I read Waiting for the Barbarians in college, Maxiumus. Interesting book.
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A hard read, but also a very sobering explanation of the current world economic situation.
We are so screwed.
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, great book!
I just finished Mary Wesleyâs A Part of the Furniture - itâs a sweet story about a May-Dec romance set in WW2 England.
I canât bear to read The Last Lecture, after seeing a glimpse of the phots of Pausch w/his young kids & wife. Sad! But, Iâm sure it was very inspiring, too.
Itâs an oldie, but still a goodie. I am deep into âBury My Heart at Wounded Kneeâ by Dee Brown. Iâve always wanted to read it ever since I was much younger and my parents had in the house. Finally got it in a book swap via the internet. Very well written, yet very tragic. I am shocked at the real truth of what early Americans did to the Indians.
LukesterâI read that as a teenagerâvery eye-opening and, as you said, tragic.
In honor of the upcoming election, my book club chose: The Color of Water. Written by James McBride, it is a black manâs tribute to his white, Jewish mother who raised 12 children. I laughed, I cried, I loved it!
The latest collection of short stories by Tobias WolffâŠfabulous.
The Raj Quartet by Paul Scott.
I just finished My Grandfatherâs Son by Clarence Thomas⊠wow.
I had no interest in reading it, but my dh left in the bathroom⊠I picked it up, read a few pages and couldnât put it down until it was done. It was a little painful reading about an entirely different side of the south than I ever saw growing up, but a good kind of painful - the kind that makes you grow. I can not believe how transparent he was in this book, I donât know that I could have done it, but it is absolutely riveting and enlightening.
How Mathematicians Think by William Byers. Itâs about the roles of creativity and ambiguity in mathematics. Itâs quite illuminating and points towards how extraordinarily artful mathematics is/can be.
Iâm reading Coming Home Crazy, essays about China. And Dreams from My Father by Obama.
linfortâI hadnât heard of Middlesex.
I just read Middlemarch this summer. One of those famous books (I didnât see the PBS series either) that I finally found the time to read. Itâs long, but a great read.
I loved the Raj Quartet. The TV version is very good too.
engulfed in the flames⊠or somethings like that by David Sedaris
Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison. One of the best books Iâve read in a long time.
I was also going to say âThe Last Lectureâ by Randy Pausch.
It is not sad and it is not depressing. It is a very simple, happy good that puts little things in perspective.
twokidsatvuâI really liked âThe Color of Waterâ also. The title is so clever and resonant, too.
bbkittyâmaybe Iâll read The Last Lecture, then.
I found a whole set of Sarah Dessen books that college D left on her shelf and have been reading them! Parents of teen girls, these are good! I was thinking to myself that every girl should read âKeeping the Moon,â which is about body-image issues and bullying. Also read Someone Like You (first boyfriends, teenage pregnancy, how far to go with BF, etc.), and now reading This Lullaby (very funny!) I guess Iâm hooked!
MommusicâMiddlemarch is possibly my favorite novel-I read it every few years.
Middlesex is much more recentâquirky, but I really liked it a lot.