I'm trying to get through The South Under Siege. Details at the link below.
The South under siege, 1830-2000: A history of the relations between the North and the South
"The Complete Book of Running" by Jim Fixx.
This book changed my life. When it was first published in 1977, I was a 30-year-old guy who was "sorta" fit and healthy. I was a vegetarian, didn't smoke and didn't drink alcohol. But the book inspired me to begin a walking/running regimen that has stayed with me for the past 40 years. I have competed in dozens of events (5K, 10K, Half Marathon, Marathon). I am confident that I survived three heart attacks (heredity) because of my diet and exercise program. That Fixx sadly died of a heredity-related heart attack while jogging does not deter me. I have made it to age 70 in large measure due to Jim Fixx and his remarkable book.
I've been reading a bunch of e-book cozys that were for free. ( eh. yuh get whut u pay for)
Just finished People of the Book about the Sarajevo Haggadah. Liked the fact the protagonist was an Aus- gave her character a different texture.
Just started Alec Baldwin's memoir "Nevertheless" and am enjoying it. Never knew he grew up almost dirt poor - one of six kids .
Next will be Gaiman's Norse Gods- he has such a unique slant in reexamining the legends we think we know.
The recently re-published memoir from (newly knighted) Dame Olivia. Delightful!
I'm still plugging away at Jerusalem. I've gotten to a chapter that's written entirely in Joyce-esque puns and portmanteaus and malaprops, much of which is incomprehensible unless you've read Ulysses and a biography of Lucia Joyce (or researched her online, like I did). You don't read it so much as decode it. And it goes on for nearly 50 pages. I can only read a paragraph or two at a time before my brain shuts down.
Updated On: 6/19/17 at 07:41 PM
I just completed Hunger by Roxane Gay. I know she's a bit of an intellectual celebrity these days, but I just couldn't stand her writing style--full of staccato, elliptical sentences, and a lot of repetition. Most of her chapters could be boiled down to a one-sentence precis. The book is a quick read but wears out its welcome long before it is over.
Swing Joined: 6/21/17
Like some others, I've been reading a lot of the free e-books. But I've found that I still prefer to feel the actual book. The current book I'm reading is The Prince by Niccolo Macchiavelli.
I try to reread The Prince every other year.
I just finished the latest Kinsey Milhone : "X". In this case the X is for a character(s) last name. I did like it till the 3rd act and then it all came apart for me. The protagonist does these long ruminations in her head while
I mean REALLY? Oh well there is only Y & Z to go and then- I wonder if Grafton will kill her off? She won't let the character be sold to tv or film and has told her family she'll come back and haunt them if they do so I guess that will be the end of the crankiest pants female 'tec since ever.
I've been reading Ravensbruck, a book about the all-womens concentration camp during the Holocaust.
Not your typical summer fare, but I'm researching for s play I'm directing. Horrifyingly riveting.
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