Finished The Book of Joy while on vacation. I loved it! The intimacy and wonderful friendship between these two great men was refreshing to read.
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Finished The Book of Joy while on vacation. I loved it! The intimacy and wonderful friendship between these two great men was refreshing to read.
Have been trying to get through Anna Karenina for many months now. I'll read and then put it down. I don't think I'm quite half way through yet. :|( But I'll get there eventually. It's rather easy to put down and then catch up again.Quote:
Originally Posted by oldhat
Today I borrowed:
Into the Water: A Novel
Siege and Survival: The Odyssey of a Leningrader
A History of Judaism
The Latehomeconer: A Hmong Family Memoir
An Odyssey: A Father, A Son, and an Epic
I had to reread that, as I read it as the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu and Douglas Adams (a humorous atheist). That would be a book I would like to have seen.Quote:
Originally Posted by rosarugosa
Alsitair McCaul Smith is a light but enjoyable upbeat read when one needs a break from life.
I am a huge Doug Adams fan myself - yes, that would have been something!Quote:
Originally Posted by ToomuchStuff
"Paris, I love you but you're bringing me down" by Rosencrans Baldwin. His account of his life in Paris with his wife for 18 months with a Parisian ad agency. It's about 10 years old (he mentions the election of Obama) but it's a nice first-hand account of learning fluent French, life with his co-workers, the generally accepted level of bawdiness, drinking, and late night work-week partying. An American view of the Parisian culture includes lots of funny bits and poignant scenes as well.
Enjoyable read, but I also thought if you're an introvert, or a tee-totaler, or a morning person, then Paris life would be very tough.
Erdrich Tracks
Rough Beauty: Forty Seasons of Mountain Living
Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered
Defying Hitler
bell hooks Bone Black
I'm Judging You
Sunrise in Spain: Finding the Good Life Hiking the Camino Real of Santiago
Art of the Wasted Day which so far seems to be about daydreaming.
Someone is Hiding Something, about the disappearance of Flight 370, written by Richard Belzer, generally known for conspiracy theories. I have another Flight 370 book in queue, to balance it out.
I always believed that TWA 800, which crashed over the Long Island Sound in the 90s, was caused by a Coast Guard missile mistake. I feel bad for poor Pierre Salinger who probably died with his reputation completely ruined because of his insistence that this was the case.Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
That crash was rather suspicious.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
Having finished the book, I think there's more to the story than was ever told, but the authors came to no conclusions--except that we don't have any idea what really happened to Flight 370.
Next up, Identical Strangers, a memoir of twins separated at birth and later reunited.
Just started Hunt for the Skinwalker by Colm A. Kelleher and George Knapp.
Have we talked about Eve Schub’s Year of No Clutter? she wrote the book about a year with no sugar, which I did not read, having no interest in cutting out sugar.
anyways, her clutter book is about the THe Hell Room on the second floor of her old Vermont farmhouse where her family throws all stuff in, and shits the door. She is a hoarder and cannot get rid of item. One of her young dagjters had the hoardrr tendancy.
It was a fast read, and it was ok, not great.
God, IL, i hope you meant they shut the door.
Hahah! Ummm,yes! I think I will not correct this typo, it may provide entertainment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
LOL - definitely entertaining!
I think it was someone here who recently mentioned "Where the Red Fern Grows." It's a young adult classic that I somehow missed when I was a young adult. I just read it and enjoyed it, so appreciate the recommendation.
Before the library closes for the 3 day weekend I got novels by Alice McDermott and Nella Larsen as well as Lauck's autobiography Blackbird, Derrick Jensen (recommended in these forums) The Culture of Make Believe and Nixey's The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World.
Journey to Dyatlov Pass by Keith McCloskey--probably the fifth book I've read on the subject. I doubt I'll learn anything new, but the story fascinates me.
This month I’m reading “The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up” by Marie Kondo. I started reading as part of my foray into minimalism and am finding it to be extremely practical and actionable so far. I’m enjoying the parts about re-defining my relationship with the things I own especially. I find the concept of surrounding yourself with only the things that bring you joy extremely smart. I’m excited to try it out next week when I start de-cluttering my living space.
It is a good book. I haven't completely Kondo'ed my stuff, but I did do books, and managed to release back to the Universe 200+ of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by simpleisbest
I also smile when I open my drawer in the morning and all my shirts are standing up like file folders waiting to be picked from. I've slightly modified her folding approach, but mine works essentially the same way.
I haven't been feeling well and have been working my way through Ann Cleeves' "Vera" series. Vera is a great character!
Good light reading.
Still Waters, the sequel to Blackbird which I just finished.
The Nazi Officer's Wife can't remember if I started or read this one before but I will soon find out - does anyone else have this problem? Eventually if I get Alzheimer's I will only need one good book.
A book on Yiddish and one on local historical sights since I love going places in the fall.
Downloaded Bob Woodward's Fear onto my Kindle app today. Haven't had a chance to start it yet. Anyone else?
I'm in queue at the library for the e-book. I'll be interested to see how it differs from Fire and Fury and Unhinged (which I'm still waiting for).Quote:
Originally Posted by beckyliz
Yppej: I read The Nazi Officer's Wife. It was quite good as I recall.
When I worked at a medical center, we once had a head-injured patient who was a pretty funny character. He said he saved money on books because he had memory issues and could just keep enjoying the same book over and over again.
Although I didn't finish the last Roxane Gay I started I will give Not That Bad a go, along with:
Longbourne, the servants' view of the characters in Pride and Prejudice, since I liked Wide Sargasso Sea's take on Jane Eyre
The Book of My Lives by Sarajevan Aleksandar Hemon
A cookbook on leafy greens
Whereas: Poems
Hunting Charles Manson
Wow--that was fast! I'm three days into Fear. The missile defense sections would be hilarious if I lived in Guatemala or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by beckyliz
Itty Bitty Lies.....total no-brainer fiction. sometimes it's just gotta be a light read!
This is Where You Belong - about place-making which I need guidance on since moving.
The Family Gene, by Joselin Linder. It describes her father's mysterious fatal illness--and its implications for the family--as geneticists track down its origins.
“Squeezed” about what is happening to families in the US.
Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable: by Tim S. Grover
I'm on to Brain Maker, by David Perlmutter, MD, about the gut-brain connection. The Family Gene was interesting, but frustratingly a story without resolution, given the state of medical knowledge.
I have The Better Brain by Perlmutter. Seeing I probably won't retire until I'm 70 I have to stoke my brain and keep the embers burning!Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
I'm right there with ya!Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
I'm reading The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian, and I can hardly bear to put it down, in fact cannot believe I managed to type this post!
I really need something fictional, interesting, but not too stressful to escape into. Ideas?
Cryptonomicon by Neal StephensonQuote:
Originally Posted by Ultralight