It’s a given that reading is an important part of solitude, silence and simplicity, so I’m not surprised that people keep asking me what I’m reading here at the cottage. As I’ve mentioned, I have a variety of books going at same time. I also want to report that I am doing better at finishing the books I’ve started, a commitment that I made after reading Nina Sankovitch’s Tolstoy and the Purple Chair. Of course, lurking in the background, there is always the Queen, in The Uncommon Reader, ready to shame any of us if we get so lazy that we stop reading altogether.
Here is my list for this week. I know, it probably appears rather unsystematic, sporadic and random, but in my defense, I’m a rather hyper kind of person; concentrating on one topic for very long, or sitting for hours on end with a book, just isn’t my style, so I need a variety of books. And besides, if I can’t choose whatever I damn well want to read, where is my personal authority (PA) anyway? So be it.
Just finished:
• Being Alive and Having to Die: The spiritual odyssey of Forrest Church, by Dan Cryer
• The Shattered Lantern: Rediscovering A Felt Presence of God, by Ronald Rolheiser
• The Country of Pointed Firs, by Sarah Orne Jewett
In the middle of:
• Dante in Love, A.N.Wilson
• The Path of Least Resistance: Principles for Creating What You Want to Create, by Robert Fritz
• The Art of Keeping Secrets, by Patti Callahan Henry
Ready to start:
• The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, Its Regions and their Peoples, by David Gilmour
• Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness, by David Steindl-Rast
• Truth & Beauty, Ann Patchett
As you may notice, I’m into Italian history, religion and for balance, a soap opera kind of novel.
This list is for today. I wonder what I’ll find at the library this weekend? Can you imagine what it’s like living across the street from the library? I can, because I do.
Here is my list for this week. I know, it probably appears rather unsystematic, sporadic and random, but in my defense, I’m a rather hyper kind of person; concentrating on one topic for very long, or sitting for hours on end with a book, just isn’t my style, so I need a variety of books. And besides, if I can’t choose whatever I damn well want to read, where is my personal authority (PA) anyway? So be it.
Just finished:
• Being Alive and Having to Die: The spiritual odyssey of Forrest Church, by Dan Cryer
• The Shattered Lantern: Rediscovering A Felt Presence of God, by Ronald Rolheiser
• The Country of Pointed Firs, by Sarah Orne Jewett
In the middle of:
• Dante in Love, A.N.Wilson
• The Path of Least Resistance: Principles for Creating What You Want to Create, by Robert Fritz
• The Art of Keeping Secrets, by Patti Callahan Henry
Ready to start:
• The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, Its Regions and their Peoples, by David Gilmour
• Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness, by David Steindl-Rast
• Truth & Beauty, Ann Patchett
As you may notice, I’m into Italian history, religion and for balance, a soap opera kind of novel.
This list is for today. I wonder what I’ll find at the library this weekend? Can you imagine what it’s like living across the street from the library? I can, because I do.