I just finished "The Street of a Thousand Blossoms" by Gail Tsukiyama. Fabulous read about 2 brothers in Japan - before during and after WWII. One's a champion sumo wrestler and the other a maskmaker for Noh theatre. She's a great storyteller, but the last 50 pages were a let down.
I just wrapped up "The Last Lion", the second book in a three part biography of Winston Churchill. It provided a really fascinating look at how poorly England responded to the growing menace in Germany.
I usually am reading at least two books at once. I am reading selected chapters of GENOME, which tells about recent research about our genes. It's fascinating because research is showing that some of our behavior is genetically based -- such as personality.
Now I'm reading Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Canadian author (and doctor) Vincet Lam. Lam won the Giller prize(a Canadian literary award) for this book - highly unusual for a first work. He is a practicing doctor and the book is a collection of 12 related stories about four medical students and their experiences. For anyone thinking about becoming a doctor, this is a must read because Lam's insight is astounding and real - from dissections of cadavers to treatments of patients.
I am reading Jerome Bettis's life story. I think it is an interesting perspective of a professional athlete going from his youth to retirement based on the fact he is only in his mid 30's and I am not far removed from that age and can relate to what was happening and player's he talks about. I recommend it for people who like the Steelers as well as anyone who likes to know what is going on in the mind of a young person as they make the transformation from a phenominal high school athlete to a professional athlete.
I'm reading Echo Burning by Lee Child. Reacher is a ex miltary MP and is a drifter who gets pulled into "helpful" situation and uses his skills to solve problems. Intersting and fast action reading- stretches your problem solving imagination.
Having finished "A Year in the Merde" and its follow-up "Merde Actually" I have headed across the English Channel and north to Edinburgh, Scotland. There I picked up a novel by Ian Rankin (of Inspector Rebus fame--also a great TV series) and am thoroughly enjoying "Witch Hunt" an apt title given the proximity of Halloween
Finished "Witch Hunt" and have gone to another Rankin novel called "Blood Hunt"---action moves from Scotland to USA to France to England to USA and then back to Scotland.
I am currently reading "Disobedience" by Naomi Alderman; it was the discussion topic in a Women's Literature class that I sat in on while visiting a college, and I have to say, it's living up to the expectations that I had from sitting in on that class. It's a very interesting story about a woman who grew up in London as an Orthodox Jew, but is now living in NYC and trying to forget where she came from, until her father dies and she has to go back to London, and face the things she was trying to get away from. I highly recommend it.
I was done reading twilight and now i'm reading the second one new moon. This book from not only my point of you is amazing. Stephanie Meyer wrote about passion and changes. This book to me proves that changes are not so bad, that love can come out of nowhere and anytime, that in order to gain you have to give. The story is mostly about a new girl that comes in Forks and suddenly fall in love with the most gracious good looking guy. There are a lot that you can get from it.
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I just finished "The Street of a Thousand Blossoms" by Gail Tsukiyama. Fabulous read about 2 brothers in Japan - before during and after WWII. One's a champion sumo wrestler and the other a maskmaker for Noh theatre. She's a great storyteller, but the last 50 pages were a let down.
I just wrapped up "The Last Lion", the second book in a three part biography of Winston Churchill. It provided a really fascinating look at how poorly England responded to the growing menace in Germany.
I usually am reading at least two books at once. I am reading selected chapters of GENOME, which tells about recent research about our genes. It's fascinating because research is showing that some of our behavior is genetically based -- such as personality.
Now I'm reading Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Canadian author (and doctor) Vincet Lam. Lam won the Giller prize(a Canadian literary award) for this book - highly unusual for a first work. He is a practicing doctor and the book is a collection of 12 related stories about four medical students and their experiences. For anyone thinking about becoming a doctor, this is a must read because Lam's insight is astounding and real - from dissections of cadavers to treatments of patients.
I am reading Jerome Bettis's life story. I think it is an interesting perspective of a professional athlete going from his youth to retirement based on the fact he is only in his mid 30's and I am not far removed from that age and can relate to what was happening and player's he talks about. I recommend it for people who like the Steelers as well as anyone who likes to know what is going on in the mind of a young person as they make the transformation from a phenominal high school athlete to a professional athlete.
I'm reading Echo Burning by Lee Child. Reacher is a ex miltary MP and is a drifter who gets pulled into "helpful" situation and uses his skills to solve problems. Intersting and fast action reading- stretches your problem solving imagination.
I'm re-reading "A Year in the Merde" because I enjoyed it so much the first time through and I wanted something light and amusing.
Having finished "A Year in the Merde" and its follow-up "Merde Actually" I have headed across the English Channel and north to Edinburgh, Scotland. There I picked up a novel by Ian Rankin (of Inspector Rebus fame--also a great TV series) and am thoroughly enjoying "Witch Hunt" an apt title given the proximity of Halloween
Finished "Witch Hunt" and have gone to another Rankin novel called "Blood Hunt"---action moves from Scotland to USA to France to England to USA and then back to Scotland.
I am currently reading "Disobedience" by Naomi Alderman; it was the discussion topic in a Women's Literature class that I sat in on while visiting a college, and I have to say, it's living up to the expectations that I had from sitting in on that class. It's a very interesting story about a woman who grew up in London as an Orthodox Jew, but is now living in NYC and trying to forget where she came from, until her father dies and she has to go back to London, and face the things she was trying to get away from. I highly recommend it.
I was done reading twilight and now i'm reading the second one new moon. This book from not only my point of you is amazing. Stephanie Meyer wrote about passion and changes. This book to me proves that changes are not so bad, that love can come out of nowhere and anytime, that in order to gain you have to give. The story is mostly about a new girl that comes in Forks and suddenly fall in love with the most gracious good looking guy. There are a lot that you can get from it.
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