Runs with knives!
I am reading THE SUPPER OF THE LAMB by Robert Farrar Capon. My friend Mary W suggested it to me, and I trust her taste in books so much that I ordered the book (and somehow ended up with two copies) sight-unseen. If the first…
I am currently reading THE BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DEAD by Kevin Brockmeier. The Publisher’s Weekly describes it as: Starred Review. A deadly virus has spread rapidly across Earth, effectively cutting off wildlife specialist Laura Byrd at her crippled Antarctica research station from the rest…
I recently started reading Charcuterie & French Pork Cookery by Jane Grigson, originally published in 1967. It is both an interesting historical document and an excellent introduction to charcuterie. The recipes are classics and, while rather uncomplicated by today’s standards, still yield excellent results.
I am reading it because a chef-friend of mine is opening a new place this year, and she’s very interested in preparing charcuterie in-house and has invited me to assist them in getting up and running.
I am currently reading The Book of Revelation by Rupert Thomson. The jacket and reviews on Amazon.COM make it sound like an interesting, off-beat book, so I am curious to see how it develops. The first several chapters have captured my attention already. I hope…
Books to the ceiling, Books to the sky, My pile of books is a mile high. How I love them! How I need them! I’ll have a long beard by the time I read them. — Arnold Lobel
Recently, I’ve been sent several very interesting productivity books and am slowly working my way through them. The titles I’ve received:
I’m currently just a handful of pages into Making It All Work and can already tell that this book enriches the lessons set out by Getting Things Done (also by David Allen). This new book is, happily, written much more for my personality type than Getting Things Done was, so I am enjoying (and absorbing) the information quite readily.
My current intention is to read all of these books then determine how their lessons can be applied to my life, probably resulting in a cherry-picked solution custom-tailored for my specific needs. (And then, if evidence holds true, I will write a book about my process and become a thousand-aire off it.)
“Certainly if you find yourself reading productivity book after productivity book you’re missing the point.â€
What productivity books have you read? How have they impacted your life? Do you do any of the methods suggested in those books? Let us all know in the comments.
Today is the Day of the Bright Carvers, according to Mervyn Peake’s GORMENGHAST novels. Today is the day that the Bright Carvers (who take their name from the age-old craft of woodcarving, which is their only passion), a poor a disease-ridden community whose only pride…