What are you reading?

[Kätzchen]

I read a voluminous amount of materials each day... but when I read a book, I try to pick something that is new to me, most every time I go to the library or have money on hand to buy a book.

The latest books I have on hand now are authored by Chaim Potok (The Chosen and My Name Is Asher Lev), two of which I have read before. But I happened to come across a book while browsing in the non-fiction section, authored by Caroline Moorehead: A Train In Winter (2011). I have yet break into the larger part of the story, except I have read the introduction and other snippets on the book's cover. But what I have learned so far is that Moorehead authored Russell Bertrand's biography (who I believe to be a very smart man, I have enjoyed all works written by Bertrand) and that the contents of the book is "drawn upon interviews of women and their families; from German, French and Polish archives; and documents held by WW2 resistance organizations" so that the voice of the women, who were sent off to Auschwitz in 1943 (some were rescued, most of them didn't make it out alive), could have a place, a voice, among many who share memories of that era in time (pp. iiii - 11).

I'm really looking forward to reading A Train in Winter because it seems to naturally follow the story of Erik Larson's non-fiction account, during the same time period, within his book called In The Garden of the Beasts.

[easygoingfemme]

Always a few things going.

• The Awakening, for book club.
• Stone Butch Blues, which I have read several times in the past but now am reading alongside with my main squeeze.
• A textbook on the history and development of the Constitution, for a mini-course I'm doing with my daughter.
• A biography on Mary Todd Lincoln.

[Talon]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

I read a voluminous amount of materials each day... but when I read a book, I try to pick something that is new to me, most every time I go to the library or have money on hand to buy a book.

The latest books I have on hand now are authored by Chaim Potok (The Chosen and My Name Is Asher Lev), two of which I have read before. But I happened to come across a book while browsing in the non-fiction section, authored by Caroline Moorehead: A Train In Winter (2011). I have yet break into the larger part of the story, except I have read the introduction and other snippets on the book's cover. But what I have learned so far is that Moorehead authored Russell Bertrand's biography (who I believe to be a very smart man, I have enjoyed all works written by Bertrand) and that the contents of the book is "drawn upon interviews of women and their families; from German, French and Polish archives; and documents held by WW2 resistance organizations" so that the voice of the women, who were sent off to Auschwitz in 1943 (some were rescued, most of them didn't make it out alive), could have a place, a voice, among many who share memories of that era in time (pp. iiii - 11).

I'm really looking forward to reading A Train in Winter because it seems to naturally follow the story of Erik Larson's non-fiction account, during the same time period, within his book called In The Garden of the Beasts.

I love Russell Bertrand..thank you, Katzchen, for posting this.

Is Russell Bertrand the same dude as the Brit, Bertrand Russell. The philosopher and Nobel lit. winner?

[Semantics]

I just finished Medusa's Gaze and Vampire's Bite: The Science of Monsters by Matt Kaplan. I listened to an interview with this author on NPR in October and ordered the book. I finally got to it in the pile last weekend and I loved it. Kaplan takes a look at the history of monsters and what social or scientific themes may have led to their creation. It's interesting, well researched, and wittily written.

[Talon]

Originally Posted by Daktari

Is Russell Bertrand the same dude as the Brit, Bertrand Russell. The philosopher and Nobel lit. winner?

Yes. That's pretty much the basics of what I know of him. That's why I'd like to read his biography. I believe that he was also a mathematician.

[falloutmk]

I am
* listening to The girl With The Dragon Tattoo audiobook.
* finishing up some of the stories from Femmethology Volume II
* reading intelligent GenderQueer smut in Take Me There by Tristan Tarantino

Originally Posted by Talon

Yes. That's pretty much the basics of what I know of him. That's why I'd like to read his biography. I believe that he was also a mathematician.

Thank-you.

I think that polymath is the word to describe Bertrand Russell.

[Talon]

Originally Posted by Daktari

Thank-you.

I think that polymath is the word to describe Bertrand Russell.

Nice...Daktari. Exactly.

...Hey, give me some of that encyclopedic learnin' ability...*chuckle*

[Butterbean]

I just finished "Sante Fe Edge" by Stuart Woods and was riveted by the combo of smut and crime. LOL