it's a great broook. i recommend that you read it. i serve as co-chair caucus of literacy in washington and that's one thing i urge you to do. this summer we read a lot of boring things in washington, papers and policy papers and all that, but just for fun this summer i'm going to read david ballducci. i've read every book he's written starting with his first one and never given up on it and he's a great writer and jon meacham's book on andrew jackson. the reason i'm going to read that, he was the first person to hold my seat. and there two presidents there, andrew jackson and andrew johnson, folks i'd like to read about this summer. >> book tv would like to know what you're going to read. @book tv or post it to our facebook page, facebook.com/tv. book tv on c-span2, television for serious readers. this week on c-span, tonight at 8:00, with the budget as something for congress to handle, we'll look at pending proposals for the federal budget and friday, a profile interview with sonny purdue. >> my political history was, i tell people