Summer reading recommendations

[bluemtnrunner]

I am reading Water for Elephants on my Kindle--a new experience.

Those things freak me out. Didn't Asimov write a short story in which two kids find a paper book and are fascinated because they can turn the back a few pages. They had always had electronic books and could only read forward, never go back.


Maybe I need to read Asimov this summer.

 

[GoodWitch58]

Those things freak me out. Didn't Asimov write a short story in which two kids find a paper book and are fascinated because they can turn the back a few pages. They had always had electronic books and could only read forward, never go back.


Maybe I need to read Asimov this summer.

It is different, but you can go back to the previous page..

One of my favorite books is The Last Summer of the World by Emily Mitchell. Not exactly light reading, but some of the most beautiful writing...

 

[Poodleone]

Funny- Water for Elephants was the first one on my list for sister! I think I read it because of the recommendation on this forum last summer (I'll look for that thread too).

Lots of good ideas- I'll be forwarding the suggestions, then making a shopping/library borrowing list for myself. Thanks all!

 

[Matt J]

This website has tons of recommendations:

http://www.smart*****estrashybooks.com/

 

[Matt J]

Okay the above address was edited by the board. It's smartbiatches, but with the traditional spelling.

 

[Beach Runner]

Newsweek's Top 100 Books

From this week's edition:
Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List | Newsweek Books | Newsweek.com
I've read 1,2,4,5,8,9,10,11,12,15,16,18,19,21,23,36,40,41, 46 (in French), 47 through 54,59,61,62,63,68,72 times 2, 74,78.79.70,85,91.96. That's pretty good for a math major. But where's the Dostoyevsky? I was totally into that as an undergrad. Wrote a great paper on the relationship between that and the theatre of the absurd. Loved Beckett. Why isn't Godel Escher Bach on the list?

Now I just don't have the time to read anything but math and computer books, but I have been influenced to read a few not of that genre. I love Prince of Tides which is not in that list.

Right now I am reading Better Than Beauty suggested to me by my daughter. Why didn't my mother teach me this $hit, embarrassing me as a 50-yo by having to be taught this by my child? Her ulterior motive, of course, is that I won't embarrass her at the wedding festivities.

Next book on her list for me is The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

 

[GoodWitch58]

Great list--I have read most of them; I agree some really good ones are missing.

Thanks for posting.

 

[wadzilla]

Respectfully Poodleone, why don't you suggest that she write instead of reading. Encourage her to tap into her own creativity instead. Create instead of being entertained, enjoy exploring her own talents and discover her own perspectives.

 

[Poodleone]

Respectfully Poodleone, why don't you suggest that she write instead of reading. Encourage her to tap into her own creativity instead. Create instead of being entertained, enjoy exploring her own talents and discover her own perspectives.

Interesting suggestion. Sister is a creative person in other aspects of her life- reading is a relaxation. And like many of us at this stage of life, she is exploring old (and new) talents. How is your writing coming along?

 

[wadzilla]

I try to stick to poetry because the rhythm and flow put a slight constraint on an overly active imagination. My unencumbered, unedited, humor would not be welcome here.