I just finished reading, Triumph of the City by Edward Glaeser, and am seeking my next book. Although these days it takes me a ridiculously long time to complete a book, I enjoy grabbing a few pages here and there. I also think it's a good thing for the kids to see that Daddy and I always have a book that we're reading on our bedside tables. (He's currently reading 1491 by Charles Mann.)
I am thinking about reading Radical Homemakers by Shannon Hayes for my next book, but am curious what you all are currently reading or have recently read?
I just started reading "The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement," by New York Times columnist, David Brooks.
ReplyDeleteThe Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home (Jessie Wise and Susan Wise Bauer)
ReplyDeleteI second TWTM. I just finished reading Pride & Prejudice & Wuthering Heights. In the middle of "The Price of Everything" - a fictional book about economics by Russell Roberts. My to read list is Animal Farm by George Orwell, Jane Eyre, the Hobbit & some CS Lewis. Maybe re-read Atlas Shrugged since the movie comes out the 15th.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading I Promessi Sposi, by Manzoni, and I'm hoping the library will have At Home by Bill Bryson, but my favorite two books of all time are The Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo (along with everything else he wrote), and The Island of the Day Before by Umberto Eco.
ReplyDeleteAlthough, when I awoke this morning, the opening line of Jane Eyre got stuck in my head:
"There was no possibility of taking a walk that day." (For some reason that is the most memorable opening line of any book I've ever read, and like the first chapter of Das Parfum by Patrick Süskind -- such a vivid description of how badly Paris stank in the 18th century -- it just stays with me.)
Thanks for all your comments and suggestions! I'm going with "Radical Homemakers" for now which is already engrossing, but I look forward to exploring these other books soon! -Kerry
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