Some good reading
Since I don't subscribe to cable I have to make good
use of my down time. I spend a lot of this time
reading. I've always enjoyed reading, and I find it a
great way to pass the time. I thought I'd highlight a
couple books I read this past year that I thought
were good.
Hungry Planet: What The World Eats - The premise of this book is an interesting one. A husband a wife team, one a writer the other a photographer, travelled the world and found families that would let them live with them for a week. The family would do their weekly grocery shopping and a photo would be taken of all the food that the family bought. A family recipe was also included. What makes the book so interesting is to see the various kinds of foods, how healthy some parts of the world are compared to others, and to see how much is spent on food by various cultures. Every story in the book was interesting, and the photos were spectacular.
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows - Yes, I realize I am 36 and this is a kids book, but J. K. Rowling writes in a way that makes it entertaining for all ages; plus, I read the other six books, can't very well not read the last one. I thought all the books of the series were great. It's a great story, the kind of thing I wish was around when I was young, maybe I would have read more. This book nicely wraps everything up.
You Suck: A Love Story - I love Christopher Moore. I have every one of his books, and I find them all entertaining. This book is a continuation of Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story, so I recommend reading that one first.
The Fourth Bear: A Nursery Crime - Jasper Fforde has two lines of books that I read. First is the Nursery Crime books, which features Jack Spratt of the Nursery Crime Division of the Reading Police Department. In their world there is a such thing as fictional Nursery Rhyme creatures, and it makes for a great story. His other line of books are the Thursday Next series, which I also recommend. Jasper Fforde has a lot of the humor and great storytelling that Christopher Moore has.
People's History of The United States - I've been reading this book for a while. I pull it out at lunch when I have a chance and read a few pages. Howard Zinn is pretty controversial, and you shouldn't take everything in this book as fact, but it is a great history book. It's basically a book of history told through the people that lived at that time, through journals, newspaper articles, interviews, etc. This kind of lets you cut through the censored media to see what was really going on at the time, but it also presents you with a new problem, since a lot of this writing can't be backed up by hard facts. Still, I recommend it to anyone wanting to see the history of The United States from a different view.
Hungry Planet: What The World Eats - The premise of this book is an interesting one. A husband a wife team, one a writer the other a photographer, travelled the world and found families that would let them live with them for a week. The family would do their weekly grocery shopping and a photo would be taken of all the food that the family bought. A family recipe was also included. What makes the book so interesting is to see the various kinds of foods, how healthy some parts of the world are compared to others, and to see how much is spent on food by various cultures. Every story in the book was interesting, and the photos were spectacular.
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows - Yes, I realize I am 36 and this is a kids book, but J. K. Rowling writes in a way that makes it entertaining for all ages; plus, I read the other six books, can't very well not read the last one. I thought all the books of the series were great. It's a great story, the kind of thing I wish was around when I was young, maybe I would have read more. This book nicely wraps everything up.
You Suck: A Love Story - I love Christopher Moore. I have every one of his books, and I find them all entertaining. This book is a continuation of Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story, so I recommend reading that one first.
The Fourth Bear: A Nursery Crime - Jasper Fforde has two lines of books that I read. First is the Nursery Crime books, which features Jack Spratt of the Nursery Crime Division of the Reading Police Department. In their world there is a such thing as fictional Nursery Rhyme creatures, and it makes for a great story. His other line of books are the Thursday Next series, which I also recommend. Jasper Fforde has a lot of the humor and great storytelling that Christopher Moore has.
People's History of The United States - I've been reading this book for a while. I pull it out at lunch when I have a chance and read a few pages. Howard Zinn is pretty controversial, and you shouldn't take everything in this book as fact, but it is a great history book. It's basically a book of history told through the people that lived at that time, through journals, newspaper articles, interviews, etc. This kind of lets you cut through the censored media to see what was really going on at the time, but it also presents you with a new problem, since a lot of this writing can't be backed up by hard facts. Still, I recommend it to anyone wanting to see the history of The United States from a different view.
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