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| Does This Avatar Make My Butt Look Big? Minor Deity  |
I am reading "Midnight at Chernobyl." It is one of the best non-fiction books I have ever read. Learned of it on the list of 2019 Best Ten Books of 2019 from NYT. Only five books on the list were non-fiction. That's how good it is. | |||
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Minor Deity |
OMG. ..This book is one I will never forget..I read in 7th or 8th grade..got a sunburn on vaca as I could not put it down. I think of it often now along with "Andromeda Strain".. On the Beach
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| Serial origamist Has Achieved Nirvana  |
[sidetrack]I keep thinking about Andromeda Strain, as well. The whole point was to study the two people who survived to understand why. Seems that that's a big part of what our doctors and researchers are doing now... why are some perfectly healthy people dying from CV19 and others aren't. The broad categories from the first wave in China may not be telling the whole story. Andromeda Strain was one of the first adult novels I read. I think I was about 12 or 13 when I read it. I remember staying up the whole night to finish Day 2.[/sidetrack]
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| Pinta & the Santa Maria Has Achieved Nirvana  |
I'm glad to see some of us are reading, um, lighter fiction. Someone else: I'm reading The Iliad. In Greek. The translation is so substandard, I find it quite annoying. Me: I'm reading my daughter's Shopaholic novels she left here when she moved out at age 17.  Seriously, I just finished "Girl, Woman, Other," which was fine but I didn't honestly understand the hubbub. Yes, it's written using unconventional grammar, but beyond that it was an interesting story but not a page-turner. I just started "Unorthodox," which is the memoir that inspired the Netflix miniseries of the same name. I found the Netflix show to be pretty good, other than an odd time acceleration that implied that a lot of events seemed to happen over the course of about 5 days. The book is much more detailed and very interesting. I recommend it--particularly if you haven't seen the Netflix series yet, but even if you have. It's the story of a woman who escapes her ultra-orthodox childhood in Williamsburg and moves to Berlin. | |||
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| knitterati Beatification Candidate  |
I want to read Love in the Time of Cholera. I don’t know anything about it, but the title keeps popping into my head. I also want to read MacBeth. Because we are at Lady MacBeth-level hand washing.
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| Minor Deity |
I have been thinking the same thing. I chose "Murmur of the Bees" as it popped up as recommended on Amazon..I thought for bee reasons. Turns out several chapters take place during the 1918 flu pandemic.  Still it is very good reading.
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| Minor Deity |
This is beautifully written and good lessons for our times. 
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| Pinta & the Santa Maria Has Achieved Nirvana |
I just finished reading "Unorthodox," the memoir that inspired the Netflix miniseries. It was fascinating... dealt with her life up to the point of leaving her Hasidic community, and slightly beyond. The miniseries took a LOT of artistic license! But what was interesting about the book were the details about her community, the ritual, the things that only someone from there would know. I'd recommend it. I'm currently reading her followup, "Exodus," which picks up pretty much right where the previous book left off. | |||
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| Minor Deity |
Nina, that is next on my list. You might like this interview with her from Dutch arts org TV. She has many more details she didn't put into the book. She also mentioned that she lost some control over the book when she signed the deal. She was just too young and inexperienced to know better. Deborah Feldman interview
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| Serial origamist Has Achieved Nirvana |
I finished In a Sunburned Country. It was good and interestingly, it came out the same year as the year when I first visited Australia. But by the end of it, I found Bill Bryson’s writing predictable and a bit tedious. Going for something completely different, I’m now reading A Rose for Virtue by Nora Lofts, a historical novel about Hortense Beauharnais. Not my usual fare, but well written. A couple years ago, I read her novel A Wayside Tavern which was enjoyable. I have sworn off reading the news on my phone at bedtime. I have a house full of books I haven’t read.
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| Unrepentant Dork Gadfly  |
I want to read the book as well. Apparently, there has been some backlash (in the form of swamping sites with negative reviews) from her former community. Lots of accusing her of lying, standing up for the community and people in it, etc. My guess is that the truth lies somewhere between the two extremes, though that doesn’t negate her memory of her experiences.
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| Minor Deity |
Interesting..as I thought they were not allowed the use of internet? In a short interview online, she gives a very concise history of how the communities came to be..and their legacy of suffering (much self inflicted). I encourage you to watch the longer interview in my above post..some elements were surprising...her parents for one and her ex husband...don't want to offer spoilers here, but not things that made it into the book. What comes out of it is that she is very self aware, is in control of her own life, and she has a lovely sense of humor. All sorts of sects fascinate me.. Mormons as well. There are so many common threads in them all.
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| twit Beatification Candidate |
Just finished "Why We Sleep" - excellent and highly recommended. Few understand the impact of sleep deprivation on health. This book discusses some of the impact of poor sleep on health both mental and physical. Also covers some intervention that people take and their impact - both positive and negative. Currently reading "Lifespan" - interesting book discussing the work on treating aging as a disease condition that can be addressed through lifestyle and medical intervention. The book is fairly current on recent work done in the field. | |||
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| Pinta & the Santa Maria Has Achieved Nirvana |
I totally agree. I didn't want to do spoilers, either, but there's a lot that didn't make it to the screen that helps clarify a lot of different people's behaviors. | |||
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| knitterati Beatification Candidate |
Not reading it yet, but Unorthodox on Netflix is great treadmill fodder. Incentives!
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