[stylist] what have you been reading?

Fri Jun 1 02:31:10 UTC 2012

I've been reading a few poetry anthologies and the 2012 Old Farmer's 
Almanac.  I've never seen one of them before and they have some pretty 
fascinating things in there.
I've also been reading the astrological signs of the Chinese lunar cycle. 
I've a couple of astronomy books to look at, too.
Barbara

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. -- Carl Sandburg
-----Original Message----- 
From: Chris Kuell
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 10:33 AM
To: Stylist
Subject: [stylist] what have you been reading?

"If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to 
write."
Stephen King, On Writing, p. 147

Here's what I've read since the last time I posted about books:

The Testament by John Grisham  (1999)

Grisham usually spins a pretty good tale, and this one was no exception. An 
eccentric billionaire proves he's sane, then commits suicide, leaving all 
his money to an illegitimate daughter and his asshole children fighting for 
the crumbs.

Catching Fire: Hunger Games book 2 by Suzanne Collins (2009)

A very solid sequel to the original Hunger Games.

Mockingjay: Hunger Games 3 by Suzanne Collins  (2010)

I know a lot of people were probably disappointed with this end to the 
trilogy, but I disagree. I think Collins did a great job of being 
unpredictable, yet realistic when it comes to a country at war with itself. 
Two thumbs up from me.

Open Season by Archer Mayor  (1988)

The first Joe Gunther' novel, it's a reasonably good mystery about how 
members of a jury who convicted a black man of murder are being killed or 
set-up, and Gunther has to figure out who the real killer was.

Thirteen Moons by Charles Frasier  (2006)

An enjoyable novel by the author of 'Cold Mountain', it's about a white boy 
who is sold into servitude in the early 1800s, is adopted by Cherokee 
Indians, then becomes a lawyer to fight for them, buy land for them, and 
fail in attempting to stop the Trail of Tears.

Change Your Thoughts, Change Your life: Living the Tao Te ching by Wayne 
Dyer

About 2600 years ago, around the time of Confucius, a Chinese sage named Lao 
Tzu wrote 81 verses to explain life and how to live it in accordance with 
the Tao, which can't be defined, but is sort of God and Nature and the way 
life on our planet is designed. Dyer reads and reflects on each of the 81 
verses, talking about how we can incorporate these ideas into our 21st 
century lives.

These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauff  (2011)

A completely forgettable novel about a young woman, who at 16, is convicted 
of murdering her baby. The town's 'golden girl', she goes away for 6 years, 
gets released, and ends up working for the couple who adopted the twin of 
the baby she didn't really kill, because her crazy sister did it! Sorry for 
the spoiler, but I just saved you a lot of time.

Fall of Giants by Ken Follett  (2010)

If you never really understood how the murder of an Austrian Prince lead to 
World War I, you will by the end of this massive, thousand page novel-the 
first of a trilogy. The writing is solid, the characters interesting, but in 
my opinion, it's simply too damn long.

- chris

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