This is a book I know I’ll appreciate more after we discuss it in book group. While I found it laugh-out-loud funny in places, I felt that the characters and issues would be more relatable if I were Jewish, or even Jewish-adjacent. As a good proportion of our book group members are, I’m sure they’ll give me insights I am currently lacking. Maybe then I can tease out the nuances between Jewishness and Judaism and Zionism.
After a visit to the bike shop, I stopped in at Bart’s for a sketch’n’browse. These two vintage lovelies came home with me. Both have gorgeous typography on the covers, to which I have not done justice.
How long since you read this classic?
According to Italo Calvino*, “Classics are books which, the more we think we know them through hearsay, the more original, unexpected, and innovative we find them when we actually read them.” Also “A classic is a book which with each rereading offers as much of a sense of discovery as the first reading.”
If it’s been a while, maybe it’s time for a re-read!
*Why Read the Classics, 2001
I went back to Bart’s Books today, to pick up a title I should have nabbed yesterday. Then of course I found three more that had to come home with me. How lucky am I, to live near “the world’s greatest outdoor bookstore”?
It’s my birthday, and my heart feels tender.
I really loved The Overstory and this one seems be following the same format—various individuals character‘s stories which I assume will all intertwine at the end, but this time underwater rather than in the treetops. I‘m liking it!
I recently perused NPR’s list of best books from 2024, sorting by the tag “Seriously Great Writing”. I put a handful on hold at the library and have been reading them as they come in. I really liked this one, set mostly in Georgia (Europe). Time to put a few more on hold!
Looking forward to getting my hands dirty with this one.
While camping, I read and enjoyed this short book by Tristan Gooley. My main takeaway is this (far from simple) exercise: Wherever/whenever you are outdoors, ask yourself “In what direction am I looking?” and “What time is it?“ (Learn to) use nature to find the answers. I’d like to get better at this.
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