tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027396262323848722.post7473128068053265462..comments2024-02-16T03:32:29.972-05:00Comments on Lotsa Laundry: Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06668252458131596362noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027396262323848722.post-40914538841529562912010-08-24T10:18:00.393-04:002010-08-24T10:18:00.393-04:00The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks is excellent....The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks is excellent.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15460136246441367993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027396262323848722.post-51332656752899244022010-08-20T11:56:35.276-04:002010-08-20T11:56:35.276-04:00Woodbrook by David Thomson.Woodbrook by David Thomson.YourFireAnthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03428838843235292696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9027396262323848722.post-68871769848171723502010-08-20T11:30:07.865-04:002010-08-20T11:30:07.865-04:00Did you ever read Robert Sullivan's _Rats: Obs...Did you ever read Robert Sullivan's _Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants_? It's fascinating, nay compelling, and lends itself well to reading in little bits. Also, I just re-read _The Subway Chronicles_, ed. Jacqueline Cangro, and it held up. Short takes on the NYC subway from a number of different authors. I started reading _Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory_ by Ben Macintyre a while ago based on a NYTimes book review, but didn't end up finding it as interesting as it sounded -- but I still want to dip back in. Other good reads from the past year: Jasper Rees, _A Devil to Play: One Man's Year-Long Quest to Master the Orchestra's Most Difficult Instrument_; Margaret Atwood, _Payback: The Shadow Side of Wealth_; Maryanne Wolf, _Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain_; and Tom Vanderbilt, _Traffic: Why We Drive The Way We Do (And What It Says About Us)_ (maybe less compelling if you're not driving regularly).<br /><br />For good old-fashioned escapism (but not non-fiction) there's The 39 Clues series, which I picked up to vet for Zeke and found myself rather hooked on.<br /><br />Let me know if you end up reading, and liking, any of these!Heide Esteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08022964463219865228noreply@blogger.com