chucknyc is currently reading Grammar Devotional.
I’m 55 years old, male, from the United States. I’ve been a DailyLit member since January 21, 2010. My reading interests include Non-fiction, history, travel, philosophy, and politics.
Books
- Grammar Devotional 100% complete
- Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town finished
- Theory of the Leisure Class finished
- Promissory Payback finished
- You're Only as Sick as Your Secrets finished
- Anonymous finished
- You Can't Judge a Book by its Cover finished
- Berlitz Essential French Phrases finished
- An Unfinished Death finished
- Babbitt finished
- Fetching Raymond finished
- Wikipedia Tour: Essential Opera finished
- Wikipedia Tour: Greek Mythology finished
- The Kreutzer Sonata finished
- Madame de Staël finished
- Berlitz DailyLit Spanish Lessons finished
- Wikipedia Tour: The Presidents of the United States finished
- Wikipedia Tour: Masterpieces of Western Art finished
- Wikipedia Tour: The Grand Tour suspended
- Shoes, Bags, and Tiaras suspended
- The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind suspended
- Hell-Heaven suspended
- Northanger Abbey suspended
- Berlitz Essential Spanish Phrases suspended
- Crome Yellow suspended
- Heart of Darkness suspended
- History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 1 suspended
- The Princess of Cleves suspended
- Confessions of an English Opium-Eater suspended
- Strange Things Happen suspended
Posts
Question of the Week - Question of the Week #61: Joycean Challenges
I would say the most difficult book I have ever tried to read was easily 'Ulysses.' To the reader who has had trouble with 'Dubliners,' I might suggest starting with his lovely story 'The Dead' first. I have to say anything by Thomas Pynchon has given me fits too!
Non-Fiction Books - Business Books
My advice, as someone who used to work there, is to go to Amazon.com and search Business Bestsellers. Then drill down to the subcategory that encompasses your topic of interest. It's usually a good indicator of which are the best books in any subject area. Or you could spend hours in the library reading all the business publications. Most of them have book review columns that could prove helpful. That's why book clubs used to do so well because of the editors' choices. I don't think you'll find much help in most physical bookstores, sadly.
Question of the Week - Question of the Week #59: Authors Speak
I'll bet Patricia Highsmith would be a great interpreter of her own work. Likewise Carson McCullers.