Monday, August 11, 2008

Books I am reading

I can't stop reading. As a Master's student and then a PhD student, I have developed a disturbing capacity for reading. I am always looking for suggestions in any and all genres. Here is what I am reading right now:

Bernard Lewis, What went wrong: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East
Dean Koontz, The Good Guy
Daniel J. Levitin, This is Your Brain on Music

As I no longer have cable television (best choice I've made in years!) I tend to have several books on the go at any given time. I compare it to watching tv; when I have read enough of one book, I pick up a different one.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

My favourite (fiction) book read recently is My Name is Asher Lev, by Chaim Potok. Picked it up on a whim, was blown away.

Megan

Mark Brownlie said...

Excellent, thanks for passing that along. I will look into it - I think I have heard of it, although I can't recall exactly where.