What would you recommend?

So I have really enjoyed hearing what some of you are reading. (And yes, Mary, I did name my cat after the protagonist in The Brothers Karamazov - a sacrilege to some, an honor from me.) Thank you for sharing and to those who have not yet shared, it's not too late.

But on to another, albeit related topic. While strolling through our local Barnes and Noble-ish bookstore, called Chapters - I happened upon a book curiously titled What Stephen Harper is Reading. For my friends down south of the border, Stephen Harper is the Canadian Prime Minister, hailing from Calgary. The book is by Yann Martel, of The Life of Pi fame and it is a series of letters he wrote to the Prime Minister, sent with a recommended book every two weeks for a year. It is fascinating to see what books he picked and then to read his letter explaining why he chose that particular book.

So it made me wonder...

What would I recommend to the President of the U.S. - I mean besides the Constitution, of course - I think all in D.C. could use a refresher course in that bit of reading material - actually it would probably do well for all of us to give it another glance through - but I digress, as usual.

So, again, it made me wonder and then I wondered what some of my friends would recommend to President Obama. And so I throw it out there.

What book would recommend to the President to read and why?

I would at this time recommend him to some P.G. Wodehouse - a very funny Brit who writes of an English gentleman, Bertie Wooster, and his gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves, who continually saves Bertie from very sticky and awkward situations. I would recommend any of the Jeeves books because I think President Obama, from what I can see in my limited vision, takes himself way too seriously - he needs to have a good belly laugh - it would do him some good.

So that's my recommendation. What's yours?