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We have so many talented, smart, eclectic people here on MTM, I’m left wondering what everyone is reading right now?
I just finished Wildfire, by Nelson DeMille and it gives you something to think about. Also completed “Assassination Vacation” by Sarah Vowell. She took a variety of trips to presidential assassination sites and those of the assassins. Quirky sense of humor and wit about events leading up to the assassinations and backgrounds of the presidents and the assassins. A good read.
I just picked up. “Last In Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West Point.: by James S. Robbins.
Well I confess that my latest read isn’t a “Smart Read"-but a saucy novel. Consider it a workout for my imagination. “Drop Dead Beautiful” by Jackie Collins...I promise, next book will be intellectually stimulating, I promise!
I’ve just started on a novel - Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell. Very creative and entertaining story so far! And I just finished reading Mastery by George Leonard (very, very highly recommended).
I’ve just started on a novel - Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell. Very creative and entertaining story so far! And I just finished reading Mastery by George Leonard (very, very highly recommended).
Right now I’m trying to finish up Leaving the Fold. So far it has been an eye/brain opener. Next I think I will dive into and finish Long Slow Burn by Stu Mittleman. Then I think I’ll finish finally Victor Frankl’s book that I have wrestled with for a while on and off.
So many books, so little time. I really need to learn to read faster, right now I read “Sub-Lingually” which is laborious and slow.
It’ll be neat to hear what other MTM’ers are reading.
George Leonard is an Aikido master who originally wrote some articles in Esquire magazine in the early 90s (I think) and he decided to enlarge upon them and put them into book form. The gist of the book is to encourage you to learn to enjoy the practice of whatever it is you are doing (martial arts, playing the piano, relationships, etc., etc., etc.) and let go of the focus on the goal or the bottom line.
Here are the words from one reviewer who gave it 5 stars on Amazon.com because they described it better than I could!
The concept of spending the majority of any growth curve on a “plateau” is a powerhouse and the antithesis of the “overnight success/get-rich-quick” mentality so prevalent today. Current wisdom in our culture says that to get rich - gamble or play the lottery. To be a star - don’t bother taking acting lessons, just whore yourself off on the latest reality show to get your “big break”. Staying power means almost nothing to modern society. If you are “in” your are “it”. This book describes the ebb-and-flow process of building from the ground up. Progressing consistently and continuously (if not quickly) toward long-term growth. It spends a chapter on each step then compiles them nicely at the end. Concise, powerful.
I’m with Julie, 4 of the 5 book I got from the library are romances- 2 Amanda Quick, 1 Jude Deveroux and 1 Catherine Colter. The Fifth was Sink Reflections by the Flylady. I have a hold to pick up-I think it is a Four Hour Work Week.
Phew! I feel better, I am a big believer in fiction that takes me out of my “routine” world....reading should be entertaining shouldn’t it?!? Mau, I too have “The Quickie” on my library list....
Usually I’m a huge reader—about 6-8 books a month. Not so much for September. In the last few days I’ve been reading books that have been on my “to read” list for years but never got around to—Treasure Island and The Time Machine. Also, today I went to the library and picked up a couple of books: one is on how to read a financial statement (prep for a potential career shift to accounting), one’s an interesting-looking book called Deep Economics that seems to be looking at economics from a wider, social standpoint, and finally a book that argues homework is not beneficial to children. So I’ve got reading for at least a day or two. *grin*
Judy, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell is awesome!
I just found the coolest book. Its called Dieting Causes Brain Damage By Bradley Trevor Greive. Solid diet/exercise advice with very funny animal pictures. Google books preview
