2000 Confessions of the Idiosyncratic Mind
There are no secrets---only information you don't have yet.
2000 Confessions of the Idiosyncratic Mind
There are no secrets---only information you don't have yet.
What is your Favorite Book? What are you reading right now? Add to the Monster Quilt-a reading list for living in the 21st century.Chillin' with Anji Bee , Adam Curry's choice for sexiest voice in podcasting!"says "Siddhartha by Herman Hesse is probably my favorite book."
Carol , The Face That Launched A Thousand Shifts: Soul Surgery is her fascinating public airing of private thoughts—some dark, others funny, endearing —to be sipped like homemade lemonaide says, "favorite book? That would be the one I have yet to write - I think about it constantly. :) Other than that, if I had to choose just one, Hurray for Me by S.J. Wilson (loooong out of print) would accompany me to that mythical desert island."--- also Loving What Is, by Byron Katie.
The well-qualified Jim Symcox ---"My fiction recommendation is Tom Holt's "The Portable Door"
Holly ,a fresh, new honest, stenographer of life says" Nicholas Sparks "Three Weeks With My Brother" it's worthy of adding to the the list. I finished "Six Minutes To Freedom" this weekend and it's another one I highly recommend. So much good stuff...so little time *sigh*.
Sandra releasing a teaspoon's worth of details on her yet-unnamed blog, there's too many to pick just one. For my favorite book, I'll have to go with Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson, MD. Sandy
AND...
Slelagh and her amusing verbatim accounts of stuff she's thinking about"Mr. Planemaker's Flying Machine by Shelagh Watkins is a cracking read."
Salman Da Vinci Code...
My buddy Roy from the Commonwealth of Texas writes:"Favorite book is "To Your Scattered Bodies Go" by Philip Jose Farmer - part of the Riverworld series... Oh, and I think you can safely say you coined the term "buntic"...
Chicago Rozzalyn says, "The last book I read was "Junior" by Macaulay Culkin, yes he wrote a book. I thought it was amusing that he quizzes the reader to see if they are allowed to read this book. It's really random, very interesting and easy to read. Reminds me of the type of book I would write except mine would have more substance."
Global Educator Cheryl, writes, "Remember The Alchemist, a fable about following your dreams, by Paulo Coelho?"
What;'s the meaining of wife? Get one:KarenGal, a real Orange County Housewife says, "I just re-read John Irving's "A Prayer for Owen Meany" for the fourth time. Get something new each and every time I read that. I guess it's my favorite and my best."
Some Good Vibrations from Here Today Gone To Maui -Des Walsh, says "Reading Miguel Covarrubias, Island of Bali. He went there in 1937 and in a couple of stays over a period of about 20 months created a record of life and customs in Bali unequalled before or since. On my last couple of visits there in the 80s and 90s I understood so much more of Balinese life for having read Covarrubias. I'm pretty sure it's out of print but Amazon indicate they can get copies. No one should go to Bali without having read it." That's really putting The Long Tail to work Beach Blogger!
Larry Hnetka,The occassional shredder of everything kitsch (Take on M&M's this week)with photograpic evidence, says, Cereus Blooms at Night by Shani Mootoo. This was her first novel and was a finalist for the Giller Prize, The Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award. The novel's cover is an original work of art by Shani as she's also a visual artist as well as an author. It's not a light read but well worth the effort if you like lyrical prose.
The Pink Princess SAHM Karana says,"The Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth. There are lots of different versions of this story, but this one is my favorite!"
V is for Vanessa Byers would like nothing more than to see Hillary and Mr O in a Steelcage--Let the games begin--- "Hi, Ed. I'm reading "The Audacity of Hope" by Barack Obama. Thanks for welcoming me to the 2000 Bloggers neighborhood." Don't just play President! Be President...I never thought I'd miss Nixon.
Bad Aunt, a Kiwi livng in the land of the rising fun, says "I don't think I have an overall favourite book, but recently someone asked me to recommend an autobiography, and the first (and only) book that came to mind was Doris Lessing's "Under My Skin," (not the CD by Avril Lavigne) which is brilliant."
The Captain of Real Estate,Richard L Cook, is busy getting in touch with his inner 800 lb gorilla says, "My personal library to date contains 2161 books, a buntic and change. so I am a little behind on my reading. I'll pick one for him, the hundreth monkey-Curious George Flies a Kite, and by the way, no big deal, he's just saving the planet.
Deviant ARTist, the IN to our SANE L'il E says,"Oh man, you are going to make me choose just one? Talk about Sophie's Choice...no that's not my book (or my movie)! At absolute gunpoint I'm going to go with The Birthday Boys by Beryl Bainbridge. Cool idea, nice 2000-inspired post too!"
Pi in the sky-Silicon Gal Liz says, "My favorite book is "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen" Is the book better than the movie Liz?
Nitesh over at Net 2.0 , and one of the 2000 Bloggers, says"Straight From The Gut" by Jack Welch"
If it moves,link it---Our good friend Mole at Dump Trumpet, says
"My favourite book of all time is probably one of the most recently read ones. Hiding The Elephant by Jim Steinmeyer deals with the beginning of magic as an entertainment but also manages to entertain the reader."
