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 Right now I'm sitting by my window, savoring one of those cool summer breezes. It has been absolutely sweltering the past few days, but today... today was so welcome, so wonderful and so light. I wish the weather could be like this all the time. Naturally, the coolness of the night makes me want to curl up with a book and read until I fall asleep. Except, I don't really have much. I'm in the midst of reading Freakonomics (so incredibly interesting) and sort of began Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, but decided to take a small break from it. The last book I read was Born to Run. Which I can't stop talking about. Have I told you about it? It is such a great book, I keep telling people to read it. Runner or not, athlete or not, read it, read it, read it. The story is really something, there's an intriguing topic, and it wonderfully shows that anthropologists are the eccentric aunts and uncles of the science community. I say that proudly and with affection, because that's what I studied in college and aspire to be. Yes, I want to be an eccentric aunt. Other than that, I don't really know what's good these days in the book world. So please suggest away! (Previously: Book suggestions?, Book suggestions, part 2) |
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Have you ever read What I Talk About When I Talk About Running or Wendell Berry's Art of the Commonplace?
Try "Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs"! It had a lot of great parts.
One non-fiction book that has been talked about a lot at my school is "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot. I have yet to read it but if you're into interesting scientific history or real-life exploitation stories, then you should check it out.