Sunday February 12, 2012 Malibu, California Sunny and Warm My sister introduced me to this book by Rebecca Skloot who is a journalist/writer specializing in science. Not only was the book well written but it educated me on the practice of using cells from biopsies to develop new drugs, cure for cancer, etc. HenriettaContinue reading “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”
Category Archives: Books
A Walk to Remember, the book
Saturday January 28, 2012 Malibu, CA 80 degrees and windy, beach weather! So, somehow this book was in my library. What a joke. Basically, a horribly written copy of the classic "Love Story" by Erich Segal. How this book (ie, Walk to Remember) could be a best seller is beyond me. Attention People! ReadContinue reading “A Walk to Remember, the book”
Map of Love
Saturday January 14, 2011 Malibu, California Sunny, Warm and Dry… thanks to the Santa Ana Winds One of my New Year's Resolutions is to read one book a month from the 3 boxes of books I brought to Japan and back home. None of the boxes were opened in Japan. I got a headContinue reading “Map of Love”
American Pastoral by Philip Roth
Saturday Nov. 5, 2011 Malibu, California Sunny, Clear and Cool While on holiday in Cabo San Lucas, I finally had time to enjoy reading and read perhaps one of the best works of American fiction – American Pastoral by Philip Roth. Roth's writing is so meticulous and perfect that like Henry Miller has madeContinue reading “American Pastoral by Philip Roth”
Tropic of Cancer
Tuesday October 25, 2011 Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Hot! Finished Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer a couple of weeks ago. Mixed feeling about it. I was in awe with the writing. I wish I could write like him. Very raw, emotional and intellectual. But don't think I would enjoy meeting him. Actually, I couldContinue reading “Tropic of Cancer”
Memoirs of a Geisha
Saturday June 4, 2011 Malibu, CA Sunny but Chilly So I continue to read books from the boxes from Japan. I finally read Memoirs of a Geisha. Fast reading and enjoyable. Made me miss Japan. But it is fiction. And I did not like it enough to consider it a classic and something IContinue reading “Memoirs of a Geisha”
The Namesake, The Help and Shantaram
Sunday May 1, 2011 Malibu, California Gorgeous I just arrived from Tokyo and busy catching up on emails, doing laundry, getting organized, etc, but realized I haven't been diligent about posting the books I've read. I've been pretty good recently, slowly getting back to my one book a month average. While in Brazil, IContinue reading “The Namesake, The Help and Shantaram”
The Kite Runner
Tuesday January 4, 2010 Malibu, California Cold with abundant sunshine! Over X'mas holidays in Boulder, in between fun with the family, I managed to read another book from stash of books that I never read while in Japan. I finally read "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini. I found it amazing that the authorContinue reading “The Kite Runner”
Love in the Time of Cholera
Wednesday December 29, 2010 Malibu, California Rain – good day to read a book I read Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez while travelling through Oaxaca. What a beautiful book about love, a disease, like the cholera that is spreading throughout the Carribean. The book is very poetic – madeContinue reading “Love in the Time of Cholera”
The Book – “My Life at Grey Garden”
Tuesday October 5, 2010 Rain is in the Forecast Malibu, CA On my flight back from Amsterdam, I finished the book "My Life at Grey Gardens" by Lois Wright. I believe my BFF Nicky, gave me the book. When I was living in NYC, I spent weekends at Nicky's house in East Hampton. We usedContinue reading “The Book – “My Life at Grey Garden””