Marie’s Reading: “Drop Dead Healthy” by A.J. Jacobs

As I’ve said before, I rarely read non-fiction.    Purely personal preference.  When I do read non-fiction, it tends to be of the literary sort.  And if it’s not literary, then I like my non-fiction to both educate and entertain me, as with my current read: Drop Dead Healthy: One Man’s Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection by A.J. Jacobs. 

Simply Books! May Meeting

I think that the last meeting of Simply Books! was quite possibly the most informative meeting we’ve ever had.  From North Korean prison camps to hospice volunteering to the history of the United States Navy to cosmology…I think we all learned something new and different, and we had some wonderful conversations about the nature of the universe, the concept of meaning, the power of mythology and story, and the reason why the U.S. government chose frigates as the first ships of the navy.

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Marie’s Reading…

This is an artistic representation of me. Note all of the books I should have been reading to share with you (background). Also, I sold all my chairs to buy books, so I’m sitting on a ladder.

Here’s that current-reading list of mine that I mentioned I’d put together.  Surely “soon” can readily translate to “about a month from now,” yes?

Simply Books! April Meeting

I’m sorry to say I had to miss this month’s meeting of Simply Books!  I am made even sorrier by the fact that it seems as though it was a dynamic meeting with a few new faces!  Many many thanks to Mary Ann, who took wonderful notes in my stead and made this blog post possible.

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Marie and Heather Are Reading: “If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home” by Lucy Worsley

To make up for the lack of reviews lately,  I’ve been working on a list of my current reading for you all, to be presented in list form here on the blog.

It’ll be coming soon, I promise!

To tide you over, Heather and I both would like to recommend Lucy Worsley’s If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home.   Learn more about it after the jump!

Simply Books! March Meeting

We were a rowdy bunch this past Saturday–must’ve been the weather!  Learn more about our conversation and see our booklist after the jump.

Marie’s Reading: “The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England” by Ian Mortimer

I love the concept of this book.  Mortimer takes a rather Tralfamadorian view of history, in that he wants us to think about medieval England as a place that still exists somewhere in time, as a vital, real place rather than a mere collection of dates or a costume drama.  I heartily agree with and enjoy this approach.