Every day I write the book...
At the risk of revealing way too much about myself, I have spent some of the last week compiling a list of books I would like to buy/read when I next get the chance.
‘Status Anxiety’ – Alain de Botton
‘Morality and Political Violence’ – C.A.J. Coady
‘Van Diemen’s Land’ – James Boyce
‘On Love’ – Alain de Botton
‘Counting for nothing: what men value and what women are worth’ – Marilyn Wareing
‘Discomfort Zone: A Personal History’ – Jonathan Franzen
‘True Stories’ – Inga Clendinnen
‘The Battle for Bennelong’ – Margot Saville
‘Dogs of God: Columbus, the Inquisition and the Defeat of the Moors’ – James Reston
‘Strange Histories’ – Darren Oldridge
‘A life at work: the joy of discovering what you were born to do’ – Thomas Moore
‘State of Denial’ – Bob Woodward
Any pointers, suggestions, comments? Feel free to psycho-analyse.
PS Have been diverted by a research proposal. I promise there is serious post on sexualisation of children coming up. One of these days.
‘Status Anxiety’ – Alain de Botton
‘Morality and Political Violence’ – C.A.J. Coady
‘Van Diemen’s Land’ – James Boyce
‘On Love’ – Alain de Botton
‘Counting for nothing: what men value and what women are worth’ – Marilyn Wareing
‘Discomfort Zone: A Personal History’ – Jonathan Franzen
‘True Stories’ – Inga Clendinnen
‘The Battle for Bennelong’ – Margot Saville
‘Dogs of God: Columbus, the Inquisition and the Defeat of the Moors’ – James Reston
‘Strange Histories’ – Darren Oldridge
‘A life at work: the joy of discovering what you were born to do’ – Thomas Moore
‘State of Denial’ – Bob Woodward
Any pointers, suggestions, comments? Feel free to psycho-analyse.
PS Have been diverted by a research proposal. I promise there is serious post on sexualisation of children coming up. One of these days.
posted by gigglewick at
1:59 pm
10 Comments:
'Submarine' by Joe Dunthorne - laught out loud funny and might offer you a little light relief and possibly even an insight into the mindset of teenage boys (gulp!)
You could of course save yourself the time and hassle of reading Alain de Botton's stuff by seeing if you can find his documentaries on DVD or downloading them from somewhere on t'internet.
I'd like to read Simon Sebag(?) Montefiore's biog of Stalin 'In the Court of the Red Tzar', but its one of those projects that I'm still working out the run up to. I have a feeling there might be a dearth of laughs to be had in it somehow.
Dude,
Re teenage boys: I think I'll wait for the real life experience.
My problem with A de B (and Richard the D, for that matter) is that they irritate me on camera. There, I've said it.
I have to admit I find A de B's TV persona strangely endearing.
But I was a little bemused to find at least one of his books (possibly 'constellations of philosophy') to be peppered with pictures of dubious relevance to the text. I remember being thrown for a loop right at the beginning of the book when he makes passing reference to buying a milk drink and then includes a picture of said milk. I still wonder if chocolate milk holds some greater philosophical meaning that I'm missing??
Miz,
Yes. I've noticed that too (Consolations of Philosophy is indeed the one you mean).
Someone should tell Bob Woodward that Egypt is a country, not a state.
Heh.
Maybe Edward Woodward would.
There's an admiring post up about Inga Clendinnen's Dancing with Strangers at Club Troppo. She is a wonderful writer. But you may have already read that one!
Hmmm.
Let's look at the words in these titles.
Anxiety
Morality
Violence
Love
Nothing
Discomfort
True
Battle
God
Strange
Life
Denial
What could possibly be analysed about you from that lot?
You did leave out two slightly redeeming words:
value
joy
although to be fair, the use of value in this particular context is a bit misleading.
The analysis to be had is this:
I'm a sad sack who likes reading nerdish non-fiction.
although also it's worth pointing out that before this the books I have read are:
Snake Fang Salad - Culinary Travails Through China
some crime thing by Peter Robinson
I wrote the other list to stop me from buying a Footrot Flats compendium next time I go to the bookstore.....
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