Subject: RE: BS: Current reading list - any good books? From: Noreen Date: 20 Nov 01 - 02:04 PM The information society- a study of continuity and change by John Feather, and The Realities of Human Resource Management by Sisson and Storey. Well, you asked! You don't want all my reading lists do you? *grin* (The former is far more interesting to me than the latter, btw!) Noreen |
Subject: RE: BS: Current reading list - any good books? From: JenEllen Date: 20 Nov 01 - 01:49 PM kat, I'll send you the other Schoen book (provided I can find it in that death trap I call a studio) A little too touchy-feely for me, but there is some good stuff in it. I'm like Mortee (eeek!) and have a few going, but the latest treasure is a 75 year old copy of the complete novelettes of Balzac that I scooped up for a quarter. It is filling in the spot of 'weekend curl-up reading' that is usually reserved for short stories. That's a question for you... Do you save things for reading at certain times? Think "Oh, I'll save that for the weekend" or do you dive right in as soon as you lay your grubby little mitts on it? ~J |
Subject: RE: BS: Current reading list - any good books? From: Mac Tattie Date: 20 Nov 01 - 01:30 PM Ed McBain for me or Ramond Chandler. Have to keep re-reading the old stuff of course so shearch out books in every charity shop I find. At the moment I still have half-a-dozen in a stock. cheers |
Subject: RE: BS: Current reading list - any good books? From: Sorcha Date: 20 Nov 01 - 12:44 PM I love the DePre books. Laff your socks off, you will. You are not going to believe this, but I just finished one called...............wait for it................................................Songcatcher. NO, it is NOT the one the movie is based on. It is by Sharyn McCrumb, and it's wonderful! All of her books are good. |
Subject: RE: BS: Current reading list - any good books? From: Midchuck Date: 20 Nov 01 - 12:08 PM The Gabriel DuPre books by Peter Bowen. But don't read them if you're a capital-E Environmentalist, they'll just piss you off. Even though Bowen is a real environmentalist. Peter. |
Subject: RE: BS: Current reading list - any good books? From: Gervase Date: 20 Nov 01 - 12:05 PM At the moment it's English Passengers by Matthew Kneale - a stunning book set in 19th Century Tasmania and told from about a dozen different perspectives. Just finished Redcoat by Richard Holmes and thoroughly enjoyed that - it's a stunning and accessible history of the ordinary British soldier over two centuries, culled from diaries, letters and memoirs. A damned good read. |
Subject: RE: BS: Current reading list - any good books? From: katlaughing Date: 20 Nov 01 - 12:04 PM LOVE Atwood's stuff, Mortee. Have you also tried Marge Piercy? I think you'd like her, as well. |
Subject: RE: BS: Current reading list - any good books? From: Morticia Date: 20 Nov 01 - 11:59 AM Pretty much everything I can get my hands on by Margaret Atwood at the moment, at least downstairs....upstairs is Edith Pargeter and in the loo is Rosemary Jarman...oh, and Nancy Mitford's Madame de Pompadour for those few stray minutes when I'm waiting for something to down load on the computer.Book addict.....who, me?????? |
Subject: Current reading list - any good books? From: katlaughing Date: 20 Nov 01 - 11:54 AM I have just finished a couple of really interesting books and thought I'd share them with you and ask you to share what you are currently reading or have just done. Who knows, someone might get some good holiday gift ideas from this, too.:-) Just finished Calculating God by Rovert J. Sawyer. It's a Nebula Award winner, the author is Canadian and it takes place mostly in Toronto. From the synopsis: Both alien races believe this (the same cataclsymic events happening on their two worlds as happened on Earth, at the same time) proves the existence of God: i.e., He's obviously been playing with the evolution of life on each of these planets. Aliens from both planets land at a museum in Toronto and basically say take me to your paleontologist, who helps them investigate Earth's evolutionary history. From there, Sawyer tells a fast-paced, morally and intellectually challenging science fiction story... There's much more to it than that. It is well-written and very thought-provoking to read. Another I just finished in The Angel is Near "created by" Deepak Chopra and Martin Greenberg. Parallel times, multiple choice scenarios for the characters as they confront a saga of good and evil in an ultimate contest. Deceptively simple in its writing, this one is also very thought-provoking. Currently working on: Kindred Spirit: How the remarkable bond between humans and animals can change the way we live by Allen M. Schoen, D.V.M., M.S. also author of Love, Miracles, and Animal Healing. Haven't read the latter, but will based on the former. It is really incredible! Spirit Horse recommended to me by a Mudcatter who is friends with the author, Ned Ackerman. This is a young adult book of a classic theme, a young Native American boy proving himself through adversity and a spiritual connection to the Spirit Horse. Very well written and a great read. The descriptions are beautiful. Net Force-CyberNation "created by" Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik and written by Steve Perry. VERY interesting, I am only a little way into it, but bascially it is the year 2012, the government has a branch of the FBI called Net Force which is charged with keeping the WEB safe, up and running, etc. CyberNation is a group of savvy computer geeks and people all over the world who believe they can create a country which exists only in cyberdom and they aim to gain status as such, on par with Real World nations, even if it means using terrorist tactics to achieve it. I'd be interested to know if any of you have read this and how much of it is possible, technology-wise, etc. The blurb calls it "A powerful examination of America's defense and intelligence systems of the future." SO, what are you reading?:-) Thanks, kat |
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