Read on Vacation
Jul. 2nd, 2007 05:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rhuSo what did I read on vacation? Lots of library books....
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin -- after seeing all the retro buzz about this book on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif)
ericberlinblog, I decided to see what it was about. I think it suffered from elevated expectations; since so many people had gushed about it I expected it to be better than it was. I think I'll enjoy Winston Breen more, since the puzzles will be more important.
Halakhic Man by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik -- yes, yes, yes! R' Soloveitchik expresses so well the kind of Judaism that I believe in: rationalist, this-world-focused. I'm going to buy this one.
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson -- well, most of it; I've got a few more chapters, but this is one of the most readable biographies I've ever read. Fascinating stuff.
I also started to read American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin and The Essential Reinhold Niebuhr: Selected Essays and Addresses, both of which I'm looking forward to finishing.
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin -- after seeing all the retro buzz about this book on
ericberlinblog, I decided to see what it was about. I think it suffered from elevated expectations; since so many people had gushed about it I expected it to be better than it was. I think I'll enjoy Winston Breen more, since the puzzles will be more important.Halakhic Man by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik -- yes, yes, yes! R' Soloveitchik expresses so well the kind of Judaism that I believe in: rationalist, this-world-focused. I'm going to buy this one.
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson -- well, most of it; I've got a few more chapters, but this is one of the most readable biographies I've ever read. Fascinating stuff.
I also started to read American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin and The Essential Reinhold Niebuhr: Selected Essays and Addresses, both of which I'm looking forward to finishing.