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Just started the Bryson today but always enjoy his wonderfully understated, wry style of writing. Shakespeare on Toast (non fiction) is wonderful thus far; I'm about two thirds through; It's made me laugh out loud and imparted new knowledge too...bonus! Not finished it but highly recommend to those who like language, literature, Shakespeare and theatre study. Recovery's a Bitch was not what I expected sadly mainly because I was a numpty and didn't read the Amazon synopsis, just went on the title alone. Doh! However, it's funny, hilarious in parts and I'm glad I got it...it's very much a 'dipper' though. The author is a woman who was dealing with her daughter's addictions and destructive behaviours concurrently with her own menopausal symptoms. I had been looking for info about dealing with man-o-pause in recovery Living Clean is the newly approved NA book and it's awesome! I could critique how it's written but won't, just because in this context, it wouldn't be helpful. Not finished it yet; enjoying reading it in chunks along with others at the meeting I currently chair. Everyone is loving reading/hearing it because it's not something we've already heard endlessly - although sometimes, endlessly is what it takes The Etymologicon is another dipper; A bathroom book if you will It is, as you might imagine, a book about where words come from. There's much more to it than that though. If you like words, etymology and language you might really enjoy this book. Not read enough to critque properly yet. |
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Not reading, but listening to the audio books at work.
"Dark Nights of the Soul: A Guide to Finding Your Way Through Life's Ordeals" by Thomas More "Sex Changes: A Memoir of Marriage, Gender, and Moving On" by Christine Benvenuto "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor E. Frankl "This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection" by Carol Burnett |
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Thanks for posting this...the books sounds really interesting and is now on my "to read" list.
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I’m reading Travels with Herodotus.
This is Ryszard Kapuscinski’s last work, part memoir and part reflection on Herodotus' Histories, which he takes along during his travels. I like it so far. I loved Imperium. Kapuscinski’s writing follows a narrative similar to the stories told to me by my own family and their experiences in post civil war and pre-Soviet Russia. He captures the mix of beauty and starkness and what happens to regular people when empires fall and a society restructures and rebuilds. I don’t think it’s an easy dichotomy for a writer to process and retell with any balance, but he does it well. Next up is The Long Falling by Keith Ridgway. I've heard great things about it. |
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Have read the Bill Bryson - i liked it - i enjoy most of his writing.
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Tomorrow....adventures in an uncertain world by Bradley Trevor Greive One of those cute little (100 pages) books of wisdom. The wildlife photos that accompany the thoughts are priceless.
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I am reading Wilderness Essays by John Muir.... Excellent book Even the introduction was good, and I typically just skim them
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There Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister's Husband, and He Hanged Himself: Love Stories by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya.
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