Good Books

[cha cha cha]

Anyone else love to curl up with a good book and a warm cup of tea?

I recently finished a book called We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (Trans. Natasha Randall). Without giving too much away, it's about a society where people live in transparent homes, words like "me" and "mine" are taboo, and uniforms are a universal requirement. It's a love story too, kinda.

What are you currently reading?

[heavydoom]

this is the author :




In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band.

a great read. got the book on friday, nearly done reading it today.

[joelbct]

Currently have checked out of the library:

a not very good translation of Plato's Republic
Marcus Aurelius' Meditations
The Sky's The Limit: Passion and Property in Manhattan, by Steven Gaines
Washington Irving: An American Original, by Brian Jay Jones
Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur, by Sir Richard Branson
Fool's Paradise: Players, Poseurs, and the Culture of Excess in South Beach, by Steven Gaines

and this was a recent favorite I highly recommend:
Maynard & Jennica, by Rudolph Delson, an urbane, witty, laugh-out-loud comical love story abt a NY couple

[Aphroditea]

Oh I LOVE to read! I can't always read for pleasure since I am a grad student and there is PLENTY of assigned reading, but I try to read a little non-required bits every day (even if it means take a few months to get through a book).

Right now I am reading The God Particle by Leon Lederman. I am nearly finished and I LOVE LOVE LOVE this book. I am also reading The Numbers Behind Num3rs by Keith Devlin and Gary Lorden. It is a short book and pretty interesting, but for non-math people a bit dense.

I have a large stack of to-be-read books, so I will let you know what I choose when I am done with The God Particle

[CutieAgouti]

Mm, I miss reading! This last year in school has stolen nearly all of my free time.

Right now I'm slowly getting through Anna Karenina by Tolstoy. A friend recommended it since I'm into Russian authors. So far so good but I've only gotten through 50 of 873 pages

[TIM]

Finally! My new designs just came in the mail. Both are inspired by my love of tea and teawares. The Japanese poem was inspired by inlay lacquer box, and the Chinese by Song dynasty Qing Bai ware. Reading Chinese and Japanese poem during tea sessions are very rewarding.

[silvermage2000]

I do like to read books. I read all kinds of books. Right now I am reading the fourth book in the dresdren files series.

[geeber1]

I'm reading "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett.

A very interesting story set in middle ages Britain.

[Cinnamon Kitty]

I'm reading "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett.

A very interesting story set in middle ages Britain.

That's a good book. There is a sequel to it that is set two centuries in the future in the same area as Pillars called "World Without End." It is on my list of books to read eventually.

My current book is called "God of Tarot," by Piers Anthony. I found it in the bargain bin at the grocery store and picked it up in hopes that it would be comparable to his Incarnations of Immortality series.

[Jasmin]

Right now I'm reading "To Kill a Mockingbird". Again. It's one of those books that are even better the second time around.
I just recently saw the movie for the first time. Disappointing. Nothing compared to the book. But that's how it usually is, isn't it?