What Are You Reading ?

[Red]

Captiva by Randy Wayne White. Quick and simple.

[ChrisinHove]

Fairies: A Dangerous History (2018), by Richard Sugg.

Well-researched and very well-written.

Yeah, I know my reading tastes are ‘different’. *shrug*. :)

Jim

Have you read Doctor Norell and Mr Strange?

[JTowns]

Stephen and Owen King - Sleeping Beauties

I find Stephen Kings books hit or miss, but the highs are really high for me so I keep chasing hoping I find another one I love.

[JonLeBlanc]

i have not but Ill check into it. I did listen to zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance...an audio book that reminded me why i dont normally consume that format.... i was on the road driving a good majority of the day though and it was reminded me to reflect on things and how much more I enjoy things when I can slow it all down

If you liked "Zen," you should check out "Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work" by Matthew Crawford. It's amazing. The guy got a Ph.D. from the Committee on Social Thought at Chicago then gave it all up because working with one's hands is just better.

This is the original essay, but he expanded it into a book:

https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publicat ... -soulcraft

[odomandr]

i have not but Ill check into it. I did listen to zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance...an audio book that reminded me why i dont normally consume that format.... i was on the road driving a good majority of the day though and it was reminded me to reflect on things and how much more I enjoy things when I can slow it all down

If you liked "Zen," you should check out "Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work" by Matthew Crawford. It's amazing. The guy got a Ph.D. from the Committee on Social Thought at Chicago then gave it all up because working with one's hands is just better.

This is the original essay, but he expanded it into a book:

https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publicat ... -soulcraft

I'm in. Just read the first bit of the essay. As a guy who fixed the dryer roller when they got squeaky or defrosts the freezer still when it needs it, I'm all about this.... Thank you

[James Y]

Fairies: A Dangerous History (2018), by Richard Sugg.

Well-researched and very well-written.

Yeah, I know my reading tastes are ‘different’. *shrug*. :)

Jim

Have you read Doctor Norell and Mr Strange?

Not yet. I hadn’t heard of it before, but it looks interesting. Thanks for mentioning it! :)

Jim

[MacLaren]

Larrin's book. Very good!

[ChrisinHove]

My favorite book about motorcycling, I must confess, is The Perfect Vehicle: What it is about Motorcycles by Melissa Holbrook Pierson. At the end of the first chapter, her tears land in her soup and I am hooked. She does not disappoint. Recommended reading for non-riders curious about the riding mystique as well as motorcycle enthusiasts.

I loved that book.

I generally always choose motorcycle based travelogues, in the travel genre nowadays, as well.

[ChrisinHove]

Fairies: A Dangerous History (2018), by Richard Sugg.

Well-researched and very well-written.

Yeah, I know my reading tastes are ‘different’. *shrug*. :)

Jim

Have you read Doctor Norell and Mr Strange?

Not yet. I hadn’t heard of it before, but it looks interesting. Thanks for mentioning it! :)

Jim

It’s in that interesting space between fiction and myth. A surprising amount of its detail was recognisable from rural English & Irish folklore. The cute fairy is a Disney creation. Faeries are far darker...

[Mad Mac]

..."Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work" by Matthew Crawford. It's amazing. The guy got a Ph.D. from the Committee on Social Thought at Chicago then gave it all up because working with one's hands is just better.

It is my firm belief that I would have enjoyed life and been happy
had I not been cursed with the benefits of a higher education.

[JonLeBlanc]

..."Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work" by Matthew Crawford. It's amazing. The guy got a Ph.D. from the Committee on Social Thought at Chicago then gave it all up because working with one's hands is just better.

It is my firm belief that I would have enjoyed life and been happy
had I not been cursed with the benefits of a higher education.

I hear you, I think mine actively hurt me.

[Cambertree]

[Cambertree]

If you liked "Zen," you should check out "Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work" by Matthew Crawford. It's amazing. The guy got a Ph.D. from the Committee on Social Thought at Chicago then gave it all up because working with one's hands is just better.

This is the original essay, but he expanded it into a book:

https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publicat ... -soulcraft

Excellent essay, thanks Jon. :)

[JonLeBlanc]

If you liked "Zen," you should check out "Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work" by Matthew Crawford. It's amazing. The guy got a Ph.D. from the Committee on Social Thought at Chicago then gave it all up because working with one's hands is just better.

This is the original essay, but he expanded it into a book:

https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publicat ... -soulcraft

Excellent essay, thanks Jon. :)

I'm glad people are enjoying it!

[The Mastiff]

After the Ice Age: The Return of Life to Glaciated North America

When I'm not driving trains on my computer anyways. :)
Joe

[z4vdBt]

Notes from a Small Island (Notes from a Small Island #1), Bill Bryson 1995.

[Mad Mac]

QANON: An Invitation to The Great Awakening by WWG1WGA

[James Y]

Who Goes There? The novella that formed the basis of The Thing, by John W. Campbell (1938).

I rarely ever read fiction anymore, but had to make an exception for this.

Jim

[Mad Mac]

In case anyone thinks that I am trolling this thread with provocative titles just to "turn the crank" as it were, rest assured that these are books that I have actually purchased, read or am reading. The exception is Sacred Cow which I have yet to begin. Thank you z4vdBt for the tip. I am a rancher, well at least I have not killed all my cows yet, and need to be able to defend myself.

[The Meat man]

Finished Witness by Whittaker Chambers. Very good read. He died in the early 60's, at the height of the Cold War, and thus, sadly, did not live to see the decline of Communism and eventual defeat of the Soviet Union.

Also finished rereading Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. It is definitely my favorite Sci-fi novel of all time.
I have read Crichton's sequel to JP, titled The Lost World, as well as maybe three or four of his other novels, and found them all to fall far short of Jurassic Park in terms of quality and realism.
The original Jurassic Park movie was not too bad (the book is better) but the subsequent movies were all downhill from there, in my opinion.

Right now I am working through the compete works of Shakespeare. Currently, I am reading Love's Labour's Lost.