What Book Are You Reading?

Just been reading Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut (absolutely superb). Up next is Byron's Don Juan.

regard, Tam

/hi

I amreading at the moment this forum( kidding)

serious, i am reading Shantaram (gregory david roberts.
its a very good book.
let you all know,when i finished it.

Maria

Mitch Albom's: Tuesdays with Morrie.

Short book, but to the point, about the ultimate lesson in life, death...

Shortly...................................

What do you reckon Rasher?



Regards

diccus

Redemption Song The Ballad of Joe Strummer

Matt

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Excellent

I am in concurrence Mr. Diccus.

John Updike - Rabbit Omnibus

and thoroughly enjoying it.

At the moment, "rifles" by mark urban.It's the 2nd book of his i've got, both excellent.

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Excellent

In progress at the moment. Agree it is excellent

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Excellent

In progress at the moment. Agree it is excellent

Richard

Even tho Kite runner is brilliant, the follow up is more 'mature' and less rushed. Very unputdownable.

Regards

Diccus

Started on "I am a Strange Loop" by Douglas Hofstradter yesterday, helped by 4 hours on the tarmac at Newark because of weather. Apparently if picks up and develops the ideas from his "Godel Escher Bach - an Eternal Golden Braid"


Regards,

Willy.


PS Total of 5 hrs in an ERJ - not fun.

Just finished the wonderful ..............

Second stab at this. Have given up again. I know it is a modern classic but after reading Kite Runner/Thousand Splendid Suns and Half a Yellow Sun and those books emotional honesty In cold blood seems dry and informative like an old history book. IMO. Sorry.......................

Getting the Dawkins book on religion tomorrow! At last I will have the amunition I could not think off for myself, beyond the Question Of Evil!!

Fredrik

fredrik - should be an interesting read. along the same vein, have you examined "The End of Faith: Religion, Terror & the Future of Reason"
by Sam Harris? artie

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Second stab at this. Have given up again.

Capote is my favorite author, but I gave up on this too. Strange that what he regarded as his best work was something I can't read, and what I think was his best work is credited to someone else.

The Hanging Garden by Ian Rankin.

One of the more sensible physicists - Henry Stapp



From Amazon:

A highly readable book of genuine wisdom by one of the foremost minds for our generation. The paradoxical enigma of consciousness and matter has been tackled by virtually every modern philosopher and many scientists as well. Unfortunately most philosophers have grounded their thinking in century old physics while most scientists fail to understand the nuances of philosophical thought. Here a foremost quantum physicist speaks to us not only from a profound understanding of physics, but with a sophistication about consciousness and philosophy of mind that few short of William James and Alfred North Whitehead have sustained. The result is a radical rethinking of issues as fundamental and vital as free will, ethics, the mind-body problem, and the dimensions of human nature itself.

Also reading: Divine Action in the Framework of Scientific Thinking: From Quantum Theory to Divine Action by Christoph Lameter. Ok so God raises his ugly head in this otherwise excellent book but at least Lameter is more honest than the dreadful John Polkinghorne in his books Exploring Reality: The Intertwining of Science and Religion and Science and Providence: God's Interaction with the World in which he desperately tries to prove the existence of God by misrepresenting Quantum Theory and practicing philosophical slight of hand.

I am really enjoying it.



An uplifting story set in Los Angeles about one man's effort to bring himself back to life. Richard is a modern day everyman; a middle-aged divorcee trading stocks out of his home. He has done such a good job getting his life under control that he needs no one. His life has slowed almost to a standstill, until two incidents conspire to hurl him back into the world. One day he wakes up with a knotty cramp in his back, which rapidly develops into an all-consuming pain. At the same time a wide sinkhole appears outside his living room window, threatening the foundations of his house. A vivid novel about compassion and transformation, "This Book Will Save Your Life" reveals what can happen if you are willing to open up to the world around you. Since her debut in 1989, A.M. Homes has been among the boldest and most original voices of her generation, acclaimed for the psychological accuracy and unnerving emotional intensity of her storytelling. Her keen ability to explore how extraordinary the ordinary can be is at the heart of her touching and funny new novel, her first in six years.

Just finished this and again it's excellent. Synopsis supplied by Play.com (but much better than it sounds IMO)



It is 1939. Eva Delectorskaya is a beautiful 28-year-old Russian emigree living in Paris. As war breaks out, she is recruited for the British Secret Service by Lucas Romer, a mysterious Englishman and under his tutelage she learns to become the perfect spy, to mask her emotions and trust no one, including those she loves most. Since then, Eva has carefully rebuilt her life as the very English wife and mother Sally Gilmartin - but once a spy, always a spy. Now she must complete one final assignment. This time though Eva can't do it alone: she needs her daughter's help.

Just started this and it looks promising...........

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Just finished this and again it's excellent. Synopsis supplied by Play.com (but much better than it sounds IMO)

I really liked his "Ice Cream War".

Haim