Archaeologist-PA

Recently I've run into several websites and blogs where folks have pledged to read "52 books or novels in 52 weeks". I've never given myself a specific goal, but lately I've been devouring books at a rate of probably 3-4 per week. Here are a few recent reads:

• The Iron Industry in Pennsylvania by Gerald Eggert
• Archeology in the Upper Delaware by W. Fred Kinsey
• The Minisink: A Chronicle of One of America's First and Last Frontiers by Dennis Bertland
• Pennsylvania's Rails to Trails by Thomas Sexton
• Great Hikes in the Poconos by Boyd Newman
• Roadside Geology of Pennsylvania by Bradford Van Diver
• Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
• Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
• Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
• Oil Notes by Rick Bass
• Pennsylvania Transportation History by William Shank
• A Museum of Early American Tools by Eric Sloane
• Vanderbilt's Folly: A History of the Pennsylvania Turnpike by William Shank

I generally lean toward titles in nonfiction and history. If you have any recommendations for a future read, post a comment here or send me an e-mail. Maybe I'll actually begin to track what I am reading in the '52 Books in 52 Weeks' tradition and post some short reviews as I go along...