Three Books in a Storm

Very little can be said to have been “good” about the brutal Alabama tornado outbreak of 27 April 2011.  I was fortunate enough to come through unscathed both in body and property, inconvenienced only by five days without power.  In a “glass half full” sort of way, five powerless days and public entreaties to stay out of the way of recovery efforts did have one upside: I got to catch up on quite a bit of reading.  Below are some drive-by reviews of an odd assortment of pent up reading material.