Testaments by Margaret Atwood, the follow up to The Handmaid’s Tale
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That podcast more than any other rekindled my interest in reading. My favorite book of the last 5 years, A Month in the Country, was the subject of the first episode they did.
What a great comment @The Knize! The book is indeed packed with symbolism, allusions, and mysticism (Kabbalah). It is tough sledding in parts, but worth the effort. I may need a palate cleanser after this one, perhaps a Wodehouse.
Thank you for the information. I wasn't aware of this podcast, but I now have the Under the Volcano episode queued up for when I finish the novel. Looks like they discuss tons of great books on that podcast, so thanks again!
Wodehouse! A gentleman and a scholar. I am impressed! And I like the idea of a palate cleanser.
I am thinking of doing an Best American Essays of some year or other collection next, although I must say I am not recognizing much, or at least much I am dying to read, in recent years.
Ive just finished The Godfather (fills in a lot of blanks from the movie) by Puzo, and I've just started Karamazov by Dostoevsky for the second time around. I read it ten years ago, now I'm going to try the audiobook. I did also just read Never Split the Difference, which I enjoyed.
rereading: The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicles, Day 1)By Patrick Rothfuss.
Reading The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick on audio.
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
Shared via Kindle. Description: <b>Something is going wrong on many college campuses in the last few years. Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide are rising. Speakers are shouted down. Students and professors say they are walking on eggshells and afraid...
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I read this a few months ago. Having been a college educator for the last 30 years, I can say that much of it resonated with me, and I see it happening all the time on campus. And off.The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
Shared via Kindle. Description: <b>Something is going wrong on many college campuses in the last few years. Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide are rising. Speakers are shouted down. Students and professors say they are walking on eggshells and afraid...
I like to listen to books while I jog or lift weights. Generally, it's non-fiction while jogging and fiction while lifting. I read/listen about two to two and a half hours a day.
For non-fiction, I read and highlight the book on my Kindle after listening to it.. Then I export the notes to a master word file that I can search for ideas while writing books.
Here is a peek at my bookshelf of books I read this year. I'm reading the yellow ones.
This is my "anti-library", which is books I own, but haven't read. They are on this year's list. The blue highlighted books are fiction.
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Currently reading The Other Girl by Daniel Silva. Love my spy stories and he's one of the best.
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Currently going through a handful of books for different reasons
Professional: Representations of the Body in Middle English Biblical Drama
Casual: The Witcher: Time of Contempt
Audiobook: The People of the Parish: Community Life in a Late Medieval English Diocese
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Professional: Representations of the Body in Middle English Biblical Drama
Casual: The Witcher: Time of Contempt
Audiobook: The People of the Parish: Community Life in a Late Medieval English Diocese
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Hats off to you! I am not even entitled to call myself a reader given your reading list!
William Boyd: Love is Blind
Honestly, I'm on a PhD so most of my reading is for that. I set aside a novel each week for lighter reading, else it gets a bit mind numbing.
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My original comment stands. Good on you!
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I'm just starting "Forever And A Day," by Anthony Horowitz.
I like that format! for me:
Professional: A Secular Age (Taylor)
Casual: Til We Have Faces (Lewis - re-read)
Audio: Moby Dick (Melville)
Yep, I like that format also. Usually, I have more than one book going at once in any given category, and multiple categories. That's been my habit since third grade, when my schoolteacher would take away my books one at a time (b/c I was reading during math, say) and then give them back at the end of the day. Here are mine:
Professional: The Listening Leader (Harris) and Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader (Lesser)
Serious non-professional: Ego is the Enemy (Holiday) and Glock: The Rise of America's Gun (Barrett) and How to Be a Leader (Plutarch)
Casual: Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours (Butcher)
Audio: Call Sign Chaos (Mattis) and The Boys in the Boat (Brown)
Professional: The Listening Leader (Harris) and Seven Practices of a Mindful Leader (Lesser)
Serious non-professional: Ego is the Enemy (Holiday) and Glock: The Rise of America's Gun (Barrett) and How to Be a Leader (Plutarch)
Casual: Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours (Butcher)
Audio: Call Sign Chaos (Mattis) and The Boys in the Boat (Brown)
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