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The two best books I have read lately are "The 1st Word: The Origens of Language" by Christine Keneally, which comes close to summing up our knowledge about knowledge, and "Doubt: A History" by Jennifer Hecht, the only history of philosophy I have read that understood what philosophy is about.
I finished Borderland by Edwin Shrake and it was good, but the end was what I was expecting, which was kind of a downer.
I read The Life of Pi in one sitting and loved it! I loved how the events of the story were so open to interpretation. At the end I didn't know what to believe and I was surprised to find myself liking that aspect about the book. And I loved the part with the meerkats, of course, I mean what's cuter than cuddling with meerkats and having them as friends
I just got The Curious Case of the Dog in the Nighttime so that's next. I'm pretty excited to read it after I've heard so many good things here!
Peppermint, David Lerner's "The Big Bang Never Happened" is half summary of the development of Big Bang Cosmology along with the parallel development of the simpler electromagnetic universe model. Even before I read it, the Big Bang looked positively Ptolemaic to me. The second half is an examination of the relation between philosophy and society, and explains the economic reasons behind the elevation of "the Big Bang" and "Neo-Darwinians" to the status of pseudo-religious "truths". I am not a Creationist or anti-science, but I now the difference between facts and theories.
J city, I have heard of "the Life of Pi". Fiction, right? Pi is one my my favorite foods for thought.
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[quote=Ketabcha;16437040]The Sound and the Fury is truly a great book. It is filled with the pathos and angst we expect from Faulkner. I love his stuff.
The Bell Jar is a bit of a downer but that's to be expected from Plath. Those of us who were around in the 50s can really identify with it.
I like anything written by Nabokov. He was a genius writer, IMO. It's not so much the story but rather the style of writing that appeals to me.
I've read everything on your list except for "Silas Marner." I'll get to it next year.
I suggest "Swann's Way" by Proust. Good stuff.
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I saw in the paper last week that Sylvia Plath's and Ted Hughes son commited suicide in Alaska - so sad to see that -- he was in his 40s
The Curious Case of the Dog in the Nighttime I think that book was one of the worst i have ever read . sorry to say but lately books I have been picking have been disapointing me except for saving cee cee hunnicutt . Im currently reading the help and I hope it does not disapoint me .
phonelady we are on the same page... I read and enjoyed cee ceehunneycutt about 2 months ago -- and the help is my next book to read. I have heard great things about it. By the way I LOVED Guernsey Literary....
I recently finished
(and recommend highly) the murder room by michael capuzzo.
I am presently reading ~ architect of desire by susannah lessard. very interesting but not an easy read for me.
I can't wait to finish it so I can start the help.
And that suggestion from twain shakespeare looks intriguing as well. The word?
I am so anxious to read another page turner!!!
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Last week I read Elie Wiesel's Night for the first time. What a powerful true story packed into fewer than 120 pages. I read it in one day's train commute, on the way to work and back. Did not sleep well that night, either. This is a book that I believe everyone should read at some point.
Last week I read Elie Wiesel's Night for the first time. What a powerful true story packed into fewer than 120 pages. I read it in one day's train commute, on the way to work and back. Did not sleep well that night, either. This is a book that I believe everyone should read at some point.
I read it for the first time a few weeks ago. Brilliant book!
Right now I'm reading Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast: The Evolutionary Origins of Belief. I'm having a hard time getting through it - my mind is on personal drama. Ugh.
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