The RED Pill or the BLUE pill? Cooper In wonderland orNOT came to a fork in the road and took it --the Green pill says "It's hard to choose a favorite book so I'll go with my ver first favorite book."The Veleveteen Rabbit".Gives a kid a heart.Otherwise is Atwood's "Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale"
What is your Favorite Book? What are you reading right now? Add to the Monster Quilt-the next Rainforest for the Amazon.
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Ed, Remember The Alchemist, A fable about following your dreams?
Reading Miguel Covarrubias, Island of Bali. He went there in 1937 and in a couple of stays over a period of about 20 months created a record of life and customs in Bali unequalled before or since. On my last couple of visits there in the 80s and 90s I understood so much more of Balinese life for having read Covarrubias. I'm pretty sure it's out of print but Amazon indicate they can get copies. No one should go to Bali without having read it.
Hey Ed
I have taken a picture of the cover of my battered old copy of Covarrubias (see previous comment) but don't know how to upload or send it. Amazon and other book sites have no pics of the book.
I don't think I have an overall favourite book, but recently someone asked me to recommend an autobiography, and the first (and only) book that came to mind was Doris Lessing's "Under My Skin," which is brilliant. (And there are, I think, two more following that one.) Does that count?
Incidentally, thanks for the comment, and I looked at the Steven Pinker link. I have very mixed feelings about Pinker. When I started reading the article, and they went into the 'pass the salt' thing, my immediate reaction was to scoff. If he had trained as a language teacher (or even not trained, just taught WITHOUT training) pragmatics would be one of the first things he learned - what he was saying was SUCH old hat. Why is it being presented as something new? Similarly with the swearing thing, which is no news at all to anybody at all who has learned a second language, let alone taught a language.
But perhaps most people don't think of things like that, and so it is news. Maybe we need people to write it down for the layperson. It just seems like ... cheating, somehow, to make money out of making a big deal out of something any semi-trained half-arsed language teacher knows.
I'm trying to remember the other things Pinker has said in the past that have irritated me, but can't. But every book of his I've read has left me half-admiring and half-pissed off.
Thanks for the link, though! That was one I hadn't seen, and I appreciate it.
(If you want a balance to Pinker, read "Educating Eve," by someone whose name I can't remember. (Geoffrey someone?) He loathes Pinker, and while most of his book is a very logical and interesting refutation of "The Language Instinct,", the last chapter is where the writer goes off the rails and gets really, really mad - almost incoherent with rage, from what I remember - his dislike of Pinker really overwhelms everything and his editors let him down badly. It is highly entertaining if you're into academic catfights. (But I might be remembering it in a skewed way - I seem to remember reading something of this fight on the web somewhere and that may have coloured my reading...)
Love the new 2000 Books header - pretty cool! What another BIG reminder of how much is out there!
Hugs,
Holly
Holly's Corner
Hi, Ed. I'm reading "The Audacity of Hope" by Barack Obama. Thanks for welcoming me to the 2000 Bloggers nerighborhood.
Vanessa
www.vanessabyers.net
Hi Ed,
Thanks for leaving a comment on my blog,
SellSmart News, it was my first. Motor on over to my other blog, Smart Car Tour, and leave me a comment there too.
As far as my favorite books go, my list could look like this:
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hunter S. Thompson
The Rum Diary : A Novel
Hunter S. Thompson
A Rich Man's Secret
Ken Roberts
Gifts From Eykis
Wayne W. Dyer
Curious George Flies a Kite
H. A. Rey, Margret Rey
The Old Man and The Sea
Ernest Hemingway
Consciousness Explained
Dennett, Daniel C.
I am currently reading:
The Irresistible Offer
Mark Joyner
Brand Hijack
Alex Wipperfurth
The Art of the Start
and
Rules for Revolutionaries (again)
Guy Kawasaki
Crossing the Chasm
Geoffrey A. Moore
Six Degrees
Watts, Duncan J.
My personal library to date contains 2161 books, a buntic and change. so I am a little behind on my reading.
Ed
Thanks for the comment - the Long Tail link is good: and I don't have shares in Amazon ):
One of many great things about Covarrubias is that you get to talk to Balinese about things they are interested in and know about, which you don't find in the guide books - like Leyak (check out Wikipedia but not while you're eating).
Let the BUNTICs begin!
There are 55 million blogs out there someplace — and just about that many egos too!
Now there is the BUNTIC, a term coined by Ed at Hotel@nyware. Ed’s suggesting that to make a BUNTIC will mean to gather together 2000.
Tino Buntic began an ambitious project on January 14 when he announced he would showcase 2,000 bloggers by posting a thumbnail of each blogger’s mug.
(My previous entry about his project is here: "Can he gather MM bloggers?")
Tino has caused quite a stir among bloggers. He’s gathered about 1,200 blogger’s photos already and is trying to process more each day. If you haven’t seen Tino’s 2,000 bloggers post yet, check it out HERE.
Hi Ed,
LOL - I do have more than a teaspoon of a site at http://www.purplewren.com
My book is "who moved my cheese"
I forgot I started a blogger site.
I wonder how I can update it or get rid of it...
Thanks.
Sandy