This program is available as a podcast. All after words programs can be viewed on our website at booktv. Org. Booktv recently asked a republican senator of West Virginia what are you reading . Im reading two books, leadership by Doris Kearns Goodwin which gets into the leadership styles of four of our president s, to roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and lyndon johnson, and then i am also reading the order by dan l. Silva. Would you plan on reading in the future and by . I plan to move to more historical types of books with historical perspectives. I dont have any titles in mind right now but i like to read nonfiction and i think that is probably what i will stick with. How do you pick the books read . Sometimes i get suggestions from friends. I used to be in the book club back in the day and i will get there selections and pick from d from that and then i will just read the book review sections of the newspapers to see whats good and whats considered page turning so i tried to mix it up. Do you share books with your colleagues and friends . Spinet absolutely, we share books and book ideas. As a matter of fact, roy blunt, a good friend of mine and an avid reader, i asked him the other day what he was reading it he mentioned a daniel silva so i picked that up as a quick read and so far he has not disappointed. Was books have been the most to you for your lifetime . Guest to be delete the that is a hard question. As a younger girl i would read nancy drew books and then of course to kill a mockingbird had a great impression on me as a younger person in school. Then anything from anything i know i learned in kindergarten, i have a biography about my dad that and a lot to me because i learned about him at the same time so those are meaningful looks and im sure i will have more in my future. When and where do you read . Usually in my den, in my family room when im surrounded by my family come and i do read before i go to bed. If im on a trip i will read on an airplane or my destination. I read a lot of current events, newspapers and things of that nature. It takes up a lot of my reading time but generally it is in the evening hours. The. You can still ask a question of the author if you like click on thq