I went to the library last night and just roamed around and randomly picked The Far Country by Nevil Shute. It was written in 1952. So far it's pretty good. I'm one chapter in.
I just finished The Name of the Rose by Umberto Ecco last night. It is a great book, but not a quick read by any means. Now that I've finished it, I think the movie version did a pretty good job with a very dense and layered story. I'm going to read A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage next, as I am assigning it to my honors history class soon. I've read it before, but it has been a few years.
I picked up A Mother's Reckoning: Living In The Aftermath of Tragedy. It's authored by Sue Klebold, the mother of Dylan Klebold, one of the two shooters at Columbine. I'm about one hundred pages in. It's been a tough read for me as it hits close to home and stirs up many old emotions. A year and a half ago, my brother walked into a house and murdered two innocent people with a pistol. It was a senseless revenge killing for an accident involving my sister who died many years ago.He's serving life. It was absolutely devastating. I come from a small community of 2000 people. Anyway, this book gives a perspective you don't often hear from. It makes you realize people who do unspeakable, horrific acts can come from ordinary, normal law abiding families. Sorry if that's personal. I've just come to a place where I can talk about it. Double meaning: a place in my mind and this welcoming place.
I am reading 1940 by Susan Dunn right now. It follows FDR's decision to seek a third term, along with the complex politics of isolationist America while WWII began to pick up steam in Europe. Very interesting book. At the same time, as I drive to and from work, I'm listening to Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard, which is a light biography of James A. Garfield but is mainly focused on his assassination while interweaving the medical and scientific advances of the period, some of which were used to try and treat his gunshot wound. Can you all tell I love history???
Good to know the book is helping you...and yup perpetrators leave alot of victims not just the ones who have been hurt physically
Bloody Ridge "The Battle that saved Guadalcanal" By. Micheal S. Smith I have an autographed fist edition. He's a personal friend. (the author)
Looked to see if there was a thread for this and couldn't find one. So I'll start. I'm currently reading " The Daily Stoic, 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living" by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman. Great thoughts from Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius.
Just finished, A Prince of Our Disorder: The Life of T.E. Lawrence by John Mack. Before that I read Lawrence in Arabia by Scott Anderson.
Sounds like a good idea to me. How do I go about that? I searched prior to starting this thread using the exact words in the other thread and nothing came up.
