My top five that I’ve been reading this week:
The Importance of Being Kennedy, by Laurie Graham is background research for a novel and yet, I can’t put this book down! Luckily, it’s a Kindle book, so I have read snippets at the grocery store and while in line for tea at Starbucks.
Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh. Just a delightful treat. Waugh’s vocabulary is intense! Burgeoning and clement are just so literary to my ear.
The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle, which was recommended to me by a friend and which I’m enjoying just because the pursuit of a peaceful subconscious mind is so worthy, but I just don’t get the emptying out of the mind to meditate. I prefer to meditate on something, usually the blessings in my life and the grace of God. I really love Tolle’s focus existing in the moment, however. This is a lost art. For that, I will always be thankful to this author. Great reminder.
What Does God Really Want?, by Michael Trillo was a great follow-up to Tolle’s thesis. Between the two of them, I’ve really learned a lot. Trillo points out that the point of reading the Bible is not to attain perfection, but to enjoy a peaceful mind and spirit. If the Bible has become another rule book for you lately (I know how that feels!), you might check it out.
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski. This is a Books on the Nighstand pick and I couldn’t resist a story about a “modern take on Hamlet set in rural Wisconsin.” Just started, I’ll keep you posted!
My book piles are so much taller than this, but I’ll stop for today. Another round-up in two weeks!
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