What We're Reading At CNBC
By: I’ve got all these grand plans for this summer: clean the kids’ playroom, clear out their closets, organize my emails, go on a biking trip, lose weight, discover a new drink and read like a dozen new books – you know, the same stuff I was going to do last summer, and the summer before that and the summer before that!
Summer is all about making big plans: for our careers, our family, our love lives, our political parties and our dreams. And our plans always include reading something truly special.
I don’t know what it is, but it’s a fact: summer and reading go together like gin and tonic – two classics that just can’t be ignored when the weather heats up.
Ever since grade school we’ve known that summer is a time for reading – real reading, the kind of reading you do for your soul – the best kind of reading.
So I set out do to do a little soul searching to see what some of my colleagues here at CNBC are reading this summer and so far I’ve found out that:
Joe Kernen’s reading "WHEN MARKETS COLLIDE: Investment Strategies For The Age Of Global Economic Change" by Mohamed El-Erian. The PIMCO executive writes, “In this book, I hope to share with you analysis and insights on what I refer to as a “new destination” for the global economy.” Alan Greenspan (Former Fed Head and PIMCO colleague) offers up a big attaboy for Mr. El-Erian writing, “This book is an essential read for those who wish to understand the modern world of investing.”
A program note: Mr. El-Erian is going to be the guest host on "Squawk Box" (6-9 am/ET) tomorrow, July 9.
A program note: Mr. El-Erian is going to be the guest host on "Squawk Box" (6-9 am/ET) tomorrow, July 9.
Bill Griffeth is letting his pen rest this summer. This time last year he was writing his own book, "BY FAITH ALONE: One Family’s Epic Journey Through 400 Years of American Protestantism."It’s a great book and inspired me to hit all the genealogy charts to try to find something – anything - of interest about my family roots (alas, nothing interesting to report). Right now he’s reading the Joseph Ellis biography "HIS EXCELLENCY: George Washington"and when he hits the beach later this summer, he’s going all nostalgic planning to re-read a college favorite series: "THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET" by Lawrence Durrell.
Steve Liesman is going all summer on us hitting the field of dreams and the salt air by "SANDY KOUFAX: A Lefty’s Legacy"by Jane Leavy and "THE LAST FISH TALE: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America’s Oldest Fishing Port and the Most Original Town"by Mark Kurlansky.
