My first book from my summer reading, light and enjoyable… started reading “Pineapple Street” by Jenny Jackson Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected, old money Stockton family, followed...
Book: Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
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Hit Parade of Tears: An Ode to the Unique Sensibility of Izumi Suzuki
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Started reading another book by Izumi Suzuki which was recently published in English: “Hit Parade of Tears” and I am half way finished. It’s really good and I recommend it. Izumi Suzuki, a Japanese...
Book: J.G. Ballard’s “Empire of the Sun”
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Picked up J.G. Ballard’s “Empire of the Sun” from a library as audiobook recently. It is a semi-autobiographical novel that tells the story of a young boy named Jim who is separated...
Book Quote from Thich Nhat Hanh – “The Art of Living”
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“When we see something we recognize in the phenomenal world, like a cloud, we say it is there, it exists. And when we can no longer see it, we say it is not there, it no longer exists. But the...
Book Quote from The Way of Zen
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But in Zen, and in other schools of the Mahayana, it is often taken in a more figurative way, as that the process of rebirth is from moment to moment, so that one is being reborn so long as one...
Book: Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow
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Started reading today Cory Doctorow’s Red Team Blues. This is a thrilling novel centered on the subject of cryptocurrency fraud that offers a thought-provoking glimpse into the inner workings...
Book Quotes
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Today’s favourite quote is from “Foundation and Empire” by Isaac Asimov. “The laws of history are as absolute as the laws of physics, and if the probabilities of error are greater, it is only...
Book Quote
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Today’s favourite book comes from “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson book: It was important, his father said, to craft the backs of cabinets and fences properly, even though they were hidden. “He...
Book Quote
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From the collection of book quotes, saved over the years. This one is from “The Naturalist” by Andrew Mayne.
Book: Portrait of an Unknown Woman
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Finished an audiobook version of “Portrait of an Unknown Woman” (Gabriel Allon #22) by Daniel Silva this weekend. I am fan series and of course as expected this book didn’t disappoint. ***** #1 New...
