A freewheeling time and other books

I intend to read three books which I hope to comment on while I'm reading them. They are:
Barak Obama's The Audacity of Hope
Suzie Rotolo's A Freewheeling Time
and David Levering Lewis' God's Crucible Islam and the Making of Europe 570-1215;

Update

How long has it been? Months I believe that I've not posted. No energy, somewhat brain dead but not enough to not write a few lines once in a while. Writing at the site Associated Content , mainly about Barak Obama, oddly enough. Thinking of a few other themes. I am mostly dazed and confused and reading up on China. Very revealing! I know so little about that part of the world. Anyway I continue to work at the same place where simple fare is served without fanfare, but with quality and affordability.