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Decemberrrrrr
We didn't get any 6 - 8 inches of snow last night. It's more like 4 - 5, leaning closer to 4. Just enough to be a real pain to deal with. I hope the roads have been cleared. Our street looks good so I'm sure the bigger thoroughfares are, too.
Welcome to December in Chicagoland.
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Barbara Bradley Hagerty: Fingerprints of God: The Search for the Science of Spirituality
Only gets stars because the writing style was quite good. The content, however, annoyed me to no end. (**)
Frans de Waal: Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved (Princeton Science Library)
Great stuff, plenty to think about. A very dense book, filled with questions and hypotheses re: innate morality, if it exists for humans and our closest ancestors, the apes. Too much to absorb in one read. (*****)
Alain De Botton: The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
I'll save you the read, "Every job is made up of all sorts of little jobs you hardly ever think about, from the guy who designs the buildings to the dudes who make the toilets." There you go. (**)
Carolyn Wall: Sweeping Up Glass
And all-consuming read, complex without ever losing the tension. My only complaint, the action packed into the end of the book, and the somewhat improbability of the denouement. A writer to keep an eye on. (****)
Brian Williams: Tunnels (Tunnels Books)
My boys love this series! And I love seeing them addicted to any books. I enjoyed much of this novel. Yes, it has its iffy moments, but overall I think it's imaginative and well-written. (***)
Nick Laird: Glover's Mistake
About a generally good person who does a series of borderline bad things, acting out his low self-esteem in reaction to jealousy. Hard to put down. (****)
Howard Jacobson: The Act of Love: A Novel
One of the most despicable narrators you'll ever come across. A horrible, manipulative man, brilliantly drawn. (*****)
Julie Metz: Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal
After her husband's death, a woman finds out about the extent of his infidelities - so many it's hard to believe he had so much time on his hands, actually. (***)
Peter Manseau: Rag and Bone: A Journey Among the World's Holy Dead
Educational and fun! Very intelligent, literate exploration of religious relics and what they mean to the faithful. (****)
Katherine Russell Rich: Dreaming in Hindi
Publication date July 2009: More a textbook on linguistics than a true memoir. It was tough not putting it aside. Could have been 100 pp. shorter. Review: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2DEKYHFB735FW/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm (***)
Kate Morton: The Forgotten Garden: A Novel
Engrossing inter-generational tale that owes much to Burnett's a Secret Garden. Lots of twists and turns; hard to put down. (****)
Sofie Laguna: One Foot Wrong
Publication Date August 2009: A young girl held captive by her fundamentalist Christian parents slides into insanity. (****)
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