Java
I'm about half way through Beginning Java Objects, by Jacquie Barker. This is a few months after finishing Murach's Java SE 6. The first portion of the book dealt with syntax and I feel as though I had a pretty decent grasp of the syntax already, so I was able to go through that portion of the book quickly and easily. The second section was about object modeling for a project. This portion of the book I glossed over and didn't really bother reading very in-depth. However, I started to realize the importance of modeling objects.
I've been struggling with direction in modeling objects for legal software I want to design as well as modeling objects for my blog, which I want to fully revamp into OO design. Thus, I think it would be very beneficial for me to re-read this whole modeling section before continuing on to the third section of the book.
However, before I even go back and read that, I decided to put Object modeling on the back burner for a little bit so that I could start a new book: TCP/IP sockets in Java by Kenneth Calvert. Before I can fully realize how the objects in my legal software can work, I want to become knowledgeable of Network programming so that I know which objects should do what and be more qualified to program the legal software.
As for my PHP objects, I'm finding it difficult to separate the procedural issues from abstract issues. That is to say, I want to try to abstract what my blog does, but I find the procedure creeping into my abstract description. Nonetheless, I'll try writing it out further in the hopes that I can feel my way through this.