One side effect of spending so much time feeding the babe is my reading has increased.
SuperFreakonomics is just OK, although it's an interesting gee-whiz kind of read. I've heard a lot of the stories before.
Interesting tidbits: 1) The infamous Kitty Genovese case in New York City, where a crowd of people ignored a woman's cries for help as she was murdered, had probably been greatly exaggerated. The initial attack happened at 3:30 am and was over quickly. Moreover, people had called for help. Genovese had walked away from the first and it was likely that both police and witnesses didn't realize she was in more danger.
2) A bank employee, who developed an algorithm to identify potential terrorists, discovered that one characteristic of terrorists is that they don't buy life insurance. Which I guess isn't surprising.
Loving Frank is novel from the perspective of Frank Lloyd Wright's second wife. I'm generally not a big fan of reading about adultery, as I get irritated with people making stupid decisions -- oftentimes stupid decisions that initially seem innocent. But the book is another entertaining read, and, since it's fictionalized, it doesn't seem real, even though the story is based on the architect's real-life affair.
I'm getting to read more to the 7-year-old as well. Of course, I couch it as "reading to the baby" as the 7-year-old is my one child who doesn't like to be read to -- or at least likes to pretend he doesn't like to be read to.
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An entertaining read? My best friend has still not forgiven me for passing Loving Frank along to her...and the end seems an extremely high, and non-fictional, price to pay for a stupid decision...that book devastated me.
Tracy -- I haven't finished the book yet. Maybe I shouldn't?!
Oh...eep! Well, that's a bit of a conundrum, then....because if I say yes, finish it, maybe you'll hate me the way my best friend does...hahah - mostly she loves me, but deep down, there's a tiny bit of her that will never forgive me for that book. I guess I wanted her to read it so badly because I needed someone I could mull it over with, and I didn't warn her of anything, because I needed her reaction to be the same as mine. So, at least you've been 'slightly' warned? Oh, I'm so sorry. I thought you'd finished the book...and now I wish I hadn't said anything! :o) Of course, if you're anything like my family, you'll HAVE to finish it now - I once ran home, blinded by tears, to tell my aunt not to bother seeing a certain movie - too sad, with no educational value - and what did she do? Went straightaway to watch it. Ah, curiosity, it's not just cats. Happy New Year, Kathleen!!!
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