Am workong on a weird one hubby got me a few years ago that i never read "The Simpsons and Philosophy." It is an interesting beginning look at philosophy and they use the simpsons to explain it, both as how it fits into pop culture and how it relates to philosophy. They also did a similar book about Seinfeld.
I am enjoying it so far, though it is compiled of several essays by different authors and some of the essays are a bit less interesting. Or that is to say, some of them are writeen where a normal person can understand and others are written in so many circles that it is difficult to grasp what they are trying to convey.
So far though I am enjoying it.
Currently reading 1st to Die by James Patterson, and just finished another of his Beach House. I really enjoy his style of writing. I think I will start a collection of his books.
Virginia
I loved Lovely Bones. We read it in our small reading book club which meets about 1 Sunday every two months or so. We have to read The Red Tent now so I will keep you posted on that one. It is about DInah who was in the bible. I think it is about Jewish women and their lot in biblical times.
Another book I just got fromour hospital shop - I cannot remember the correct title but an American one - something to do with Sweet Potato Queens? Really rather good.
There are loads I have forgotten about but will try to remember. One by Laurie Graham and English writer (I think a journalist) but writing about the war and about the American army over in UK and about the lot of the wives who came to be with them.
Toast by Nigel Slater was very enjoyable. He is a chef in UK and it is his life. Very sad in bits because his mum dies when he is young and his father remarries and it is obvious the woman does not like the boy and only wants his father for a roof over her head. Not all doom and gloom though. English readers of a certain age will get nostalgic for the food he mentions when growing up as a child but I think also American ones would get something from it as well particularly his description of England at the time.
There was a similar one but I cannot remember the title. Basically something like "Where did it all go right?" Andrew something. On the cover which really cracked me up instead of saying they F*** you up, your mum and dad it said They tucked him up, his mum and dad. It is an antidote to all those books about someone being abused or hating their life. The way he tells it, the worst thing was a girl laughing because his pedal bike still had stabilizers!! It gave me a cozy warm feeling to read it!
I am also a big fan of the Stephanie Plum book by Janet Evanovich. Love em!
I am reading "Quicksilver" by Neil Stepheson. It is rather invloved, but once I got past the first part it was amazing. Especially if you are kinda geeky (which I am). I am also starting "The Waves" by Virginia Woolf for my book club.
Oops. Forgot to mention By Myself by Lauren Bacall - yep the film star. A great book. I loved it when she first met Bogie (Humphrey Bogart) and thought Yuck! Then went on to have a love affair with him! She sounds such a nice person and you wrm to the shy girl that she was. Who would believe she was like that when they see her on the screen!
My Dad was a code clerk during the war, and I don't know as much about it as I'd like to.
