Author: Harriet Doerr
Genre: Fiction
Date Finished: March 31, 2010
This is Harriet Doerr's first book, which she published at the age of 74. She had just finished her BA at Stanford 7 years earlier.
This book was based on her experience living in Aguascalientes, Mexico, with her husband as he restored and ran a mine for about 20 years.
Gaudy Night
Author: Dorothy L. Sayers
Genre: Fiction (Mystery)
Date Finished: March 10, 2010
I found this book a slow start. The language is British which made it difficult for me to understand. However, as time went on, the novel became easier to read. Particularly interesting was Peter Wimsey, one of the protagonists of the story, who did not make much of an appearance until nearly half way through the book.
Genre: Fiction (Mystery)
Date Finished: March 10, 2010
I found this book a slow start. The language is British which made it difficult for me to understand. However, as time went on, the novel became easier to read. Particularly interesting was Peter Wimsey, one of the protagonists of the story, who did not make much of an appearance until nearly half way through the book.
The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
Author: Ken Robinson and Lou Aronica
Genre: Non-Fiction (Self Help)
Date Finished: March 5, 2010
This was an interesting book, and an easy read. Worth the effort. It talks passion and vaguely references skill as well. It is mostly a series of motivational stories about people who found their passion and how they discovered it. It covers a wide variety of stories. One of the stories it tells is about Richard Feynman who observed a student tossing a spinning plate in the air. Out of pure curiousity, Feynman spent some time thinking and calculating how the spin and wobble relate. The reason that story struck me so strongly was because it is also told in Feynman's book, which was actually more interesting than this book.
Genre: Non-Fiction (Self Help)
Date Finished: March 5, 2010
This was an interesting book, and an easy read. Worth the effort. It talks passion and vaguely references skill as well. It is mostly a series of motivational stories about people who found their passion and how they discovered it. It covers a wide variety of stories. One of the stories it tells is about Richard Feynman who observed a student tossing a spinning plate in the air. Out of pure curiousity, Feynman spent some time thinking and calculating how the spin and wobble relate. The reason that story struck me so strongly was because it is also told in Feynman's book, which was actually more interesting than this book.
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