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An Aside: Reading in the Forest

10/3/2012

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This last week while we were at a rented cabin in Mi Wuk Village in the California Sierras, I discovered the owners' BOOKCASE, and it was Christmas for Nye.  I read a whole bunch: 

  • Simplify Your Christmas by Elaine St. James.  By not having one.  (Heh.)  Or by enjoying reading lots of books!
  • From Bagels to Buddha by Judi Hollis.  Interesting, but for an author whose premise was that overeating is self-abuse, her story seemed awfully cruel on herself.
  • The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat, by Oliver Sacks.  Oh, I've wanted to read this one for years.  Dated, but very interesting book on neurology and behavior.
  • Eats Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss.  Another book I've wanted to read for years, but only read half of this.  An epistle on appalling punctuation.  A little shrill and padded-out for my tastes.
  • Am I Blue? edited by Marion Dane Bauer, a collection of coming out stories for YA.  So touching, both in funny and sad ways.  Required reading for all humans, I should think.
  • Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger.  Everyone smokes, women are bored, men are tortured, and their children mimic them.  I only had time to read the first half of them before we left.  Will need to read the rest later.
  • Endless Things by John Crowley, which I explain earlier.  
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