hope your final-ing goes great this week – and that you have time enjoy the week – which for me, will always involve reading:)

“the other kingdom” by price – very similar to “once a runner” by parker – except “kingdom” is older and british – the book addresses the whole question of meaning in life – like when you realize the activities that you do are absurd (in this case, running), how do find meaning? for the main character, it took staring that meaninglessness in the face before he figured out how his efforts, even in works that no one will ever remember, matter because it’s part of who he is and part of the gifts he has – the romantic stuff was garbage, of course:)

“dr. horrible: the book” – ah, what a read – basically, five pages of original work followed by 100 pages of reproduced material – still, if you wanted the sheet music so that you could play all the hit songs from a wonderful three-act play/musical/blog/podcast/theater work, it was great – best part, of course, was the bit from NPH (neil patrick harris, aka, dr. horrible)

“risk is right” by john piper – what if the safest, sanest thing in the world to do is to risk it all? excellent analysis – at 64 pages, more of an essay than a book – very middle school friendly – and good detailed support of the author’s premise

“the runner” by samuels – the one thing in a guy’s life that was constant was his running – the rest? he made up – like lying to princeton to get into school at 30-plus years old – like lying in colorado to people so he could live off the area – gripping story, i read it in two days, about what happens when genius goes evil – however, the guy wasn’t totally evil because he was a runner:)

i also read several magazines – as i always do each week – this week, i came across the same statistic – in both sports illustrated and harper’s, it was mentioned that 1/3 women and 1/6 men experience sexual abuse as children – the stories i read were sad – the statistic is sad – particularly when those that suffer from it feel alone

i hope you all have a great week

maf