So, What Are You Reading?

The 4-hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
SEO Made Simple by Michael Fleischner

 

Try "The Sleep Book" by Dr. Seuss and give that kid a kiss for me.

 

Does that come in a plain wrapper?

 

The Black Banners by Ali Soufan - It is a look at America's successes and failures against al-Qaeda.

 

Great memories -- some years back, I read these often to my grandchildren, when they were small. I love them just as much now they're teenagers, but "Harold and the Purple Crayon" just doesn't do much for them any more...although it's fine for me. :smile:

What do I read? I recently finished Edward Rutherfurd's "New York." I've also read his "Sarum," "London" and "Russka." Looking forward to his newest, "Paris." I'm playing, more than reading my way through a couple of guitar books - one slide, one funk. I also like to read poetry - Whitman, Pound, Auden, Eliot, the Beats. Also French poets - Villon, Rimbaud, Verlaine, Baudelaire, Mallarmé...

Unlike some posters, I don't read the Bible on a daily basis. But I am learning (slowly) to read Koiné - New Testament Greek. Hebrew is next, but I don't know when.

Johann

 

If you like Canadian mysteries, Dr. Bear, and you prefer "cozy" (as I do), you might like the "Benny Cooperman" stories of Howard Engel. Benny is a private detective with a love of chopped-egg sandwiches. He works in St. Catharines, a very pleasant small city, where I once lived.

Much more on Howard Engel and Benny, here:

Benny Cooperman

Johann

 

My summer reading list: :smoker:

The Aenid of Virgil
Chasing Francis by Ian Morgan Cron
Confessions of Saint Augustine
Embassytown by China Mieville
Saint Francis of Assisi by G.K. Chesterton
Donald Duck: "The Old Castle's Secret" by Carl Barks (An awesome collection of old comic book stories).

 

A couple more books that I forgot to mention:

The Bible (read everyday).

The following books are in Spanish: Don Quijote by Cervantes and Cien años de soledad by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

 

How about this classic for children?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/79/The_Giving_Tree.jpg

 

LOL, he was definitely giving, wasn't he?

 

A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin. Almost done with this one and then on to A Dance with Dragons.

 

Indeed it is a creepy tale! What a miserable creature the man in the story was! I was nearly sixty years old when I read the Giving Tree and (no lying) I cried, for the first time in years - the first time since my faithful old Pontiac died! :sad:

Somebody handed it to me, suggesting I read it to my grandchildren. I refused!

Johann

 

I'm reading. . . more (bleep) IT certification and programming books. When I absolutely positively have to take a break, it's Steinbeck's Sweet Thursday.

 

At the risk of trying to drag this thread back on topic I'll report that I've finished the Rorty book and am now reading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.

 

I am currently reading "Wisdom from Philosophy to Neuroscience" by Stephen S. Hall which probably seeks to explain some of the issues that Steve has raised. Now, if only I could understand it!

Actually, it is quite readable and interesting. It was very useful when I was sitting in a crowded aircraft in economy class with a sick child telling the world about his problems two rows back. It was either the book or a parachute! The good thing was that I could rest it on my knees and it was right in my face. As I said, very readable!

 

Just read Questions to All Your Answers: The Journey from Folk Religion to Examined Faith by Roger E. Olson.

 

I used to read voraciously but my MBA studies all but killed that. I still kept up my reading pace of about 1-2 books a week for a year or so after. Mostly non-fiction but I did read fiction from time to time for entertainment.

I finally read a book that was all I was looking for. It's called "Boys Life" by Robert McCammon and it was quite simply the best book I ever read. It made me laugh, think, cry, reflect....it was absolutely....*MAGIC*
I hardly read books anymore. The drive is gone after completing Boys Life. Once you've been moved to that much emotion from a book, why bother with the rest. I can also say without reservation that I have read no less than 800 books in my life and was never touched by a book as I was with that one. It just spoke to me.

Now I mainly read article or blogs on Basketball. I do read academic papers relating to education, child raising, mainly social science stuff that is interesting.

Books, no more.