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Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy After reading “Darkness at Noon” I was inspired to read more about the time period and about Russian history in particular. I have never read any of the classic Russian authors, but my sister owns … Continue reading
Darkness at Noon
Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler I started reading this book on May 15th. The funny thing about this book is that I once owned a copy (with the cover pictured at left, which is different from the library copy … Continue reading
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The Nuremberg Interviews
The Nuremberg Interviews by Leon Goldensohn I started reading this book on March 24th, and didn’t finish it until May 15th. This was a “heavy” book to read, and often very disturbing. I found that I generally could only take … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Books, Ruminations
Tagged books, history, insanity, nonfiction, questions
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ORYX AND CRAKE
ORYX AND CRAKE – I started reading this some time around the last week of April or 1st of May, after I finished reading “The Phantom” and went back to reading “The Nuremberg Interviews,” and I read the two books … Continue reading
Books: Nesbo update
I finished reading The Redeemer the day before yesterday. (Yes, I do go through books rather quickly at times.) And then last night I started reading “Phantom,” Jo Nesbo’s most recent “Harry Hole” book, which my sister recently found at … Continue reading
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Books: Nesbo again, and art…
I went to the Library today. Got “The Redeemer” by Jo Nesbo,” which I had reserved for some months. This book belonged in between the “Harry Hole” books I read at the end of last year, but for some reason … Continue reading
3/24/2013
Today I started reading “The Nuremberg Interviews,” by Leon Goldensohn; Robert Gellately, editor. Who isn’t curious about what drove the Nazi “monsters” to do what they did. It is chilling. …And as I write this, I am thinking about a client … Continue reading
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Tagged books, history, insanity, nonfiction, philosophy
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“All But My Life”
And to stay with the ‘theme’ of books I’ve been reading lately, I started this latest book, All But My Life, by Gerda Weissmann Klein, on Monday. This is a memoir written by a woman who experienced the Holocaust first-hand, and who lost … Continue reading
Sala’s Gift
And I am now reading this: Sala’s Gift: My Mother’s Holocaust Story by Ann Kirschner This is actually a good segue from the last book I read, “By Blood.” And I finished this on Monday, the 18th. What a wonderful … Continue reading
“By Blood”
I started this book on or around March 5th or 6th – I had oral surgery on Wednesday, and have been recovering since, so my memory is not perfect. By Blood by Ellen Ullman FINISHED March 14, 2013. This was … Continue reading
“How it all Began”
On March 1st, I began reading How It All Began by Penelope Lively And I finished this March 4th or 5th (can’t quite remember). A very lovely book – about how one event can set off a whole series of … Continue reading
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Started this on February 18th; finished it on February 28th. This was one of the best books I have ever read, without question. A very important book. After reading this, … Continue reading
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
I am not quite sure what day I finished the last “Melrose” book and began reading The Unbearable Lightness of Being. I believe it was towards the end of last week, perhaps around the 7th of February. I think my … Continue reading
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The Patrick Melrose Novels
On 1/24/13, I started reading The Patrick Melrose Novels. What an amazing story; I am simply going to post here what Amazon.com said about the book, because that sums it up well: “The Melrose Novels are a masterwork for the twenty-first century. … Continue reading
The Scar
1/20/13 – Started reading “The Scar” by Sergey and Marina Dyachenko. The jacket copy says, “Stylistically reminiscent of Robin Hobb [who is one of my absolute favorite authors], and with a haunting and ominous imagination similar to Michael Moorcock [another one of … Continue reading
Wild
Starting Wild, by Cheryl Strayed right now (1/16/13). 1/20/13 – I finished this book this morning. And what a wonderful, wonderful book it was. This woman writes so well, so clear and true; and near the beginning, where she writes … Continue reading
The Man in the High Castle
1/12/13 – started reading Philip K Dick’s The Man in the High Castle. 1/16/13 – finished it. This book was fascinating. Very clever; the premise is that the Axis powers won WWII and Japan and Nazi Germany have basically … Continue reading
1/9/2013
I used the Amazon.com gift certificate that I got for Christmas and ordered the latest “Children’s Writer’s and Illustrator’s Market.” I have been wanting this for a long time but haven’t wanted to spend the money. But I got it … Continue reading
The Historian
Today, January 1, I started reading The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova. And today, January 12th, I finished it. I really enjoyed this book; I particularly liked reading about the various parts of the world and history connected with these places. … Continue reading
A DECADE OF READING
A DECADE OF READING Here is a list of some of the books I have read over the last several years, recreated from my Amazon.com order history. I know that I did read many more books during this time than what … Continue reading
BOOKS: 2012
2012 BOOKS I started out 2012 with this book, and then spent a good bit of the year reading all of these “Earth Chronicles” books: Twelfth Planet: Book I of the Earth Chronicles (The Earth Chronicles), Zecharia Sitchin Then I … Continue reading
“Scattered”
I have started reading the book Scattered: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates and What You Can Do About It, by Gabor Maté. This is a wonderful and highly-recommended book on the subject of ADD/HD. Dr. Maté writes very clearly and … Continue reading
Dan Pink books
Towards the end of this past year, I read A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Dan Pink. I am not sure what led me to this book, but I was intrigued by the idea that creative skills and … Continue reading
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S.H.E.D.
This is a very good book about house-clearing; about our emotional attachment to “things.” I do not recall exactly when or where I purchased this – or even at exactly what point I started working with it, but I did … Continue reading
FENG SHUI
In my efforts to try to “fix” my environment, I am reading about ‘Feng Shui’ and have decided where to make some changes: Here are some books, purchased in March 2008, for this process: Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui … Continue reading
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