I’m reading Fully Alive by Jerry and Larry Hull (1998) from NPH. It’s fourteen chapters written by middle-aged, incredibly fit twins—one a social work prof and the other a medical doctor. Each chapter deals with one-word subjects, like Happiness, Pain, Exercise, Work and how to be healthy and holy all at the same time. I’m doing a chapter a day, so I’ll be done two weeks. I’ll let you know if it worked.
Also, I’m about ten pages into Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov (1954?). Since December, I’ve read the first two books in the Foundation trilogy first published in the 1950s. It’s simply written with small scenes, other-worldly yet mundane settings, no more than four characters at a time. But, the ideas are big, and it’s easy to see how these books influenced sci-fi for the next fifty years, such as Star Trek and Star Wars. I’m in a hurry to get this one read—an omnibus with all three books—so I can return it to my friend before they leave the country.
I’m also reading Bill Bryson’s In a Sunburned Country (2001) about his travels through Australia. One of the funniest writers around and he doesn’t disappoint. Great bathroom reading, by the way, with four or five pages dividers within the chapters.
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