What books are you reading right now?

Harper's Anthology: Poetry. Copyright 1926. 297 poems. 876 pages. I'll read this one or a few poems at a time, as the mood strikes me.

And I'll curse Baraka_Guru everytime I read a poem that I don't like .

 

I read the first couple of books. The first one was all right, I guess. The second just didn't grab me. I couldn't work up the interest to read more of them.

She does have some strikingly original ideas, I will grant you. But her world just doesn't resonate with me, and I don't have much inclination to S&M, so that part of the appeal is probably lost on me.

I actually wanted to like the books. It just didn't happen.

 

I'm about 25 pages into Anus Mundi 1,500 Days In Auschwitz/Birkenau, by Wieslaw Kielar.

BTW, anus mundi means just what you knew or guessed--asshole of the world.

I'm a little leary of holocaust survivor books (I still have mixed thoughts re The Pianist by Władysław Szpilman). It is almost impossible to tell what is exaggerated and what was left out. I'll post an update when I finish it.

 

Just picked up The Imperfectionists....trials and tribulations of writers, editors of a struggling English language newspaper in Rome.

 

The Name Of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
I have Brandon Sanderson's new release Words Of Radiance on my bookshelf. The kid already read it, loved it--was first on the library reserve list, so he gets the hardback that I purchased when I'm done. I like that I have a son who enjoys collecting his favourite books. I also really dig that we talk about the books. None of his friends read books despite being bright kids. That makes me sad--that maybe 1 in 10 people still read books (in any form) for pleasure.

 

We live in the techno age.....for better and worse.

 

I learned to read at an early age, and I will forever be grateful to my mother for taking the time to work with me. My wife & I weren't blessed with children, but if we had been, I would've made sure that they developed at least some appreciation for books.

 

One would think that would be possible--developing some appreciation for books--but it did not happen with my eldest son. You can model book-loving behavior 'till the cows come home--my parents did-- but you cannot make them love to read or even appreciate books. I think many factors are in play here.

 

You can tell from my "hopeful" post that we don't have children.

In this age of electronic distractions--starting in the mid '90s??--it must be really tough for parents to get kids to read.

 

Relevant:

I'm a few chapters into Sweetie. Not much of a plot yet (setting up for it, though), but the writing is lovely.

 

Absolutely. Many forms of entertainment were pulling kids away from the quaint habit of reading a good book. I have a short attention span. I don't blame cartoons or TV but they didn't foster a love of reading.

 

Gone Girl-by Gillian Flynn