I love reading. I do. And I think reading is one of the most important activities for kids as their minds develop. I think it’s just as important to keep adult mind in shape. And I think storytelling is one of the strongest threads of community and society. Reading is a vital activity.
But…I have to admit something. I have a problem, and it just keeps growing. I cannot finish a book. Well not literally. I’ve finished plenty. But here’s a snapshot of my currents (I’ve reached varying points in all these books – some I’ve barely started, some I’ve almost finished, some I’ve read the same first four chapters over and over and can’t get any further – but I want to):
The Perfect House | Witold Rybczynski
La Vita Nuova | Dante
The Children’s Book | AS Byatt
New Science | Vico
Have Space Suit Will Travel | Robert Heinlein
The Door Into Summer | Robert Heinlein
The Olive Farm |Carol Drinkwater
French Women Don’t Get Fat | Mireille Guiliano
Animal Vegetable Miracle | Barbara Kingsolver
The Riverside Anthology of Children’s Literature
The Book of the City of Ladies | Christine de Pizan
Momus | Alberti
The Sacred and the Profane | Mircea Eliade
A Canticle for Leibowitz | Walter Miller
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams
Hector and the Search for Happiness | Francoise Lelord
Beatrix Potter A Life in Nature | Linda Lear
The Conde Nast Traveler Book of Unforgettable Journeys
The Omnivore’s Dilemma | Michael Pollan
The Odyssey | Homer
The Fable of the Bees | Bernard Mandeville
What are you reading these days?
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