox.com\/library\/book\/6a00c2251d28148e1d00c225239e1f604a.html\" title=\"Hidden Words\">Hidden Words<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"enclosure-asset-subtitle overflow-hidden\">Baha&#8217;u&#8217;llah<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- end enclosure -->   <\/p>\n<div at:enclosure=\"asset\" at:xid=\"6a00c2251d28148e1d00c225239e76604a\" at:format=\"medium\" at:align=\"center\"     class=\"enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-medium book-enclosure\"       style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"enclosure-inner\"              style=\"padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;\"     >\n<div class=\"enclosure-list\">\n<div class=\"enclosure-item book-asset last\">\n<div class=\"enclosure-image\">                          <a href=\"http:\/\/sneezypb.vox.com\/library\/book\/6a00c2251d28148e1d00c225239e76604a.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/a6.vox.com\/6a00c2251d28148e1d00c225239e76604a-200pi\" alt=\"Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Book 1)\" title=\"Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Book 1)\" \/><\/a>                      <\/div>\n<div class=\"enclosure-meta\">\n<div class=\"enclosure-asset-name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sneezypb.vox.com\/library\/book\/6a00c2251d28148e1d00c225239e76604a.html\" title=\"Lord Foul's Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Book 1)\">Lord Foul&#8217;s Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Book 1)<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"enclosure-asset-subtitle overflow-hidden\">Stephen R. Donaldson<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- end enclosure -->   <\/p>\n<div at:enclosure=\"asset\" at:xid=\"6a00c2251d28148e1d00c22523a36ff219\" at:format=\"medium\" at:align=\"center\"     class=\"enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-medium book-enclosure\"       style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"enclosure-inner\"              style=\"padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;\"     >\n<div class=\"enclosure-list\">\n<div class=\"enclosure-item book-asset last\">\n<div class=\"enclosure-image\">                          <a href=\"http:\/\/sneezypb.vox.com\/library\/book\/6a00c2251d28148e1d00c22523a36ff219.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/a7.vox.com\/6a00c2251d28148e1d00c22523a36ff219-200pi\" alt=\"Ambient Findability\" title=\"Ambient Findability\" \/><\/a>                      <\/div>\n<div class=\"enclosure-meta\">\n<div class=\"enclosure-asset-name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sneezypb.vox.com\/library\/book\/6a00c2251d28148e1d00c22523a36ff219.html\" title=\"Ambient Findability\">Ambient Findability<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"enclosure-asset-subtitle overflow-hidden\">Peter Morville<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- end enclosure -->                                                                   <\/p>\n<div at:enclosure=\"asset\" at:xid=\"6a00c2251d28148e1d00c2251d1495f219\" at:format=\"medium\" at:align=\"center\"     class=\"enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-medium book-enclosure\"       style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"enclosure-inner\"              style=\"padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;\"     >\n<div class=\"enclosure-list\">\n<div class=\"enclosure-item book-asset last\">\n<div class=\"enclosure-image\">                          <a href=\"http:\/\/sneezypb.vox.com\/library\/book\/6a00c2251d28148e1d00c2251d1495f219.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/a5.vox.com\/6a00c2251d28148e1d00c2251d1495f219-200pi\" alt=\"Seven Viking Romances (Penguin Classics)\" title=\"Seven Viking Romances (Penguin Classics)\" \/><\/a>                      <\/div>\n<div class=\"enclosure-meta\">\n<div class=\"enclosure-asset-name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sneezypb.vox.com\/library\/book\/6a00c2251d28148e1d00c2251d1495f219.html\" title=\"Seven Viking Romances (Penguin Classics)\">Seven Viking Romances (Penguin Classics)<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"enclosure-asset-subtitle overflow-hidden\">Hermann Palsson<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- end enclosure -->   <\/p>\n<p><strong>The ones upcoming:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div at:enclosure=\"asset\" at:xid=\"6a00c2251d28148e1d00c22523a0868fdb\" at:format=\"medium\" at:align=\"center\"     class=\"enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-medium book-enclosure\"       style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"enclosure-inner\"              style=\"padding: 9px; 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