Book Recommendations

Here are some book recommendations:

History of Love - Nicole Krauss
A pure emotional ride. She shows us the pain and joy in human relations with passion, innocence, and sincerity. And yet.
The book carries an attention-deficit-disorder type motion with it, with its quickness and lateral thinking. She is clever and often hysterical. I cannot believe that she can carry the voice of a dying old man, a 14 year old girl, and a young boy so convincingly. For anyone who wants to feel like they're in love again.

Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky
If Nicole has ADD, Irene is almost overly aware. This book is truly a masterpiece, as Irene has remarkable talents of concentration and precision. The emotions of this book are far more subtle, but as haunting and heart-breaking as any. I personally feel that I've learned more from this book about human nature in general, than I have from any other book. Her scope and precision are just that large. I particularly like how she describes the passions of a 16 year old boy during war - his incredible idealism and all the turbulence of emotions that go with idealism. She writes it with empathy, but also with sorrow as she fears what is in store for the future... For anyone who cares to learn about human nature and war.

I've been awfully slow in my readings.

Let the Northern Lights write your name - Vendela Vida
The Idiot - Fyodor Dosteovsky
Animal Farm - George Orwell
They were decent books. I really appreciated Vendela Vida, but I realize it's more on an emotional level, but there was an intellectual level missing.

I half-read Wind-up bird Chronicles - Haruki Murakami
I hated it. I hate Haruki's characters. I feel that he's just lost, weak, and perverted. That's just my opinion.

I've set out to read
Don Quixote - Something (I forgot the first name) Cervantes
The Portrait of the artist as a young man - James Joyce
Eat Pray Love - Elizabeth Gilbert

Anyway, got to go eat!