While I was up at the cottage, I read 5 books (and one when I got back), and I thought that was pretty good for ten days. I’m not a big reader, but I’m trying to get in to it, and I’ve found my self, surprisingly, enjoying it for the most part. It seems to help that I rotate between fiction, and thinker books. Here’s my Holiday Book Round Up:

Built to Last by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras
Excellent book on what it takes to form enduring and visionary companies. This, along with the book Good to Great, take a statistical look at companies, and determine what makes the difference from great, and enduring companies as opposed to merely good companies. In the end, these books fly in the face of standard beliefs in leadership. If you are a part of a a company, or organization, club, church, or thinking about starting anything of the sort, read these books. I assure you, you’ll feel it will become a great asset.

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
I have just one more chapter to go and its over. Great book, really its two books in one. It’s a book about the logic that has to be taken into account about Christianity. Where as many people just shrug Christianity off as an illogical idea, with out taking a serious logical examination of Christianity. Lewis, who originally disbelieved the claims of Christianity, here talks about what in the end makes it most logical. That’s my take on it any ways… Do not try reading this while tired, it starts to take a lot of brain exercise after a few chapters.

Narnia: Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
I kept reading, and reading, hoping to come across some excitement, but it only really occurred in the last few chapters. I wasn’t very impressed with this one… I don’t like books where we have to go “back in history” before we have to get to the main problem in the story.

Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
I loved this story, I loved the fact that almost every chapter had a new problem, it was like a series of small stories, all interconnected.

Narnia: The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
I can’t get enough of that Puddleglum, he cracks me up. Great story again, but I always thought there should have been more with the witch.

Narnia: The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis
Great book again, but it starts out differently than most of the other books. Starting in Narnia, rather than in England. Also, I didn’t like that the King of Narnia didn’t seem as Noble, or Kingly as in the past royalty. But, in the end, I can’t figure out if I like this or the Dawn Treader better.