Comments on: Books read 2005.

By: Mark Allman

Mark Allman — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:49:35 +0000

I enjoyed Freakonomics.

By: Rose

Rose — Thu, 04 May 2006 15:41:55 +0000

What did you think of Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 receipes, 1 tiny apartment kitchen by Julie Powell? I am reading it right now, and so far, I am enjoying it.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:20:37 +0000

Kari,

You have a sickness.

By: Kari

Kari — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 13:06:42 +0000

Yeah, the movie and then we had a discussion on the movie at church. They had some information there, but I decided to find out more.

By: Gary Hampson

Gary Hampson — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 05:49:55 +0000

Did the Hotel Rwanda movie lead you to reading the Gourevitch and Dallaire books or was it something else? What did you like about We Wish to Inform…?

Also, I don’t think that I ever thanked you for the children’s book recommendations. Allison checked a bunch out of the library and Andrew and Evan are both enjoying your selections. So thanks again!

By: Kari

Kari — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 17:04:38 +0000

I wouldn’t say it’s the best or anything, but the first two were actually pretty good. Now I’m just reading them because I like to finish a series, which is why I hope they’re done. Maybe one more is about all I’d do.

They dealt with some difficult topics like racism in a very realistic way – my complaint with the first one was that they didn’t deal enough with the possible implications of having a group of mixed race, but that’s what a lot of the second book was about, and I appreciated how it was handled. I also thought that the way that the women approached prayer was good/helpful. That series and your two Kristin Billerbecks were the only Christian fiction I read in 2005, so I don’t have a lot to compare it with.

I tend to relate to what you call mom-lit a little more than chicklit, sometimes, maybe because of being married and so many of my friends having kids. This is definitely mom-lit.

By: alisa

alisa — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:54:50 +0000

I was just pickin’ on you Kari. You can read whatever you want and think whatever you want. As can I. But doesnt mean we are not going to question or tease each other. Or maybe thats just me. But really, I wanted to know why you liked it casue its hard to come by good Christina fiction these days.

By: Kari

Kari — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:33:12 +0000

I left one off the original post, so it was actually 116. hehe.

I liked Freakonomics a lot. It was fun.

By: Geof F. Morris

Geof F. Morris — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:30:12 +0000

I’ve read more than 115 books, so I don’t feel that down. Man, I’m just impressed that you could average almost a book every three days. I can do that with really good books, when I carve out the time for it. Now, maybe I read that much text a day, but … still, wow.

So, is this the appropriate place to ask what you thought of Freakonomics? After I read it, I realized that it wasn’t really conventional economics so much as statistical thinking applied to social science [which might be at the roots of classical economics, but certainly isn't what most folks seem to be after these days, eh?].

By: Kari

Kari — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 13:41:19 +0000

Well, I wasn’t posting it to brag, just because lots of people post their lists. I hope it didn’t come across that way. Reading is my main hobby. Y’all have other interests that you focus your time on: video games and knitting and writing and all kinds of stuff. I read all the time. Like Rory, I pretty much always have something to read in my bag. hehe.

I used to buy books and not read them, Katie, which is why I pretty much only read books from the library these days. I completely understand what you are talking about. I have some Flannery O’Connor that I bought and never read. And some Virginia Woolf. “Important” things that I never seem to find the time for.