The Golden Ratio -- Mario Livio
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown.
Waiting for the third book of the Dark Tower series (from a friend) and I have to buy the new "Shadow of the Giant" from the Shadow saga (Orson Scott Card).
I also want to reread the whole Dune original series (Frank Herbert) and then maybe find some time for his son's work (some Dune prequels).
dovle, I loved the Dune series when I read them in the 1970s. The first of the series was a text for a college communications class, Theories of Communication. Was taught by the head of the psychology department at O.U. in Rochester, MI
Just finished: When We Were the Mulvaneys, by Joyce Carol Oates. Was surprised there was a happy of-a-sorts ending because at some point I wanted to throw that book in the trash.
dovle--
The "Return to Dune" sagas by Young Herbert and Friend aren't worth reading. They rehash the original Dune series in simpler language.
I quite mid-sentence when a supposedly sophisticated medical alien reached bare-handed into a jar and jiggled a naked brain--and no one protested!
At the end of the last book in the original Dune series, did I dream that the source of us all was floating around in a large tank of clear liquid with steam all-around? Seems to me this was some kind of "brain?"
Maybe not the "source" but what the hell was it?
It's great.
I love train travel.
I love travel books.
I love Canada.
I'm loving this book.
It's not a big, important book in any way - but it is lightly lovely.
Alison Kennedy's 'Everything You Need' (oh, what a good writer; what keen observation and stunning dialogue...) plus Annie Proulx's 'That Old Ace in the Hole' which is even better than 'Accordion Crimes'. Then there is Romesh Gunesekera's 'Reef' for the reading group - and this is a book that creates sounds and smells like no other I've ever read. Not forgetting some Ann Fine short stories for work purposes. All wonderful stuff....my head is full....
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (W. Shakespeare), and Peter Pan (J.M. Barrie)
Ready to start Robin Cook's Coma
I've just begun the book reviewed here...
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17750 and it ought to be mandatory reading. It is extremely perceptive and unflinching.
And this too underway...also extraordinary for the Shakespeare fans..
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17634
and, recommended by spendius, Ted Hughes' Shakespeare and the Goddess of Complete Being. I've put this one on hold after first chapter but it is something of a masterpiece.
and David Brock's 'The republican noise machine' is a hell of a resource book on the republican media machine. That's my bathroom book.
'The Da Vinci Code' by Dan Brown is amazing! It's ideas are believable and, even though it's a FICTIONAL book, people have began asking serious questions about the Vatican since it's release. It's a great read, but if you're a Christian stay away it may hurt you're feelings!
Wales, I just read the Da Vinci Code in four days and while the "story line" is fictional it pulled together for me some truths I've searched out for about 3 decades. You're right -- amazing! Brown seems to have connected a lot of dots.
The Silent World ---- Jacques Yves Cousteau
blatham, have you read this series in the NY Review...within the past month.
Terrorism
This was an interesting review of a number of works, spanning the political spectrum.
wales_rules wrote:'The Da Vinci Code' by Dan Brown is amazing! It's ideas are believable and, even though it's a FICTIONAL book, people have began asking serious questions about the Vatican since it's release. It's a great read, but if you're a Christian stay away it may hurt you're feelings!
Not necessarily.
Maybe a Fundy, but I consider myself a Christian and it did make me think!
But hurt my feelings--nah!
