oh boy.... getting deep
Karl Rove writes: Bush Is a Book Lover.
With only five days left, my lead is insurmountable. The competition can't catch up. And for the third year in a row, I'll triumph. In second place will be the president of the United States. Our contest is not about sports or politics. It's about books.
It all started on New Year's Eve in 2005. President Bush asked what my New Year's resolutions were. I told him that as a regular reader who'd gotten out of the habit, my goal was to read a book a week in 2006. Three days later, we were in the Oval Office when he fixed me in his sights and said, "I'm on my second. Where are you?" Mr. Bush had turned my resolution into a contest.
In 2006:
At year's end, I defeated the president, 110 books to 95. My trophy looks suspiciously like those given out at junior bowling finals. The president lamely insisted he'd lost because he'd been busy as Leader of the Free World.
In 2007, Rove also won, 76 to 51. And this year, Rove is ahead 64 to 40.
And this:
Each year, the president also read the Bible from cover to cover, along with a daily devotional.
I did the math. Bush read 186 books in 1,095 days, for an average of one book every 5.9 days. And these aren't thin novels. They're lengthy (mostly) non-fiction books. Obviously, Bush's presidency wasn't a full-time job.
Note: I read 57 books in 2008, for an average of one book every 6.4 days.
