Recent reading....
Recent reading....
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Images of pages that have stuff I really liked--click each image two or more times to enlarge enough to read.
(Yes, I'm using amazon links below. Best customer reviews.)
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from
Instructions to the Cook ~ A Zen Master's Lessons in Living a Life that Matters
by Bernard Glassman & Rick Fields:
This book definitely has its moments, but overall not highly recommended--at least by me--because the quality of the writing doesn't make me want to return to the book. It also annoys me how far they indent each paragraph (picky, picky, picky).
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from
Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason
by Russell Shorto:
I am not that far in it yet, but, so far, highly recommended! Fascinating history of philosophy, concepts of faith and reason, but told in a way such that the times, people, and places are rendered vividly.
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From The New Yorker. I like the youth and age aspects of this short story--that stuff's starting to speak to me.
"The Tree Line, Kansas, 1934"
by David Means
http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2010/10/25/101025fi_fiction_means
In the 11/15/10 NYer there's a story by Tessa Hadley I liked. Love her description. Also, a wonderful profile of Bettye LaVette. I'm behind on NYer reading (as always), so these statements don't imply that I didn't like other things I didn't mention.
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Images of pages that have stuff I really liked--click each image two or more times to enlarge enough to read.
(Yes, I'm using amazon links below. Best customer reviews.)
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from
Instructions to the Cook ~ A Zen Master's Lessons in Living a Life that Matters
by Bernard Glassman & Rick Fields:
This book definitely has its moments, but overall not highly recommended--at least by me--because the quality of the writing doesn't make me want to return to the book. It also annoys me how far they indent each paragraph (picky, picky, picky).
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from
Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason
by Russell Shorto:
I am not that far in it yet, but, so far, highly recommended! Fascinating history of philosophy, concepts of faith and reason, but told in a way such that the times, people, and places are rendered vividly.
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From The New Yorker. I like the youth and age aspects of this short story--that stuff's starting to speak to me.
"The Tree Line, Kansas, 1934"
by David Means
http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2010/10/25/101025fi_fiction_means
In the 11/15/10 NYer there's a story by Tessa Hadley I liked. Love her description. Also, a wonderful profile of Bettye LaVette. I'm behind on NYer reading (as always), so these statements don't imply that I didn't like other things I didn't mention.
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