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What are you Reading?
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I’m finally reading The Poisonwood Bible after having it on my must-read list for years. It is just as good as everyone said it is. After that, I plan on reading The Notorious RBG. Starting off the year with some strong female authors and figures.
Love, love, love Notorious RBG.
And I loved Poisonwood Bible … at least when I read it many years ago it was one of those books I got completely absorbed in.
I am listening to an old reliable, Pride and Prejudice, as I love an opportunity to revel in Jane Austen’s language. Also I know the BBC version so well that it is great to see how faithful that was to the original text (much of which it seems I know by heart)
Robin, do you switch between listening to books and reading them?
I knit a lot so listen sometimes when I am knitting — especially when it feels like I have fallen into a rut of watching too many TV shows that I don’t really care about.
I much prefer reading to listening but at the moment feel like I want to devote all my free time to my knitting projects. There are always several books (i.e. real reading material) beside the bed, so I do read as well. One is a recent book called Reflections on the Fox River and Beyond: a Daily Devotional, written by a childhood friend.
Knitting and listening to a book is a really nice kind of multi-tasking.
Just started (last night!) Jonathan Franzen’s Purity, having enjoyed The Corrections and Freedom immensely. And, since the weather is cold, cookbooks and cooking magazines!
Despite the naysayers, I like Franzen a lot.
Physics of the Future by Michio Kaku. He describes the scientific advances humans are likely to make in the next century. (Me, I just hope humans survive the next century.)
Before that, To Kill a Mockingbird. It’s amazing—and saddening—how relevant this story still is. It desperately needs to be taught in schools, but people focus too much on the “N”-word and completely miss the simple point of the story. Namely that racism (which encompasses the use of the “N”-word) is wrong.
Have you any interest in reading “Go Set a Watchman?”
I’m not sure. I’ve heard that it’s disappointing compared to Mockingbird. Have you read it?
No. I never felt like reading the book. It sounded like a mess. But the sales have been staggering.
Villette by Charlotte Bronte. It’s her greatest work!
That’s good to know. I hadn’t heard of it. (And I was an English major.)
I’m reading Barbara Pym. I just finished A Glass of Blessings, and will be running by the local library today to get another…
I love the library.
Audiobook on my commute: Emotional Freedom: Liberate Yourself from Negative Emotions and Transform Your Life, Judith Orloff. I really like her suggestions and she has a great spirit about her.
I read all of Barbara Pym’s books years ago and loved them!
I also read Murder She Wrote cozy mysteries, for some reason they soothe me in this crazy world. Jessica Fletcher is a widower with no kids, and she has so many interesting adventures.
2 votes for Barbara Pym.
Make that three!
I just finished Mary Gaitskill’s The Mare- it was excellent!
A trifecta! Such good taste.