I don't have as much time any more so I've been reading books that are better suited to being left for periods of time.
Currently, I carry Marcus Aurelius's book, Meditations with me and read it when I can a spare moment. It's philisophcial in nature and falls under the school of stoicism - a branch of philosophy which I'm particularly drawn too.
It's an interesting read even if only you look at it in terms of its historical setting. Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus was born in 121 A.D., well before the advent of christianity.
At work, in between jobs, I've also been slogging my way through Philisophical Concepts in Physics by James T. Cushing. I've not found it to be an easy read, but it's an intersting topic.
I'm reading a book on psychology. Most of it is quite an interesting read.
Apparently the forum resident fountain of tears Nightshade resigned from his prestigious role as rants and raves moderator because he wouldn't have time to moderate or post anymore due to devoting himself to his 'old man at university' studies.
As much as he tried, [i]yet again[/i] he wasn't able to stay away. Sorry that didn't work out for you Nightshade. :olo:
I read Dante's Inferno and liked it. I couldn't get through the next two in the serious though - Purgatoro and Paradiso. Do you have plans to continue with the series?
Still trying to work my way through Quicksilver, first book in Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle. I have very little time for leisure reading, so it's mostly textbooks.
I've been perusing the classics lately. Right now I'm alternating between:
The complete works of E.A. Poe.
The complete Sherlock Holmes
Tales of the Arabian Nights
Rolling Stones by O. Henry
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
And I have to finish reading these by the weekend, so I don't have much time for books: one two three four five six seven
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Wabbit wrote:I read Dante's Inferno and liked it. I couldn't get through the next two in the serious though - Purgatoro and Paradiso. Do you have plans to continue with the series?
Not really - i'm quite liking Inferno's gruesome weirdness but not enough to read the rest of the books.
Nightshade wrote:Still trying to work my way through Quicksilver, first book in Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle. I have very little time for leisure reading, so it's mostly textbooks.
on the third one now, still good stuff. in a similar situation for leisure reading. as much as i've enjoyed the baroque cycle, it'll be nice to read something else
got a sizeable stack of fiction to catch up on, but the thing i'm currently reading is a half-inch thick report on the current status of central london's pedestrian signage - which is about as exciting as swallowing half a dozen sleeping pills and watching re-runs of gardeners world.
