Whatcha Reading?

OK, the presents have been opened and I know a lot of you received books. What are you reading in this first week of 2012?

I’m reading two at the moment: The New Evolution Diet: What Our Paleolithic Ancestors Can Teach Us about Weight Loss, Fitness, and Aging by Arthur De Vany, and All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren.

I chose the New Evolution Diet because I was talking to my nephew over Christmas and he’s tried the Paleo diet before, so I was inspired to pick up this take on it. Also, because the New Evolution Diet has a lot in common with diets that promote giving up gluten, and I’ve been moving in that direction of late, too.

I’m enjoying All the King’s Men tremendously. It’s fun to pick up a classic; and I suddenly have an interest in Louisiana politics (more on that in future posts). Willie Stark and Jack Burden are some of the most fascinating characters you’ll ever meet. I literally can’t wait until bedtime tonight so I can dig in again.

So, do share! What’s on your nightstand?

Mary Scott Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 1:58 am: I just finished The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry and I am looking forward to our Book Club talk this Thurs. at 6:30 PM. Speaking of classics, I have on my nightstand The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck. I visited her home in Doylestown, Pa. in Sept. and am interested to know more about her life and her work.
Sheila Callahan Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 4:47 pm: I am reading “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” by Jonathan Safran Foer. I kept seeing the commercials for it and when I saw the book, I had to get it. I often prefer reading the book over seeing the movie (and the cost of movies has gone through the roof). So far it is interesting though a bit difficult to follow at times. It definitely puts your mind to work!

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UPCOMING EVENTS
- Poetry Night (02/23/2012)
  Bring a poem or two to share, your own or someone else’s.
- 5th/6th Grade Book Club Special Event: The Teashop Girls by Laura Schaefer (2/25/12)
  We’ll be discussing The Teashop Girls by Laura Schaefer (description below), and as a special treat, the author herself will be calling (or Skyping) us during our Tea Party to discuss the book! A full tea service will be provided, catered by Spoonful Catering.
- Fiction Book Club: A Discovery of Witches (3/1/2012)
  In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young scholar and the descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript deep in Oxford’s Bodleian Library.
- Sit & Knit (3/8/12)
  Bring crafts or something to fiddle with (if not knitting) and come enjoy the indoors as the outdoors are cooling down. Open to all, no RSVP required.
- Curiosity Forum: Author Event – Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories by Megan Mayhew Bergman (3/9/12)
  As intelligent as they are moving, the stories in “Birds of a Lesser Paradise” are alive with emotion, wit, and insight into the impressive power that nature has over all of us. This extraordinary collection introduces a young writer of remarkable talent.
- Current Affairs Book Club: The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger (3/15/12)
  Join us for discussion of this eye-opening UK bestseller that shows how one single factor–the gap between its richest and poorest members–can determine the health and well-being of a society.
- Poetry Night (3/22/2012)
  Bring a poem or two to share, your own or someone else’s.
- Curiosity Forum: Memoirama with Marion Roach Smith (3/25/12)
  Write what you know in this rarely-offered one-day memoir writing workshop with Capital-region favorite, Marion Roach Smith, author of The Memoir Project.
- Curiosity Forum: Lake George Shipwrecks and Sunken History with Joseph W. Zarzynski (4/1/12)
  The presentation will examine some of the more notable shipwrecks in Lake George including the 1758 Land Tortoise radeau, the 1758 sunken bateaux, a 1960 research sub sunk in the lake, and others.

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