For the past six months, since getting fully involved in this book project, I have been reading nothing but business books. Previously, I would read a fiction or general non-fiction book a week, usually written by an author I'd previously enjoyed, so I knew it would be an entertaining read. Instead of giving up my non-business book reading entirely, I have started a pile of books at home for after I finish this marathon; James Lee Burke, Walter Mosley and Michael Connelly are all waiting for me next to my reading chair.
All right, confession time: I have actually read one non-business book during these six months. It is a ten-year-old book about baseball called Memories of Summer by Roger Kahn. I read it at night before I fall asleep. Not everyone may be interested to learn that the 1954 Cleveland Indians pitchers had a team ERA of 2.78 with 77 complete games, but I am. I can't dream about business books, but I can dream about Duke Snyder and Willie Mays.