Books, Books, Books

I will most likely have more pictures to add to the blog following our coming week-end in Plymouth. We are attending the wedding of Ryan and Katie. Ryan is the grandson of Janette O'Brien who lived across the street. She was Dad's favorite neighbor, but passed away in January.

I thought I would share about the books I am reading. Somehow I have started four books. It has been a while since I have been so fickle. I recently finished John Berendt's memoir of Venice, "The City of Fallen Angels." Intriguing and captivating, I have since enjoyed a Globe Trekker tour of Venice on PBS and have made various google searches of art and architecture as well as individuals referenced in the book.

I started "Galileo's Daughter" by Dava Sobel. That has been slow going, as I was put off by Galileo not marrying Marina di Andrea Gamba who bore his three children. I will finish it. It is a hardback book that is a lot to carry to doctor visits with Dad.

I started reading "An Unbounded Future" by Harvey Jackins. This book is full of hope and confidence in the goodness Human Beings. Harvey's thinking makes sense to me. I always say that the human race can't be as bad, violence prone, or self destructive as we are taught (brain washed) to believe or we would be extinct and we wouldn't follow traffic laws as well as we do. Driving around town is not usually like being in bumper cars after all. So Humans must be basically good, cooperative and loving. The book is v g for late evening and early morning reading.

Then I picked up "Transcendence" by Norman E. Rosenthal. I think I will put it on hold for a while to finish the others.

Am 5 chapters into "Reading Lolita in Tehran." A friend started reading it and wanted to have someone to discuss it with, so I found it at the Needham Library.

I also checked out two Russell Banks novels so I have my work cut out for me.