What Are You Reading?
July 5th, 2006
I have always been a pretty avid reader. Encouraged to read at an early age, I spent many a childhood afternoon laying around the house reading a good book. I always saw my mother reading, and at the age of 11 I started dipping into her stash. It started off innocently enough, with a taste of William Golding and the occasional dose of Stephen King. Before too long I stumbled upon classics ranging from Faulkner and Hemingway to Salinger and Orwell. For my twelveth birthday I received the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and I was officially hooked.
Fortunately, I have carried my love of reading into adulthood, and I actively encourage my little ones to read as much as they can. I find that I feel better about myself, and my brain actually functions better when I turn off the idiot box and grab a book to read. Now a bit more than half way through the year, I have finished reading 15 books - an assortment of business and other non-fictional offerings.
Hopefully after my move is complete, I will be able to resume a less frantic lifestyle, and get back to my books. So what are you currently reading, and would you recommend it to others?
July 5th, 2006 at 12:46 pm
Check out:
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller. This is a long book but it is great.
Also, there are two books on my to-read list:
Fortunes Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street.
And
A Short History of Nearly Everything
July 6th, 2006 at 10:49 pm
I totally understand your book addiction. For as long as I can remember (since I was 4 or 5) I have HAD to read at night before I could go to sleep. I can remember times growing up that I was supposed to be sleeping but was hiding under my covers with a flashlight reading til late at night instead.
It is so relaxing. I used to read one book at a time all the way through. Recently, I find myself reading parts of books here and there. Some of the ones I have been looking through are Boundaries for Kids, Seven Habits of Highly Successful People and Bloodline of the Holy Grail. I have also been doing some grammar refreshing via an old college textbook and a book called Simply Painless Grammar. It is totally beyond me how any person cannot enjoy reading. It can take you anywhere you wish to go and teach you anything you want to know. Joan
July 7th, 2006 at 3:14 pm
I’m reading “The Art of the Start” by Guy Kawasaki. And, yes. I’d totally recommend this book to anyone who is in the business world, or wants to start anything.
July 8th, 2006 at 4:28 am
I have ADD fairly bad and have a very short attention span. I have a hard time finishing a book. I read SEO, SEM & Affiliate blogs and forums non stop about 6-8 hours per day. I love the link Blog.
July 11th, 2006 at 6:34 am
War Is A Racket by Smedley Butler
July 15th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
I just finished “Sirens of Titan” by Kurt Vonnegut. I’m now into the third chapter of “Tahiti: A Paradise Lost” by David Howarth.
Favorite book of all time: “The Brothers Karamazov” by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Reading that book was like gazing at a Rembrandt for the first time. A masterful wordsmith.