By J.D. Salinger277 pages in paperback. Published by BACK BAY BOOKS / LITTLE BROWN AND COMPANYISBN 978-0-316-76917-4 Book Title: I have always wondered why this book is titled “The Cather in the Rye“. Isn’t Rye a type of flour? An internet search reveals that Rye is a grass grown extensively…
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Growing up, my parents encouraged us to read. There was a time back in high school when I would take the time to read the encyclopedia from end-to-end, especially during the weekends. This was during a time that there were only three to four channels on television. I also consumed “Reader’s Digest”, which I read front to back, and the daily newspaper.
When I got to college, I started reading pocketbooks. I was partial to spy thrillers and science fiction. This was also the period I first wore glasses. I’m sure it is preordained, but I like to think my bad reading posture sped up the process.
So before graduation, I just dropped everything. I worked, went to grad school, and got a little too busy with my social life.
Fast forward to the 2020s and I’ve realized there are too many ways to just sit in front of a screen and not use your brain. Too many ways for those unused gray matters to just wither away. I needed to exercise these. The prevalence of streaming videos and cable does not help. I needed an active way to stimulate the brain, and maybe improve my memory.
Taking up reading, among others, is the obvious path.
I want to share the books I read. And to give my opinion about these books. This blog will help keep me accountable and make sure I do not stop and fall back to just binge-watching.
The Great Gatsby
By F. Scott Fitzgerald180 pages in paperback. Published by Simon and ShusterISBN 978-0-7432-7356-5 Book Title: When I first heard about the book, the first thing to come to mind was “Why The Great Gatsby?”. Come to think of it, “What is a Gatsby?” And what do we do when we…
Big Fish
Big Fish by Daniel Wallace is a book about how William Bloom tries to understand his dying Father, Edward Bloom The book is broken into 4 sections, each dealing with the same topic of his Father’s death from a different point of view. Each of these views is looked into…