just reading

I thought I would post the books I am reading, those I listen to on audiobooks, and the occasional ebook in which I partake via mobipocket reader. I love to read, and spent a number of years being unable to, which was very difficult. I am so happy with my returned ability to appreciate the written word and I particularly enjoy nonfiction. Books are the nutrients which keep my brain active and healthy. Books let me travel the world over, live other lives, experience misery and glory. Books provide me with know-how, how-to, and broaden my scope of understanding and respect. Books are all that and a bag of chips!

Audiobooks provide me with such simple pleasure. If there is no CBC radio show on in which I am interested while in my car, I open my audiobook. Listening to a pleasant voice narrating a book as I drive is profoundly satisfying. As I mentioned in a previous post, I download most of my audiobooks onto my ipod from audible.com.

Another fantastic reading resource is bookmooch.com. As a bookmooch member, I created an inventory of books I am willing to provide to others and a wishlist of books I would like to receive. Exchange happens by way of the postal system and is based on a point system. It is an ideal way to recycle books and to obtain books in a cost-efficient manner. Books that are too heavy, and thus too expensive to send by mail, I simply donate to my local library. Become a bookmoocher, you won’t be disappointed.

JUNE 2009

The Last 15: A Weight-Loss Breakthrough by Joey Shulman

The Diary of Vaslav Nijinsky by Waslaw Nijinsky

Rapt:  Attention and the Focused Life by Winifred Gallagher

MAY 2009

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

The Secret of Santa Vittoria by Robert Crichton

Joyful Wisdom:  Embracing Change and Finding Freedom by Yongey Rinpoche Mingyur

Devil On The Cross by Ngugi Wa Thiong’O

The End Of Food by Paul Roberts

APRIL 2009

Book Yourself Solid;  The Fastest, Easiest and Most Reliable System for Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle Even if You Hate Marketing and Selling by Michael Port

The World Without Us by Alan Weisman

Breathwalk by Gurucharan Singh Khalsa and Yogi Bhajan

Bodhisattva Mind:  Teachings to Cultivate Courage and Awareness in the Midst of Suffering by Pema Chodron

Getting Things Done:  The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

Finite Mathematics by Margaret Lial, Raymond Greenwell, Nathan Ritchey

Fractal Time:  The Secret of 2012 and a New World Age by Gregg Braden

Transformational Speaking:  If You Want To Change The World, Change Your Story by Gail Larsen

MARCH 2009

The Simple Living Guide: A Sourcebook for Less Stressful, More Joyful Living by Janet Luhrs

Illusions:  The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

My Stroke of Insight:  A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylor

Lucrezia Borgia:  Life, Love and Death In Renaissance Italy by Sarah Bradford

The Man Who Ate The World:  In Search of the Perfect Dinner by Jay Rayner

TriEnergetics:  Balancing Nutrition, Exercise & Mindfulness for Lasting Wellness by Sanford L Severin and Todd D. Severin

The Lost City of Z:  A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann

FEBRUARY 2009

karma for today’s traveler by Phra Bhasakorn Bhavilai

The Power of Less by Leo Babauta

Factory Girls:  From Village to City in a Changing China by Leslie T. Chang

The Slow Food Story: Politics and Pleasure by Geoff Andrews

Kettlebell Blitz: Beginner Program by Paul Bova and Robyn Bova

the aftermath of feminism: gender, culture and social change by Angela McRobbie

The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride

JANUARY 2009

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

America Knits by Melanie Falick

What You Call Winter by Nalini Jones

Finding Iris Chang by Paula Kamen

Eat Right For Your Type by Peter D’Adamo with Catherine Whitney

Q & A: A Novel by Vikas Swarup

Surviving The Extremes: A Doctor’s Journey to the Limits of Human Endurance by Kenneth Kamler

Cook Right For Your Type by Peter D’Adamo with Catherine Whitey