What Are You Reading?

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Comment by Janet G on March 7, 2012 at 1:52pm

I read this book awhile back..but it still a great read..I'm thinking about reading it again.
Its a fictional depiction of Michelangalo,includes his bibliography.glossary and list of his work.
Irving Stone ~The Agony and The Ecstasy

Comment by Gareth Asher on March 6, 2012 at 6:27pm

An interesting read about a huge underground community of people living in the subway tunnels below New York City. 

The Mole People

written by: Jennifer Toth

Comment by Gareth Asher on January 23, 2012 at 5:23pm

By E. E. Cummings 1894–1962

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)

i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you


here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart


i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

Comment by Gareth Asher on December 27, 2011 at 10:56am

I began my morning by reading the first half of Ralph Waldo Emerson's 'Self Reliance'.

Reading 1st thing in the morning is another form of meditation for me; a quiet time where I let go of the old, and bring in the new. Of course it has to be a worthy material to reach this level of peace, and Emerson's writing rarely disappoints. I highly recommend getting familiar with his writing. It may guide you into discovery, like it has done for me today. Here is a excerpt from chapter 2 'Self Reliance' which opened my eyes a little wider:

"It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude."

What are you reading today?

Comment by Gareth Asher on November 26, 2011 at 10:06am

This book came to me on "A Night To Get It Right" from a speaker who was doing her part to share a positive message with everyone.  It is a collection of authors and their secrets at practicing civility. I'm only through a few chapters and I am enjoying the read and thoughts that it is provoking within me. 

"With one choice, one word, one kind gesture, one moment of consideration, you can change someone's life. In one committed moment of courage you can show your true character. You have the power to create positive, lasting change simply by choosing civility. - Lew Bayer

Comment by Nikki Rose on November 9, 2011 at 1:45pm

For my Birthday one of my really close girlfriends bought me a book, the cover alone was soooo intriguing that I couldn't help but start it........it's called Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculilar Children.............VERY GOOD Read people :)

Comment by Gareth Asher on August 26, 2011 at 10:39am

A different spin on business, and ways to succeed doing it on your own. Recommended by Seth Godin on the cover, by Ms. Emily Kate in person, and by me here :)

Comment by JPHK on June 7, 2011 at 6:53pm

I've grown to hate American politics because the corruption is so entrenched that I don't know where to begin to fix it.  So I mostly avoid the discussion, vote on election day for the least evil choice, and hope beyond hope that something new is coming.   

 

I randomly picked up "Patriotic Grace" by Peggy Noonan when I needed an airplane book the other week.  It was $5 and small enough to fit in my purse, and I've liked her WSJ stuff over the years.

When I opened the book, I was blown away.  The introduction had been posted as an excerpt in the WSJ in 2008.  I read it on a plane then too, and I liked it so much I kept it.  She gave voice to so many things I haven't been able to formalize.  She wrote the book before this last election, when the McCain / Obama campaign was just gearing up.  She was asking the politicians to relearn dignity and grace.

"I was starting to feel that Washington was a city run by two rival gangs that had a great deal in common with each other, including an essential lack of interest in the well-being of the turf on which they fought."

The election is over and the hole deepens, but she's still right.  I'm following her more than ever because she's a respected voice on the Hill and she's telling the truth without being partisan.  (She just published a brilliant article on the debt ceiling debate at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303745304576361852357...)

 

It gives me hope.  The book is short - I finished it in the flight from Charlotte to Ft. Lauderdale - but so full of things that need to be said.  I only hope more people listen.

Comment by Fernanda deOliveira on May 13, 2011 at 11:54pm

At the moment I am reading A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. It is sort of a sequel to his first book The Kite Ruuner. Amazing story about on how innocent normal people experience life in Afghan.

Comment by Jessica Donaldson on May 2, 2011 at 8:38pm

I picked up Black Hawk Down over the weekend- never saw the movie, but had a friend involved in the rescue efforts back then in Somalia. Capt Steele from the 1993 battle in Mogadishu eventually became a Colonel, and my brother served under him in Iraq with the 101st. I don't know if I can actually get through the entire book, but I'm going to try.

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