What book are you reading?

The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air
- Soren Kierkegaard

Currently reading:



I'd be lying if I said I wasn't learning something.

"The sun has not fallen from the sky; Nor has the moon ceased from her seasons. The winds have not folded themselves up forever; nor have the clouds forgotten the chart of their arial roads. The sea-tides have not faltered in their alternations. The dews of our evenings are not less healing than they were when Judas hanged himself, or when Achilles trailed Hector at the heel of his chariot."



A nice summer read!:)

Back issues of National Lampoon:

Drive your plow over the bones of the dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Finished more short stories,

Fifty Words For Rain by Asha Lemmie and Pacific Northwest Medicinal Plants by Scott Kloos.

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

The Fisherman - John Langan horror story for sure and I love it!

I just finished 2 by Khaled Hossieni: "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns". I highly recommend them, but read them with a box of Kleenex - oh, so sad. But so well written. They're about children in Afghanistan.

Now I'm reading "State Of Fear" by the late, great Michael Crichton. It's about climate change and some of the propaganda surrounding it. It's not an easy read because he backs up his statements with facts in footnotes that you can't possibly avoid reading if you want to understand what some of the brainiac characters are saying. I'm learning a lot!

Currently listening to ‘chavs’ by Owen Jones on Audible.
A deep-dive into hugely problematic issues with social classes in England.

TwitchyMagee wrote: »

jjpptt2 wrote: »

I enjoyed this

I'm about half way thru it... enjoying it so far. Nothing earth shattering, but a lot of context and nuance that I hadn't really thought about before.

CoffeeNstilettos wrote: »

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

I have been on a Gaiman kick for a few years now. He tells a really good story and is pretty clever with words.

I'm reading An Edible History of Humanity. It's an archaeological and anthropological look into how basically the entirety of human society has been shaped by food, farming, food availability etc. It's really interesting and informative and not overly formal so it's a really accessible read. I highly recommend it.