September 19, 2017, Tuesday morning -- Reading Ian Morris

Waiting for the train

She is reading Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels: How Human Values Evolve, by Ian Morris. It's for a class she's taking. I wish I had written down how she described the book. Of all the readers I've ever interviewed for this blog, she gave me one of the clearest, most thoughtful summaries.

Her favorite book is The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho. She loves the story and how anyone can relate to it. Another one of her favorite books is The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle, because it makes her want to live every day to the fullest.

July 21, 2017, Friday afternoon -- Reading author unknown

At the Legion of Honor
In a painting by Robert Feke (1707-1752), done in 1748, Mrs. Charles Apthorp (Grizzell Eastwick Apthorp) reads a book by an unknown author.

If your eyes are better than mine, comment or email me if you can make out the writing on the page.

*****A reader wrote me to say that it appears she is reading Paradise Lost. Thank you!

September 7, 2017 Thursday afternoon -- Reading Will Eisner

In the Financial District on a balmy morning (70 degrees after a light rain), the kind of weather that makes me feel like you're on vacation even when I'm not.

She is reading The Name of the Game, a graphic novel by Will Eisner.  She finds graphic novels easier to re-enter and continue the story than traditional novels. She also loves superheroes and recently read a graphic novel about Batman.