Many of you have written asking for a list of the 11 books I mentioned in the last post, that the four of us knocked off on our road trip. Here it is. I will leave it to you to figure out who read what! A Man Called Ove: A Novel, by Fredrik Backman A Storm […]
Farewell to a Great Story-teller
One of my favorite American authors, Pat Conroy, passed away on Friday. Here’s how NPR reported it: Pat Conroy, the beloved author of The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline and The Prince of Tides, has died. Conroy — who announced last month that he had pancreatic cancer — died Friday night at his home among his family in Beaufort, S.C. […]
Books: The Last Five and the Next Five
In a slight variation of the “books I read this year” type post, here are 2 lists: the last five books I read in 2015, and the first five books I intend to read in 2016. The Last Five (starting from most recent) Looming Transitions: Starting and finishing well in cross-cultural service, by Amy Young […]
Iceland Reading
When I travel, especially to new places, I like to read up on the places I am visiting. Since I’m headed to Iceland today for a short visit (IcelandAir had a package deal that was too good to pass up), here’s whats on my kindle for the trip: Iceland, Defrosted, by Edward Hancox The Little Book […]
A Book for Today
In light of today’s date (June 4), allow me to recommend a book: The People’s Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited, by Louisa Lim. From the Amazon description: On June 4, 1989, People’s Liberation Army soldiers opened fire on unarmed civilians in Beijing, killing untold hundreds of people. A quarter-century later, this defining event remains buried […]
A Book for St. Patrick’s Day
If you haven’t done so already, today would be a great day to start reading How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland’s Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe, by Thomas Cahill. Here’s the blurb from Amazon: The perfect St. Patrick’s Day gift, and a book […]
