I've been picking up odds and ends lately to keep my brain occupied. I've been getting suggestions from friends list.
Last book I finished was Octivia Butler's Xeogenisis triology. Kind of lost interest 1/2 way through the last book - her changing narrators and points of view from third to first person didn't help and it got to be kind of sloggy. Her Kindred book although a bit graphic was pretty good, I'm surprised Oprah never checked it out for her book club - I think it could have made a good movie (although the book's present is the 1970's - it was written around 1977 - it could be updated to now without losing much I think)
Other books I've got in my queue are The Shark Dialogues, My Sisters Keeper, The Schwarzben Principal (diet book), and Pyongyang : A Journey in North Korea. I do swipe books off my friends lists but I figure that's ok.
I still want to read the Narina series, but will probably BUY the complete set - maybe this summer.
As far as Alan goes, I'm trying to broaden his reading beyond trains. We got a few books tonight, one was on bridges which he liked (a future civil engineering career for Alan). Our library doesn't carry a lot of NEW books, so I end up requesting a lot for him. I have John, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith on reserve and How to behave and why by Munro Leaf also. (I get inspired from the Children's Book of the Month catalogues). I got Beatrice doesn't want to by Laura Numeroff from Scholastic and thought it was good.
So anyway, I'm open to suggestions for both of us.llbbooks I did read the Fountainhead many years ago. I even heard Ann Raynd speak at Northeastern University in Boston, although I don't remember what she said.
Mar. 14th, 2006
One of these days I'll get to the posting of my confused mental thoughts I've been trying to come up with - basically I feel my medicines aren't working and I've got anexity/depression issues. That post will probably be friends locked.
Note to some non-lj people (Belinda, Debbie) - I'll e-mail you a copy.
Note to some non-lj people (Belinda, Debbie) - I'll e-mail you a copy.