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At the moment, I’ve got a couple of books going, Darrin Doyle’s The Girl Who Ate Kalamazoo and The Secret History by Donna Tartt. I’m halfway through the former and just starting the latter, but I’d already recommend both. I’m also reading a friend’s manuscript pages (part of a “manuswap” with pages from Cam Hanson), and I just read two fascinating profiles in the July 11-18 New Yorker. The first is about Jaron Lanier, a pioneer of virtual reality technology, who is critical of social networking, how it’s “dehumanizing and designed to encourage shallow interaction.” The second is about Sheryl Sandberg, who left Google to become Facebook’s COO and is a champion and mentor for women who want to advance into executive positions.
So that’s me, what about you? What are you reading these days? And in what format? Are you old-school like me, reading actual tangible books and magazines, or have you embraced the future and get your news online, keep a storehouse of books on an e-reader?
I’m reading Outliers by Malcom Gladwell, in the old-school book format. Love books!!
I’m reading Mother of the Believers, a novelization of the life of Aisha, Mohammed’s youngest wife. I’m learning all about the birth of Islam, about which I knew nothing. I find it fascinating and compelling. I also read the LA Time and Scientific American, Smithsonian, and Runners World magazines. All of these are in print, real paper and ink.
I’m reading ‘The Man Who Smiled’ by Henning Mankell. It’s in the Detective Wallander series. He’s a cracking good Swedish writer. Great crime stories, check it out! I’m reading it on the new Kindle that my lovely husband bought me as a surprise pressie. I still love traditional books, but the Kindle is pretty great too.