Update

I have made 196 posts but have not read any more books. Thus, this blog will only receive updates when I finish new books. But I have created a new blog (link on right side of the page). If I don't post here then I will post over there, hopefully once per week. Feel free to check it out my fellow fans of America's Pastime.

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

10/10

I read this more than a decade ago. And I believe it is the first book that I am posting for this blog in which I read a borrowed copy. All the others have been books that I own. I now own this book, but I have never read my owned book. Therefore, I have no underlined passages to search for in order to share fun quotes.

I really love this book. It's one of my favorites. It is supremely creative, original and hilarious. And it is the only fictional novel that my brother has read that he has enjoyed. He's more of a political book type of guy. But he was currently in the army performing inane and pointless tasks repeatedly. I told him he must, MUST! read this book. He relented. And loved it.

The only issue with the book is that it does have a few risqué moments that I could have done without. Other than that, Catch-22 is as flawless as it gets.

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: David O. McKay

8/10

I read this several years ago. It is a church manual from back in 2003 or thereabouts. It is good, just like all the others. President McKay seemed like a real swell guy.

This is the last "Teachings" book for me to post. For those keeping score, that means I have read 11 of these. For the even more observant, it means that I have read all of them except the Lorenzo Snow and George Albert Smith books (and Howard W. Hunter which just started this year). I've read about half of Snow and about 1/4 of G.A.S. I'll get to them someday.

A few quotes from Pres. McKay:

"No other success can compensate for failure in the home." You know I'd go there.

"What the spirit is to the body, God is to the spirit. When the spirit leaves the body, it is lifeless, and when we eliminate God from our lives, spirituality languishes."

"What a man continually thinks about determines his actions in times of opportunity and stress."