What are we reading now?

1. "The World", by Jan Morris.
QQ and Andy J are working on it. Expected to be done in the next two weeks.

2. "Lost for Words", By John Humphrys

• QQ has done reading. The first five chapters are quite amusing, somewhat helpful. Then the whole book turns into a disorganized rant about how other people misuse and abuse English. I lost interest after chapter 11. I have better things to do than listening to his complaints.

3. Biography about Fisher Black

• JC is working on it

4. The Secrete Life of Bees

• QQ read it last weekend. Very much a typical "divine sisterhood" kind of thing. It gets a bit too histronic and pious for my taste. For the heroines, their material survival and spiritual salvation come with sticking together in the divine community of female power. Comparing with the much finer "White Oleander", it suffocates the readers with excessive moist and sweetness in its writing style. I shall not look forward to reading another book from this author (or authoress).

Other books?