~What Are You Reading? JUNE 2019

sunala · ‎03-09-2010

Happy June to our Book Club!

What are you reading today? Please share your favorite books, your worst books, or any reading experience you've had. We'd love to hear from you.

Welcome to all our new members!

"That's a great first pancake."
Lady Gaga, to Tony Bennett

Doxies4us · ‎06-13-2012

America for Beginners ... so good!

Catty2 · ‎09-06-2014

I just started reading Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman. It's been on my list of books to read for awhile. Will report back when I'm done about how I liked it.

Chicagosuburbangirl · ‎04-14-2018

Beauty for Ashes, Joyce Meyer.

abbalulu · ‎03-20-2012

The Sugarhouse Blues by Mariah Stewart, which is book number two in a trilogy about three sisters who must restore an old theater in order to claim an inheritance. I am enjoying this series. It's a light, interesting read with a bit of romance thrown into the mix.

Yes, My Accent is Real by Kunal Nayyar who was the actor who played Raj on the Big Bang Theory.

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."
Groucho Marx

Loveac · ‎03-23-2010

The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian. So far, I like it!

judy0330 · ‎01-03-2011

I just finished The Flight Attendant and am now reading The Silent Patient. Very good so far. I have to hurry up and finish because I have Where the Crawdads Sing waiting in the wings.

pateacher · ‎04-16-2010

I completed Enchantress of Numbers by Jennifer Chiaverini.

I was interested to learn that a woman was in the forefront of understanding how computers could be applied to everyday life.

This morning I began The Last Romantic by Tara Conklin.

@judy0330 I thoroughly enjoyed The Silent Patient and Where the Crawdads Sing.

ALRATIBA · ‎07-15-2016

I just started a fantastic book ... I can't stop tellng people about it (and watch their eyes glaze over in the midst of my talk). I have the Kindle version and it's always with me and I can quickly pull out the Kindle and read various passages to my "rapt" audience.

It's by James V. Schall S.J. (that's Society of Jesus . aka Jesuit for those who aren't familiar with S.J.) and is entitled On the Life of the Mind: On the Joys and Travails of Thinking.

Not long ago, a friend asked me why I'm always "studying" stuff ... and my answer was "I like to know stuff ... for the sake of knowing." This book reflects my thinking. I can spend hours just knitting and "thinking" about stuff. I'm the kid who always asks "Why?"

From the blurb at Amazon:

In The Life of the Mind, Georgetown University’s James V. Schall takes up the task of reminding us that, as human beings, we naturally take a special delight and pleasure in simply knowing. Because we have not only bodies but also minds, we are built to know what is. In this volume, Schall .... (snip) ... discusses the various ways of approaching the delight of thinking and the way that this delight begins in seeing and hearing and even in making and walking. We must be attentive to and cultivate the needs of the mind, argues Schall, for it is through our intellect that all that is not ourselves is finally returned to us, allowing us to live in the light of truth.