What are you reading?

17 February 2020, 02:37 PM

quote:
Originally posted by CHAS:
The Miracle of Mindfulness:An Introduction to
the Practice of Meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh

Interesting choice.

What a fascinating person.

17 February 2020, 04:36 PM

piqué

I'm in the middle of reading Jan Swafford's biography of Brahms. I've always been interested in learning more about the personality behind the music, and i haven't been disappointed. He was quite the young heartthrob in his time, with many crushes from the young and even older women around him. I keep being reminded of my time in Germany and Austria, including a trip I made to the Brahmshaus museum in Baden-Baden. The elderly curator went through the photo collection with me and emitted a few girlish sighs over the young swain Brahms. He *was* pretty!

I'm also reminded of our piano parties and music making over the years. Music created wonderful fellowship in his life as it has in ours.

Fun adjunct to the book is googling each piece as it is mentioned and listening online as i read about it.

18 February 2020, 07:38 PM

wtg

A Warning, by Anonymous.

Every voter should read it.

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We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. - Australian Aboriginal proverb

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18 February 2020, 07:53 PM

CHAS

The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton
Why? I don't know.

18 February 2020, 09:36 PM

Nina

quote:
Originally posted by piqué:
I'm in the middle of reading Jan Swafford's biography of Brahms. I've always been interested in learning more about the personality behind the music, and i haven't been disappointed. He was quite the young heartthrob in his time, with many crushes from the young and even older women around him. I keep being reminded of my time in Germany and Austria, including a trip I made to the Brahmshaus museum in Baden-Baden. The elderly curator went through the photo collection with me and emitted a few girlish sighs over the young swain Brahms. He *was* pretty!

I'm also reminded of our piano parties and music making over the years. Music created wonderful fellowship in his life as it has in ours.

Fun adjunct to the book is googling each piece as it is mentioned and listening online as i read about it.

I loved that book.

18 February 2020, 11:42 PM

Steve Miller

quote:
Originally posted by CHAS:
The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton
Why? I don't know.

Zimmer likes Merton. Not sure why.

19 February 2020, 12:12 AM

CHAS

quote:
Originally posted by Steve Miller:
quote:
Originally posted by CHAS:
The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton
Why? I don't know.

Zimmer likes Merton. Not sure why.

Don’t know that I like Merton yet.

19 February 2020, 10:19 AM

kluurs

Merton was a decent guy - but I don't know what the fuss was about. He was a product of his times.

Recently finished...
The Year of Less by Cait Flanders
Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhligg
Caffeine by Michael Pollan
Early by Sarah DiGregaria
My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsnburg
A Very Stable Genius By Phillip Rucker, Carol Leonnig
Year Zero by Ian Buruma

At the moment, reading
Successful Aging by Daniel Levitin
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

31 March 2020, 05:39 PM

BeeLady

Thank goodness for Kindle!

With all my spare time these days, I am loving..

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31 March 2020, 06:00 PM

DaleH

I daydreamed my way through American history in high school, but I'm loving this -

31 March 2020, 07:23 PM

Steve Miller

I just finished "On the Beach"

Not sure why I put myself through that again but in some ways it was inspiring.

31 March 2020, 07:32 PM

wtg

Re-reading the Nero Wolfe mysteries by Rex Stout, from the beginning and in the order they were published.

Pure escapism.

31 March 2020, 07:36 PM

Steve Miller

quote:
Originally posted by wtg:
Re-reading the Nero Wolfe mysteries by Rex Stout, from the beginning and in the order they were published.

Pure escapism.

I had forgotten about those - all 47 of them. And they're on Audible!

Can't wait to get started!

31 March 2020, 07:50 PM

pianojuggler

The last thing I started was Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson. I really like his style.

I just don't have (or don't make) much time to read these days.

Maybe I should read a book for an hour before bed instead of reading the news on my phone. I would probably sleep better.

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31 March 2020, 08:00 PM

wtg

Steve - Have you seen the A&E series with Timothy Huttton as Archie and a wonderful actor named Maury Chaykin as Wolfe? I think it was way better than the William Conrad series.

I can send you my DVDs (set of 8 discs with two or three novels/novellas per disc) if you want to watch them. I don't think they're currently available new, and the used copies are absurdly expensive.

Great video binge.