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I am currently reading The Shining, then I'm going to read Doctor Sleep. So far The Shining is pretty good.
Would love to read Sycamore Row by John Grisham, but it's too new and not available at my neighborhood library as of now#favoritenovelauthor
That's why I bought a Kindle. Currently available for $6.95 in the Kindle Store.
I am currently reading The Natural Gas Revolution: At the Pivot of the World's Energy Future on my Kindle.
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I'm slogging my way through Freedom by Jonathan Franzen.
I'll start out by saying that I really enjoyed his previous big book The Corrections. But for whatever reason I've got more than 60% through Freedom without finding much more than the odd paragraph that really resonated with me. The Bergstroms just seem to irritate me in a way that few fictional families do. Maybe I'll find the redeeming parts in the final chapters so it all makes sense - but so far its looking doubtful.
Waiting for me is the latest Martin Cruz Smith book - Tatiana. Its another in his excellent Arkady Renko (Gorky Park) series. In some respects I feel I've aged along with Renko (Gorky Park was first published in 1981..) and I particularly enjoy his combination of lugubrious dry wit and dogged determination to get to the truth. IMHO MCS' last two Renko novels (Stalin's Ghost and Three Stations) seemed a little rushed (Martin CruzSmith had been diagnosed with Parkinsons) but hopefully he has rediscovered his pacing in the latest installment.
I'll start out by saying that I really enjoyed his previous big book The Corrections. But for whatever reason I've got more than 60% through Freedom without finding much more than the odd paragraph that really resonated with me. The Bergstroms just seem to irritate me in a way that few fictional families do. Maybe I'll find the redeeming parts in the final chapters so it all makes sense - but so far its looking doubtful.
Waiting for me is the latest Martin Cruz Smith book - Tatiana. Its another in his excellent Arkady Renko (Gorky Park) series. In some respects I feel I've aged along with Renko (Gorky Park was first published in 1981..) and I particularly enjoy his combination of lugubrious dry wit and dogged determination to get to the truth. IMHO MCS' last two Renko novels (Stalin's Ghost and Three Stations) seemed a little rushed (Martin CruzSmith had been diagnosed with Parkinsons) but hopefully he has rediscovered his pacing in the latest installment.
Right now I'm in the process of reading these four:
Edward A. Purcell Jr , The Crisis of Democratic Theory: Scientific Naturalism and the Problem of Value
William M. Wiecek, The Lost World of Classical Legal Thought: Law and Ideology in America, 1886-1937
Mary Ann Glendon, A World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Elizabeth Borgwardt , A New Deal for the World: America's Vision for Human Rights
Right now I'm about 100 pages into both Purcell and Glendon. Both are very good, although Glendon wins the prize for being more reader friendly. Her book was published by Random House, so its less academic and more narrative. Purcell is great for the meat and potatoes of the intellectual developments in American Democratic theory between 1910-1960, but it can be a tough slog at points.
Edward A. Purcell Jr , The Crisis of Democratic Theory: Scientific Naturalism and the Problem of Value
William M. Wiecek, The Lost World of Classical Legal Thought: Law and Ideology in America, 1886-1937
Mary Ann Glendon, A World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Elizabeth Borgwardt , A New Deal for the World: America's Vision for Human Rights
Right now I'm about 100 pages into both Purcell and Glendon. Both are very good, although Glendon wins the prize for being more reader friendly. Her book was published by Random House, so its less academic and more narrative. Purcell is great for the meat and potatoes of the intellectual developments in American Democratic theory between 1910-1960, but it can be a tough slog at points.
Mile 81
Just finished reading Ender's game, and I'm about half way trough mile 81.
Next, is the shinning, before continuing trough Dr. Sleep.
Just finished reading Ender's game, and I'm about half way trough mile 81.
Next, is the shinning, before continuing trough Dr. Sleep.
Just finished reading Ender's game, and I'm about half way trough mile 81.
Next, is the shinning, before continuing trough Dr. Sleep.
What did you think of Ender's Game??
Very interesting list, and thanks for posting your thoughts on them; I'd certainly be interested in taking a look at a few of them.
I finished Glendon's A World Made New today, and would definitely recommend it. It is a very quick and easy read. The narrative is well done. I can't comment on the factual nature of the material, since it isn't my specialty, but well worth the time.
Having finished a while ago the very nice history I posted earlier about, I've been filling my reading time with numerous short stories by Franz Kafka. I really can't read them often enough. However I just picked up A vindication of the rights of woman by Molly Wollstonecraft. It is quite a remarkable work, especially given the time of its publication.
Ah, two brilliant works.
Franz Kafka has written some very compelling stuff; his novels are extraordinary. I remember reading a book of his short stories as a teenager and concluding that some of those short stories are downright......disturbing.
Simply adore Mary Wollstonecraft; what a writer, what a woman.
Well, since "The Historian" I had not read a book that caused me physical anguish and kept me reading like a desperate.
So, I think I liked it.
Well, since "The Historian" I had not read a book that caused me physical anguish and kept me reading like a desperate.
So, I think I liked it.
I started it a week ago and read about 40% (Kindle) but I had a hard time getting into it, I then read three more chapters, and then I gave up on it. I rarely abandon books, even though they don't catch my interest, I love science fiction but this was horrible.
If you liked Ender's Game, you'll go blind trying to read its sequels: Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide and Children of the Mind. It's the LoTR to Ender's Hobbit.
Currently reading Looking for Alaska by John Green, Walden, and starting the Chris Hadfield book.
Currently reading Looking for Alaska by John Green, Walden, and starting the Chris Hadfield book.
I love Martin Cruz Smith's excellent 'Arkady Renko' series. I thought 'Stalin's Ghost' was excellent, searing in its portrayal that murky place where past meets present, in a country where the past is contested, but I agree with you re 'Three Stations' which I thought flimsy, rushed and lacking the sort of depth that the other books.
Please let us know what you think of 'Tatiana' - if he is back to form, I'd love to read it.
Just finished reading Ender's game, and I'm about half way trough mile 81.
Next, is the shinning, before continuing trough Dr. Sleep.
Presently, I'm half way through both Ender's Game and The Shining. To me, they're both excellent. Also, I'm planning on reading Doctor Sleep. But first, I'm going to start reading the first book in The Newsflesh Trilogy (zombies).
