On the other side of the ridge, near Old Fort, April 6. Dry conditions with winds have given North Carolina burn bans for most of April.
This is the next book I will purchase. I read Maria Popova's "Marginalian" newsletter twice a week. She's brilliant.
Next to read: a friend loaned me her copy of "The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year."
I'll start that as soon as I finish "Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World."
These three are paper and print books. I can't recommend Sand Talk enough, though it is best read slowly, in my opinion. I love learning the symbols from the Indigenous People of Austrailia.
What are you reading?
I just finished The Death of Us by Abigail Dean, heavy duty crime but also a love story. I was hooked. Now I am starting The Seeker by Tana French as audiobook and A Tale for the Time being by Ruth Otzeki in paperback. The first is part three in a series of crime novels in a rural Irish setting, the latter one of my daughter's favourites. I usually read some non-fiction alongside and just got A Brain that Breathes by Jodi Wilson, it's about the effects of social media on our thinking and memory and how to return to a brain that is not trained to running on fast scrolling activities.
ReplyDeleteThese all sound interesting to me. Thanks for recommendations! I have a Jonathan Kellerman audio going, a new series of who done it’s.
Delete...lucky you, I doubt that I will live long enough to have a great grandchild.
ReplyDeleteI really didn’t think I would either and suddenly my oldest grandson has a fiancé and they’re expecting! Who hooo!
DeleteHappy reading to you.
ReplyDeleteHealing means sitting around a lot. When I nebulize to send drugs to my lungs, I have dedicated it as time to read.
DeleteRight now I'm reading Yann Martel's new novel, "Son of Nobody," his take on the Trojan War juxtaposed to modern marital and family distress. We all have our Achilles Heel, don't we.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like an interesting novel. Mmm, Achilles Heel in my case would be my weakest system, namely my lungs. But to consider a psychological Achilles Heel will take more thought.
DeleteI'm reading 'Dearly' a collection of poems by Margaret Atwood. One or two at a time as they need to be dealt with, digested, even come to terms with. Wonderful. Kris in Ohio
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear poetry is on your plate. It encourages me to pick up my Mary Oliver book again.
DeleteI usually blog about what I'm reading, so I'll refrain from repeating myself here! A friend here suddenly found herself a great grandmother similarly to you. The couple was very young. But last I heard it was going along fine.
ReplyDeleteI do enjoy hearing about other folks' reading. Have found many good authors that way (on blog reading). My grandson is in his 30s, as is his girlfriend. They have a big wedding planned, and parenthood isn't expected to stand in the way. They just postponed the cruise a bit so baby can be brought along also!
DeleteI've been listening, via Libby, to books by an author named Kristan Higgins. They are good for listening while doing yard work or other chores as they don't require a huge amount of concentration but they take me in quickly and although I suppose we would call them "chick lit" which is really an offensive term in my opinion, they do very much explore women's feelings in different situations including aging and motherhood, divorce, and so on.
ReplyDeleteI very much like the books of Tana French, especially the ones Sabine mentioned.
That baby has a lot of hair! How beautiful! Congratulations on your upcoming great grandchild!
Fires have been a problem here too. We at least got a little rain this week. That helped.
ReplyDeleteBoth books sound interesting. I am reading several at the moment: Dylan Thomas' poems, Southfacing Slope, The book of Days, Traveling Light, The Country of Pointed Firs, The Assassin's Cloak, Great American Short Stories, and listening to an Irish murder mystery. Little bites from each daily!
I just finished "Sand Talk"! and just behind that, Matt Haig's "Notes on a Nervous Planet" I will read Sand Talk again in a couple months because I think a second read will help digest some of his points.
ReplyDeleteSo many books, so little time.
Jackie M
Marginalia is excellent. I just finished reading two Heinlein books, which I'll be blogging about tomorrow. And I've been listening to various David Sedaris books,
ReplyDeleteI'm currently down a rabbit hole about our gut microbiome and the latest scientific thinking about health issues. ('Dark Matter' by Dr James Kinross) Quite demanding to get one's head around (the opposite end of life to the universe but just as complex!) but I'm enjoying it.
ReplyDeleteHello Barb,
ReplyDeleteIt is exciting to have a great-grandchild. I have a few ebooks on hold on Libby. I read mostly mysteries and detective books. Take care, Happy Friday! Have a great weekend.