books

Five books I have read lately that you should too!

Homage to Catalonia (orwell). He went to Spain to report on the Spanish Civil War, and ended up fighting for the POUM.. a great insider perspective. Even though Orwell hates mountains (like a knife to my heart!), I still love his books.

For Whom the Bell Tolls (hemingway) "No man is an Iland, entire of itself, each man is a peece of the continent, a part of the maine. If close bee washed away by the sea, Europe be the lesse, as if a promontorie were, as if a manor of thy friends or thine own were. Each man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankinde, and therefore never ask to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee." -John Donne [SIC] Sorry for any errors, my memory is fading now that I've crossed into the 30s of life... :)

Stones into Schools (mortensen) Made Hannah and I want to ditch the Peace Corps and go build schools in Pakistan! Ok not really, but a great, inspiring read. And maybe where I'll head after the peace corps...

The Lacuna (kingsolver) Mexico, Trotsky, McCarthyism, this book has it all.

Spud (van de Ruit) great coming of age story about boys in South Africa during the release of Nelson Mandela.

Yup. That's all you get today...... love from Mad! xoxo