Booking Through Thursday: Keeping it Simple
From Booking Through Thursday
Let's keep it simple today:
1. What are you reading right now? (Well, obviously, you're reading THIS right now, perhaps I should have been more clear. What book(s) are you in the process of reading? (grin))
Well, on this new template it's now easier to track that before - look above my LT widget in the sidebar, and you'll see the 'now reading' section.
Following Jesus by N.T. Wright - a collection of sermons I'm reading after doing Compline each night. I suppose this will be a bit long in finishing, in a good way. I've been trying to resist the temptation of finishing this all at one fell swoop, but I've very much enjoyed what I've read (I'm not through the Litchfield Cathedral section, for those of you who've read the book). This in fact is the first book I've read by him - shocking, I know, considering I'm dating the biggest Orthodox-Anglican-Bishop-fanboy known to LJ. (Orthodox in both senses.)
Men-of-War: Life in Nelson's Navy by Patrick O'Brian - A guide to Nelson's navy written by the master himself, which reminds me much of my Life in Nelson's Navy which easily ranks as one of my favorite non-fiction books. It's so very nice having something new by O'Brian to read (though I think I will, once I get back to my books, slowly reread the series entire). He has a sly wit, still, such as wondering if an Admiral's son not found in the records "was devoured by sharks while still so tender" or following the misadventures of young William Blockhead. Some how, between reading nonfiction about the era, the sailing's managed to stick into my head much better than before.
The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve - I'm not actively reading this at the moment, I'm afraid, but I feel it deserves a mention as there's a bookmark in it. I've read the first chapter or two, but haven't gotten much further. It seems like ye old modern fiction.
History: A Very Short Introduction by John H. Arnold - I know it says it's a short introduction. But I've had this book for over half a year now, and have yet to finish it. Why? It's not a bad book, I rather like it in fact. But I keep reading bits and pieces of it - having to hop online and collaborate its facts, get off the plane, not walk into traffic - that I've not read it through. So now I'm reading it in between bites of mac and cheese and minutes of vocab flashcards. Safer for everyone concerned.
Let's keep it simple today:
1. What are you reading right now? (Well, obviously, you're reading THIS right now, perhaps I should have been more clear. What book(s) are you in the process of reading? (grin))
Well, on this new template it's now easier to track that before - look above my LT widget in the sidebar, and you'll see the 'now reading' section.
Following Jesus by N.T. Wright - a collection of sermons I'm reading after doing Compline each night. I suppose this will be a bit long in finishing, in a good way. I've been trying to resist the temptation of finishing this all at one fell swoop, but I've very much enjoyed what I've read (I'm not through the Litchfield Cathedral section, for those of you who've read the book). This in fact is the first book I've read by him - shocking, I know, considering I'm dating the biggest Orthodox-Anglican-Bishop-fanboy known to LJ. (Orthodox in both senses.)
Men-of-War: Life in Nelson's Navy by Patrick O'Brian - A guide to Nelson's navy written by the master himself, which reminds me much of my Life in Nelson's Navy which easily ranks as one of my favorite non-fiction books. It's so very nice having something new by O'Brian to read (though I think I will, once I get back to my books, slowly reread the series entire). He has a sly wit, still, such as wondering if an Admiral's son not found in the records "was devoured by sharks while still so tender" or following the misadventures of young William Blockhead. Some how, between reading nonfiction about the era, the sailing's managed to stick into my head much better than before.
The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve - I'm not actively reading this at the moment, I'm afraid, but I feel it deserves a mention as there's a bookmark in it. I've read the first chapter or two, but haven't gotten much further. It seems like ye old modern fiction.
History: A Very Short Introduction by John H. Arnold - I know it says it's a short introduction. But I've had this book for over half a year now, and have yet to finish it. Why? It's not a bad book, I rather like it in fact. But I keep reading bits and pieces of it - having to hop online and collaborate its facts, get off the plane, not walk into traffic - that I've not read it through. So now I'm reading it in between bites of mac and cheese and minutes of vocab flashcards. Safer for everyone concerned.