January Reads
Keeping with the idea that I read on average two books a month, I’ve decided to be a little more organized and plan what books I will read each month. The books for the blistery, cold month of January are:
Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
By Alfred Lansing
Yes, maybe not the best choice to choose a book about a group of men stranded in the cold, frozen, icy continent of Antarctica for January. But the way I figure it is that anything they go through (frost bite, freezing to death etc) will make me feel like my 40 degree bedroom is quite balmy in comparison. Plus, I love Emperor Penguins, but they only part they’ve played so far is to be considered food :(
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
By Siddhartha Mukherjee
I know, again it seems like a weird choice. But the book has been getting great reviews everywhere, and seeing how I like History (I mean I did get a degree in it) and how this covers a topic that we all about today in the present sense, but still not in a historical sense, it seemed like a good choice. Plus, it goes with the whole non-fiction theme and will make me sound really smart (and possibly really depressing at parties).
