i added a new section to my little side bar; a list of all the books i have read in 2009. hopefully with the books i'm reading listed for the public, i will have more motivation to read more and actually think critically about what i'm reading.so the first book i read this year was called Philosophy Made Simple by
Robert Hellenga. it is a novel about a 50 something widower named rudy who leaves chicago to start a new life as an avocado rancher. i chose the book in attempt to pick up a few tidbits about philosophy while still getting the entertainment of a fictional story. the book turned out to have less about philosophy than i expected; rudy just carries around a philosophy book that was a gift from one of his three daughters. overall, i still enjoyed the book; it was definitley a romantic book (which i wasn't expecting) but the ending wasn't predictable or fairytail-ish.
right now i'm almost halfway through Deception by Ziyad Marar. so far i'm enjoying it, but more on that after i'm finished with it!
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